am i too old to learn piano?

[OS]

I'm 23.

 

[Deeko]

couldnt hurt to try.

 

[AUMM]

no way, give it a try

 

[Willoughbyva]

I know a woman who learned to play at 35.

 

[Pastore]

Why would you be too old?

 

[Imdmn04]

yes, only if you are trying to be the top 10 percent in playing pianos and trying to make a profession out of it.

no if you are just playing it casually as a hobby.

 

[nativesunshine]

it's never too old to learn something new....

doesn't take much effort really to learn piano...just a lot of memorization and you need somewhat agile fingers...

if it's something you're interested in...definitely go for it!!!

 

[mpitts]

Hell no. Unless you are an idiot.

You're not an idiot, are you?

 

[Geekbabe]

Of course you aren't! I work with a 60 yr old that just bought a piano and has been taking lessons for a couple years now and loves it! Go for it

 

[DrumminBoy]

you can never be too old to learn a musical instrument

 

[IGBT]

Get one of those electronic key board jobbies and play around with it.......

 

[Konigin]

I started later than I probably should have, considering I intend to probably make a career out of it, though as long as your doing it for a hobby you should be ok.

 

[bolido2000]

Depends on your expectations.

 

[OS]

I dunno, people say that if you want to be good, you want to start as a child. I took lessons for a year when I was a child, hated it and quit. I didn't have determination and tenacity as a child.

Anyways I just tried and it actually went ok. I can play a watered down version of "when the saint come marching in" pretty easily. I was kind of surprised. Fingernails are too long tho. Maybe I have a new hobby now.

Maybe being an eng student helped me cause I can read charts/graphs np and I'm always clicking at a keyboard. :Q

 

[Siddhartha]

What do you want to do with it?
You may be too old to become a professional concert pianist. For anything else, potentially you have 50 years to live, that is a lot of time to do what you want.

 

[Yossarian]

The worst would be if you decided now that you're too old to learn to play. Then one day'll you'll wake up and be 35 and say, "wow, I could have had 12 years of piano by now".

 

[0roo0roo]

get a teacher so your technique won't hold you back.

 

[Sid59]

Phil the Weatherman learned. Though he had many many many days to learn.

 

[ManSnake]

Yes, you are too old, why try when you know you are going to fail anyways?

 

[KeyserSoze]

No, No, No, HELL NO!

If you want to learn, then GO LEARN! Don't think that you're ever too old to learn anything.

As soon as I can start, I'm gonna take classical guitar lessons (I already know Piano).



Quit thinking about it, and make it happen!!!!!!!!!



KeyserSoze

 

[Apathetic]

Give it a try. Maybe you'll like it, maybe you'll hate it. At least you'll know.

Dave

 

[sciencetoy]

No, you're not.

There are 3 types of people who become successful classical pianists: the couple of people per generation who are true geniuses and whose sheer talent shines thru at an early age; people with money/connections/inside knowledge of the business and a lot of talent; and people with nerve/confidence and a lot of talent.

If you were type 1, you'd know it. Otherwise, you can start late if you want. The industry prefers to keep the myths and mystique alive to romanticise the business.

This is presuming that you want to be a successful classical pianist, a field I know well since my grandfather was one, my father was a jazz pianist and I studied at Juilliard before dropping out to start a rock band.

Go ahead and take piano lessons. Adult learners do a zillion times better than children because they are smarter, more motivated, have more brain power and learn easier, and they don't have to argue with anyone about practicing. I used to teach and every single adult progressed faster than the best children.

 

[Triumph]

assume it takes 4 years to learn to play piano (for sake of argument). do you plan on dying sometime in the next 4 years, therefore rendering your efforts to learn completely useless? if not, why would it be "too late" to learn? some day you'll wake up and you'll be 27, and at that time you can either know how to play piano or not. either way, the next 4 years are going to pass.

 

[Jzero]

You're never too old. Just realize you won't pick it up overnight. You have to be persistent.

 

[imported_Tomato]

No, you're not too old.

Let me know if you decide to start... I've been thinking about re-learning (played from 6-17, haven't touched the keys since).