Comment on Discussion Thread 🥸 Wednesday 3 September 2025
tone212_@aussie.zone 4 days agoDo you think being able to play other instruments helps with learning new ones quickly? I was learning piano for about a year but I found it pretty difficult, never seemed to click with me.
It’s definitely helped. Because I already have a strong sense of rhythm from guitar, it’s more learning the mechanic aspects of drums than having to learn the entirety of music from scratch.
But don’t let that deter you! Sometimes I feel like I’ve got nothing on any instrument. It definitely comes in waves.
I started learning guitar after learning piano for a couple of years, but am finding guitar kinda difficult due to the layout. And also have tiny hands and short fingers. The technique stuff has been a steep learning curve.
I think knowing a bit of basic music theory does help a bit when learning multiple instruments. Because I know what the notes sound like from doing piano and briefly, voice, it’s a lot easier to tune the guitar.
Like Gibson said, don’t let it deter you! Music is supposed to be fun :)
I need to remember this when I think about quitting guitar lessons.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 days ago
Piano is a bugger to learn once past 7 years old, as it requires major training of fingers to operate independently. Same for violin apparently. The two instruments hardest to learn past childhood.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 days ago
100% on piano. It’s taken me years to be able to play with more than one finger on each hand.