Testimonies: Learning a new instrument as an adult 17 Articles

by John Meuse

THE OLDEST KID IN THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA OR HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION What motivates an otherwise sane adult to leave his business for a week, pack up his violin, and follow his children to music camp? Learning to...read more

by Jennifer Woods

I have always been a lover of music. One of my earliest memories is of my Grandfather playing the piano to me, my brother and my cousins. He was amazing. Blessed with perfect pitch he'd ask for requests and all we'd nee...read more

by Joy Baldwin

Every Tuesday afternoon at 2:25, I arrived at "Music Madness" just in time to put down my purse and settle down in my studio to teach piano. The music store, located in a strip mall in a tiny South Carolina town, specializ...read more

by Vishal Kohli

The instrument I decided to learn was the Tabla! This is a classic Indian instrument, usually played in the northern parts of India and is very closely linked as one of the most famous of the Punjabi/Sikh instruments. As...read more

by James Smart

When I first picked up an acoustic guitar I didn't even know which end to blow down. I was about eighteen years old and a head full of Eddie Van Halen. Good place to start. The first chord I learned was something like an E...read more

by Mary Ratliff

I wanted to play saxophone more than anything else I had wanted during fifth grade. There was only one thing that stood in my way: our middle school band required you to pass a test to get in. It was supposedly a simpl...read more

by Taylor Divico

As a kid, I had lots of musical influences outside of classical musicians, but I was never able to expand on that or to develop my playing with regard to rock and roll. I had been trained differently, solely as a classica...read more

by Danette M. Scott

Testimonies: Learning a new instrument as an adult. Learning to play a new instrument as an adult is fun,adventurous and exciting. Learning to play an instrument can be the fulfillment of a childhood dream that for some re...read more

by Sharon Eldridge

I always think learning an instrument is going to be easier than it is. The piano sounds so cool, and people look cool playing it, so, when I was seven, taking piano lessons seemed like a good idea. The first few lessons...read more

by Jon Coe

Between the age of twelve and seventeen, I had, had a couple of guitars. I tried to play them, but I had a problem with learning; I was too hyper and impatient. One day I got really frustrated and got rid of them. Anywa...read more

by Tom Knapp

I chose the violin as my instrument in third grade, and I stuck with it through graduation. But, once high school was behind me, I decided the violin was no longer for me; I tucked it away in a closet and vowed to learn so...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

Testimonies: Learning a new instrument as an adult Ever heard the excuse that it's too late to learn ? It is an excuse, and from my experience, a human has the capacity to learn a musical instrument at any age, though ...read more

by Rahul Mishra

This is the most realistic testimony that i would have thought to write on. Moreover this is the perfect forum for me to share my experience on how i tried to learn a musical instrument just an year ago. No human being (g...read more

by Stacy Jackson

I confess . . . I am a piano-lesson drop out. My last piano lesson occurred at age 12. I moaned and groaned about practicing to the point that my mother relented and didn't make me go anymore. At the time, I thought I h...read more

by White Tiger Girl

Music has surrounded me my entire life. My mother is a pianist and also played clarinet. The Saxophone was my father's instrument of choice. And Grandpa can play anything by ear on the piano what's more he can play any son...read more

by xvermonter

A few years ago, I read a magazine article that said learning to play a musical instrument could help prevent memory loss in older adults. I took that piece of information and stuffed it away in the one of these days' are...read more

by Rod Gross

It's never too late to try something new, and yes, an old dog can be tought a new trick. At the age of 40, I bought a violin on a whim. I had tried and learned to play with limited success at best, the piano, the drums, ...read more