Studies were done which showed that nearly 100% of all concert performers, solo or orchestral musicians, started lessons between ages two to no later than four years. START, then, if you have a sincere interest in music, and wish to learn to play - well - for your own pleasure getting good enough to perform and leave some worthwhile impression of something 'worth saying' about the pieces you play takes a long time, prodigy or no. The better and most advanced of musicians can tell you it is 'not about them' at all, but will sincerely tell you, with a genuine humility, that even with great expertise and prowess, 'greatness' and 'perfection' are bitch goddess myths, and that they most humbly 'serve music.' 'Art' music is not a vehicle for self-dramatization more a matter dependent upon your sense of self / pride in 'getting things quickly,' I would recommend not starting at all, because that is not what music, performance or composition is about. IF your sensibility is more brimming with this 'hedging the bet' before the fact of making a commitment to start, i.e. Add to that an incalculable number of nuanced elements, touch, phrasing, articulation, in short, all those more abstract things 'musical,' and you would be safer to assume that cliche 10,000 hours of practice to sound 'experienced.' HOWEVER, there is no real substitute for years of working experience, seeing the notes on the page and reflexively going for those on the instrument. Over age 11? No longer a kid, no longer a prodigy.īUT, if you learn and understand rapidly, have the luck of an eidetic memory (99% recall of all you read / see / hear), then you have a leg up in getting to it. There are NO ADULT PRODIGIES, by definition
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