{"id":83952,"date":"2021-02-19T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=83952"},"modified":"2021-04-15T12:41:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:41:56","slug":"how-old-is-too-old-to-start-learning-a-musical-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-old-is-too-old-to-start-learning-a-musical-instrument\/","title":{"rendered":"How old is too old to start learning a musical instrument?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Isn\u2019t it too late to learn a musical instrument once you\u2019re an adult? That sounds like a convenient excuse…<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Look, nobody said learning a musical instrument was easy. It demands an annoyingly high amount of focus and works your mind and muscles as hard as learning a TikTok<\/a> dance routine to prove your youth. But does age make a difference when trying to learn a musical instrument?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be put off starting to learn<\/a> a musical instrument as an adult, just because you didn\u2019t as a kid and now feel like you\u2019re too old to start. The biggest challenge for adults starting to learn a musical instrument<\/a> is self-motivation, because learning any new skill from scratch requires great patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an adult, no one\u2019s going to force you to practise. With busy lives, it\u2019s easy to make excuses and quickly forget the guilty feeling of skipping the daily practise sessions because nobody will notice (except the neighbours).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adults are so used to pressure to do the best they can, whether that be in work or personal lives, that this can hold them back from throwing themselves fully into the task, scared of failing or embarrassed at the thought of being overheard struggling to improve. Yes, it will probably sound horrible to begin with, but everyone has to start somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s the freedom of being able to approach the instrument in a creative way,<\/a> not restricted by school-like lessons, learning whichever songs and style of music most appeal. The independence of adulthood also offers the freedom to learn whatever instrument takes your fancy, from the banjo to the sousaphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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