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intjk · 4073 days ago · link · · parent · post: Stop Forcing Your Kids to Learn a Musical Instrument
I took piano lessons for about 10 years as a child. The first five I spent watching my teacher's hands and copying her, rather than reading the music which she thought I was doing. Eventually she caught on, and only then did I start learning the ability to play anything on my own. The first five years were by no means wasted--I learned a lot of physical technique--but I definitely didn't get as much out of those 10 years as I would have liked. Although, I started at age 8, so maybe I was just a difficult child. :P