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Any bros here try learning piano as an adult from scratch? Worth it?

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Curious bronze lodge
  01/03/26
No, no.
Snowy medicated sound barrier alpha
  01/03/26
and some people doubt you're an azngirl
marvelous know-it-all gas station cuckoldry
  01/05/26
I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate le...
emerald codepig
  01/03/26
as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, ...
Vibrant site
  01/03/26
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Curious bronze lodge
  01/05/26
luis did
Cocky painfully honest property dragon
  01/05/26
Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it...
bisexual bawdyhouse
  01/05/26
few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.
Curious bronze lodge
  01/06/26
I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group ...
Mauve sneaky criminal wrinkle
  01/05/26
I'm white btw not a striver azn tp
Useless jap associate
  01/08/26
depends on what you're into. you can play and sing 95% of po...
soggy ocher pit affirmative action
  01/05/26
CR. Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fu...
aphrodisiac pale market factory reset button
  01/06/26
yes. its fun
Useless jap associate
  01/05/26
I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist
startled misanthropic feces spot
  01/05/26
many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowi...
odious maize home
  01/05/26
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Curious bronze lodge
  01/06/26
didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratc...
Crystalline base becky
  01/06/26
piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin an...
Peach insanely creepy gunner stage
  01/06/26
JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF
Abnormal Piazza
  01/06/26


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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:42 PM
Author: Curious bronze lodge



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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: Snowy medicated sound barrier alpha

No, no.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: marvelous know-it-all gas station cuckoldry

and some people doubt you're an azngirl

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: emerald codepig

I started at 28 iirc, I can play at beginner-intermediate level.

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Date: January 3rd, 2026 3:07 PM
Author: Vibrant site

as someone who took up another instrument as a young adult, I would say no, the entire point is to do that while you're a kid and willing to practice shit endlessly

maybe a different answer if you're a multiinstrumentalist

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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:51 PM
Author: Curious bronze lodge



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Date: January 5th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: Cocky painfully honest property dragon

luis did

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:02 PM
Author: bisexual bawdyhouse

Seems CR if you can devote at least a few hours a week to it.

Not CR if you only have an hour to play here and there.

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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:34 AM
Author: Curious bronze lodge

few hrs a week doesn't seem like a lot.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:08 PM
Author: Mauve sneaky criminal wrinkle

I played piano at a high level as a kid, I won my age group for musicfest northwest, I played baby elephant walk iirc. I had great voicing. I quit in 6th grade cause I hated it and wanted to only do sports. I got a concussion in college and couldnt play football anymore and mellowed out and tried to get back into piano, a little asian twink gave me lessons in exchange for letting him hang out with us, and it was like starting all over again. I don't think you can do it. My mom taught piano lessons too and people who started as adults basically never got better or worth a shit. I'm white btw not a striver azn

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Date: January 8th, 2026 4:31 PM
Author: Useless jap associate

I'm white btw not a striver azn tp

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM
Author: soggy ocher pit affirmative action

depends on what you're into. you can play and sing 95% of pop songs within a couple years and write your own stuff which is fun. but if you're trying to play chopin or thelonius monk, you missed the boat unless you're retired and can devote 4 hours a day to it for 5 years.

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Date: January 6th, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: aphrodisiac pale market factory reset button

CR.

Tbh just being able to play pop and rock songs is fun. I enjoy it a lot. But agree no reasonable adult with a job and other interests is going to learn to play classical music at 30.

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: Useless jap associate

yes. its fun

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:37 PM
Author: startled misanthropic feces spot

I'm going to be the world's first bald Jazz Guitarist

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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: odious maize home

many of the biggest names in piano began as adults -- horowitz, richter, beethoven

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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:34 AM
Author: Curious bronze lodge



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:37 AM
Author: Crystalline base becky

didn’t william f buckley learn harpsichord from scratch as an adult and do a concert in washington?

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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:43 AM
Author: Peach insanely creepy gunner stage

piano is easy to romanticize as an instrument, muh chopin and all that, but you need to fight off your natural autistic urges and just learn a few open guitar chords. a whole new world of chill frattiness awaits.

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Date: January 6th, 2026 9:07 AM
Author: Abnormal Piazza

JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF

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