Is it possible to start playing the piano as an adult? I am often asked this question by adults who would like to start playing the piano but fear that it is too difficult, or even impossible. Watch the video and find out if it really is that difficult for an adult to start playing the piano.
An adult who starts playing the piano will undoubtedly face some difficulties. However, being a few years older also has some advantages. Here are the main problems associated with starting to play at an advanced age, but also the additional resources that age brings.
Playing the piano as an adult: the difficulties
Many people think that you have to be a child or at least young to start playing the piano or another instrument. Children’s minds are generally quicker at learning, and when it comes to the piano, the younger you are, the easier it is to develop certain technical skills.
However, an adult who wants to play the piano does so for the pleasure of cultivating a passion for music, not to become a professional concert pianist.
An adult who starts playing will certainly have technical limitations; their hands will not be able to achieve the same agility and speed as those of a young person. However, even an adult student can reach a more than satisfactory level of piano playing, both alone and in a group.
In my experience as a teacher, there is only one real, major problem that an adult who wants to play the piano has to deal with: lack of free time.
The time available for study is what really differentiates an adult from a child. Work, family and other commitments take up almost all of our time, so the real difficulty for an adult who wants to play is finding free time every day to devote to music.
Starting to play the piano as an adult: there are advantages too!
Studying the piano requires certain qualities that are not typically found in young people: patience, methodical study, and the ability to look at the medium to long term and not just immediate results.
These are characteristics that are easier to find in an adult and can be a strong point for those who want to start playing the piano. While as young people we are projected towards the future and tend to measure everything based on immediate developments, as adults we have a greater ability to live in the present.
Playing an instrument with complete satisfaction does not allow for “performance anxiety”; it is necessary to seek and find pleasure in the moment, not to rush and not to neglect the details. It is in fact by overcoming many small difficulties that a deeper and more authentic knowledge of music and the piano is born.
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Conclusions – playing the piano as an adult is possible!
If you are an adult and want to start playing the piano, don’t be discouraged by those who say it’s impossible. If you have passion and patience, you will see that playing the piano is not that difficult, and you will see results after just a few months. If you want a hand, I will be happy to help you by giving piano lessons via Zoom or WhatsApp. Music will become an increasingly important and irreplaceable passion. You will wonder how you ever managed without it for so long.