Anyone Take Piano Lessons as an Adult?

rockygems123 · ‎06-04-2012

After hearing Handel/Halvorsen's Passacaglia piano for the umpteenth time I thought it can't be that hard to play. With practice ha.

My sister was a music major, we had a piano in the living room and I took lessons in 8th grade.

Have played very little since then, has anyone taken lessons whether they did as a child or not?

Gorgf · ‎03-10-2010

My Grandmother took piano lessons as an adult. She even played for Sunday School.

A fond memory is when I spent a week with Grandparents every summer I begged her to play and we sang old songs and hymms together. She was married at age 16 so had alot to make up for in life.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@rockygems123,

I think the piano is very hard.

My sister and I had lessons and we had a piano in our small apartment! I don't know how my mother had it originally.

I thought the lessons were incredibly boring but thought my sister became quite good. I always wanted her to pay attention to me and not the piano lol!

I liked the trumpet better but later in college I would go down to the basement and play scales and make up songs on the piano there. I thought that was very soothing and a lot more fun than the lessons.

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Zhills · ‎11-15-2011

There are some great 'self taught' book available to help refresh your memory of chords, etc.

I think you will be surprised at how much will come back to you. Music just seems to stick. I didn't play for years, then bought a keyboard......surprise! I could still play.

I'll never be a concert pianist but I can play hymns and country!

ALRATIBA · ‎07-15-2016

We were a rather musical family ... almost everyone had a piano in their house, and almost everyone could play.

I took piano lessons for 8 years (started in first grade) ... once a week during the school year.

When I got to high school, I wanted to join the orchestra, but not piano.

I thought about violin lessons but my father said clarinet would be better. So .... I ended up with tenor saxophone. (My sister switched from piano to French Horn! Somewhere around here I have a picture of the two of us in our orhestra "uniforms" and instruments.)

In college, I took guitar lesson and later years I "inherited" an accordian. With age came arthritis ... the accordian went to my niece's husband, my keyboard went to another niece, and the guitar is hanging on the wall in my living room (and is dusted weekly). Sold the sax many years ago.

Kitty Galore · ‎03-16-2010

took lessons when I was 9 till 14. I hardly ever play although still can. We have a white baby grand in our living room . My children took lessons and sometimes will sit and play when visiting.

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@rockygems123

If you have a god-given natural talent for the piano, I'm sure it's not hard. Learning to read music would be harder for someone who could play by ear. I know this because my daughter is one of those with a god-given talent and plays by ear. When she was five she heard a young boy play the piano on Mr Rogers. She stood up and walked to the piano and said I can do that. And she did. The next week she started piano lessons. It was hard finding a teacher who could outsmart her and know the right technique she needed to learn. By the time we found that music teacher she could not play the piece for my daughter because she could then play it without reading the music. Ryanne was granted a full four-year scholarship at the University of Texas in Tyler. She enjoyed the various performances but unfortunately hated studying music theory so she quit after 1 year and graduated with a double majored in education and math... and became a housewife and a mommy.

monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@ALRATIBA

I played the guitar. I started lessons when I was in the fifth grade. I gravitated to Spanish classical but also played a lot of contemporary music. When I was in high school my parents bought me at 12 string guitar and oh my goodness, what a beautiful sounding instrument. Classical music took on a whole new life with a 12-string..

Puppy Lips · ‎05-09-2010

We had a piano in our house while growing up, and it is now in our house. I took lessons as a youngster, but that did not last too long. I may have started again when I was older and quit again. Then I went to college as a music major, playing an instrument. I was not cut out for a career in music so I switched to business, which suited me much better. No one in my immediate family ever used the piano except me. I often wish I had stuck with it.

BUT our youngest son started lessons when he was about 11 years old and took lessons for years. He got quite good and even got a music scholarship. But he did not really want to major in music because he did not want to be a music teacher. So he got a double major in Astrophysics and Applied Mathematics. Now he is an online tutor and spends a lot of time writing music to put online, for which he gets no money.

Still waiting for him to want to get that high paying full time job that uses his physics and math skills.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@rockygems123 - A good friend of mine had always wanted to play. Her husband bought her a piano for Christmas, and our church organist gave her lessons - right before the pandemic hit!

Somehow they continued online, then our organist moved because of her husband's job.

My friend still takes lessons from her online! And she plays well!