Am i too late to learn piano?

[freedom_zaft]

Hi everyone...nice 2 meet you all...hope can meet a lotz of friends here...i've a question 2 ask....i'm 21 now and i love piano very much..izzit 2 late for me 2 learn piano now?and if i learn now...should i buy a piano or a keyboard with 81 notes 2 train my self at home?..hope u guys can help me out....10z every1

[xvimbi]

It took me a while to figure out what you were writing. It didn't look like English to me... Anyway, it is never too late to start anything. You are very young, there are people who start at age 70, and they still enjoy what they are doing. That's the most important aspect. Find a good teacher. Get a piano (acoustic or digital), but make sure it has at least 88 keys.

Have fun!

[allthumbs]

Greetings freedom_zaft

Here is my post to a similar question asked by Gabriel in this forum.

Greetings Gabriel

Too late! Are you kidding? I'm 54 and I went back to the piano in 1995 after not playing for almost 20 years. I only ever took some informal lessons from my mother from the ages of 7 until I quit at 12. Although I took theory, which was incorporated, into high school music program (I played trombone in the senior orchestra for 4 years), I was basically a self-taught pianist.

I then started formal lessons in late 1997 and in a little over two years later; I did my Grade 8 RCM piano exam and two years after that, my Grade 9 exam. I also completed Grade 1 & 2 Theory, which was basically a refresher from my high school music classes for the most part.

I am now working on my Grade 10 level conservatory repertoire and Grade 3 harmony and history with the hope of doing my RCM Performers ARCT before I hit 60.

So, the point is,"It's never too late!"

Cheers

Cheers

[kwtam338]

Hi there

I am approaching 44 and I started only 2+ years ago. My 12-old-son says I am making good progress and should have no major problems playing ABRSM grade 4/5 pieces (he got a distinction in ABRSM grade 8 last winter and is working on his diploma and so I guess he's qualified to give some comments). I don't know your qualities but here are a few of mine:
* deaf (I am so bad identifying notes)
* blind (my sight reading is a mess)
* dumb (I can't sing AT ALL)
* physically disabled (the last two fingers of my right hand don't work too well)
And yet I am still making progress because, I think, of one thing - a true love of the piano. It will give you the persistence needed to go forward. I sincerely hope that you'll take the same opportunity as the rest of us have, to enjoy one of the most spiritually fulfilling activities of life ...

Cheers, Tam

[allthumbs]

And yet I am still making progress because, I think, of one thing - a true love of the piano. It will give you the persistence needed to go forward. I sincerely hope that you'll take the same opportunity as the rest of us have, to enjoy one of the most spiritually fulfilling activities of life ...

Greetings kwtam338

You said it all right there! Good for you!

Cheers

[Liween]

Hi there

I am approaching 44 and I started only 2+ years ago. My 12-old-son says I am making good progress and should have no major problems playing ABRSM grade 4/5 pieces (he got a distinction in ABRSM grade 8 last winter and is working on his diploma and so I guess he's qualified to give some comments). I don't know your qualities but here are a few of mine:
* deaf (I am so bad identifying notes)
* blind (my sight reading is a mess)
* dumb (I can't sing AT ALL)
* physically disabled (the last two fingers of my right hand don't work too well)
And yet I am still making progress because, I think, of one thing - a true love of the piano. It will give you the persistence needed to go forward. I sincerely hope that you'll take the same opportunity as the rest of us have, to enjoy one of the most spiritually fulfilling activities of life ...

Cheers, Tam

  Indeed u are a great motivator to me. thanks and I barely started 6 mths ago.