How late is too late to learn an instrument? I regret so badly not learning one in earlier years...

How late is too late to learn an instrument? I regret so badly not learning one in earlier years. Is it possible for a 19 year old like myself to master an instrument?

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Ryo Fukui started learning the piano at 22, its never too late to learn.

just buy one and start noodling. stop thinking

you'll never be truly great if you start after 16 but you can still have fun with it

>Yes dude of course. I started at 17 and am 19 now. The progress you make in two years alone is phenomenal and if you really do have a drive to learn how to play, you'll have a great time.

Yeah, as long as you actually put effort into it, and don't try to self teach you'll be fine. Hell self teach if you aren't retarded.

This. You're 19, that's young as fuck. You have plenty of time.

Tom Schloz didn't learn guitar until his 20s and went on to produce one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

You got this.

That's very interesting, good to know.
What makes you say that?
Thanks man, very encouraging
Why shouldn't I try to self teach? I can't afford lessons

I've been playing for the last year and I'm 22. Just keep practising til you feel you're good enough.

that's bullshit

Definitely fine to self teach, just be sure to use established technique (for many playstyles at least)

You might think it's unnecessary but when you start to get good not having good technique will really hinder your ability

>I've been playing for the last year and I'm 22. Just keep practising til y
Never stop practicing. If you pursue it enough and have good taste you will make good music eventually.

your capacity to learn diminishes as you get older. look up any virtuoso's history, they all started when they were like 10.

Virtuosity only goes so far. Depends on what you want to do with your instrument, but writing music well is different :O

It's not so much capacity to learn as it is speed of learning. Your brain can learn new things at any age, it just absorbs information faster when you're younger.

Oh yeah fully agree with you but after while you want to start doing your own stuff, you know?

Pshh. Of course. I started guitar at 17. I'm real fukin good. Maybe there's some ultra elite level you can't reach on some very difficult instruments like violin if you don't start when you're a little kid, but you probably can't reach that level anyway, even as a young starter, unless you also have really crazy innate ability and strong passion for the instrument. If you just want to get good, even very good, you can easily do it at your age.

Not only that he was teaching himself piano at the age of 22 - back when you had to go to the fucking library and bookstore and look at books if you wanted to learn anything. It's not like he could just look up tutorials on youtube.

Wes Montgomery also started teaching himself around the age of 20.

Also even though he's not a musician per se, De De Mouse (no relation to Deadmau5) started when he was fuckin 28 years old

No if you're not focused on being a virtuoso, which is a retarded goal anyways.

Yeah it's never too late to learn a new skill, you should definitely go for it. You'll suck at it for a long ass time but the work will pay off with patience.

>Wes Montgomery also started teaching himself around the age of 20.
He played a four string guitar since 12 years old. He just started playing a 6 string one at 20.

As long as you have no obligations like school or a job, you should be able to.

fair enough, but it still goes against the whole "you have to have taken daily lessons since you were 4 years otherwise it's not worth it" narrative.

>four string guitar
So, a banjo, bass, or ukelele?

Guitar is honestly easy as fuck. Just learn the main chord shapes and you can play the vast majority of rock and pop music out there.

It really doesn't.

A four string tenor guitar.

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Damn you really have to pour that many hours into it?

>Is it possible for a 19 year old like myself to master an instrument?
unless you truly want to accomplish some form of virtuosity don't try to master a new instrument. by all means learn it, but don't put too much of your time trying to do something that's not exactly for you

If you want to master it, yes. I've been playing for 20 years off and on, but I'm fine with just knowing chords and playing little things.

sure it does, he started when he was 12, right around the time all you can think about are tits and boobs and breasts.

The reason why they drill virtuosos when they're still in their singe-age digits is because they're not distracted by raging boners for 18 hours a day.

Can I get competent enough to play in a punk band with an hour or two a day?

Yes, for sure.

19 isn't too late

You need to do it obsessively every day to get good though. Even if you were to do it every waking second it would still have to be good quality practice if you wanted to get good within 2 years.

That may be because of some other factors besides getting old. I'm 27 and I find that I'm learning things faster than when I was 10. If I can get guitar lessons: I can surely reach Steve Vai's level of mastery in about three years or less.

Dwyer didn't start learning until he was 20

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That's a good point, but I feel like starting as a kid, you have all these dreams about making it as a musician, so you work harder at it. As an adult learning guitar, it's just a fun hobby.

literally just depends on how much time you spend/commit to it.

If you can learn a trade and become extremely skilled at it after 18 you can learn an instrument. You might be a little older than a 22 year old in a band, but who gives a fuck?

Thats true, but not for the reasons you think. Most people don't have the spare time to learn an instrument well in their 20's because they're working and are in a relationship. That doesn't leave much time for practice unless you're an extremely driven individual. If you're single it's a little easier. As long as you can love music and understand it well without getting full of yourself, I believe you can learn a lot.

of course it is but you gotta practice a lot, learn theory, learn to play jazz music, and jam with people regularly once you get into the swing of things

I have a couple of friends who learned to play bass respectively guitar when they were over 25. It's not like they are Yngwie Malmsteen and Billy Sheehan (few people are) but whenever we jam, they can play whatever we like.

I've been trying to study music theory, but it all just goes over my head. Any tips or resources you would recommend?

study one thing, incrementally, every day. it will add up. don't take a single day off. use your knowledge actively, don't learn something if you can't apply it to anything. useitorloseit.

practice every single day. don't practice everything you can, just what you want to. when you run out of things you like to do at a very good level, see what your technique by that point allows you to try for new stuff.

this is actually a medically accepted fact, bc of neuroplasticity and such

You still have roughly 60 years ahead of you. I started playing jazz guitar in my 20s and gigged despite that

i'd say you need a decade to master it to any degree