I'm 16 and after hearing the song Kiss the Rain - Yiruma, I just wanted to play it. I've heard a lot of people starting piano when they were 7 years old. Is it too late for me to start? :S

I started playing at ~14, and I'm having the time of my life playing the piano. The only thing bad about starting late is the jelousy when you see 3 year olds playing crazy Choppin stuff, blindfolded and with only 2 fingers on one hand. But the way I see it, music is a hobby, not a competition. If you're not going to like it then don't bother, otherwise I think you're stupid if you don't.

PS: Kiss the Rain rocks!!

Go ahead and learn all you want, never is late and you are young still. Unless you are thinking to do a career as pianist, in that case you would have to push yourself more to reach a reasonable level.

Those kids after they grow, they are just like the rest.

i started when i was like 6, im 15 now. People who started when they where like 10 are almost at the same level as me.

Go for it. You will probably learn it fast too!

honestly, i believe ALOT of things learned as a kid are easier, the process is quicker and you remember it even after years (includes languages, music, instruments, (or cartoons, XD that you watched that stick with u to this day) A lot of studies have been made that prove that kids learn better as well.

So i think the younger the better (not too young tho) like 5-7ish.

I just find it harder to learn/ as an adult.

My brother started when he was 11, and hes having more trouble then other younger kids who started earlier. But dont let that stop you :P he just doesnt put much effort into it, if you put enough work, in the end i dont think it matters what time you start.

Makes me kinda jealous though of those kids whos parents who talk like 3 langauges and teach them to their kid at a young age lol

Makes me kinda jealous though of those kids whos parents who talk like 3 langauges and teach them to their kid at a young age lol

lol wow...

that must be real fun to talk like Bosnian to each other and nobody can understand you other then you and your fam. i have friends at school who are like that. total cool guys but thats just because there Bosnian... :P

If you wanna play it - then go for it! Personally, I wish I started earlier coz it sucks to see six year olds play better then me, but I just play coz I enjoy it. So it's never too late to start if you really want to (Can't promise you'll be brilliant tho).

I started around four years ago (approximately). I am 17 now, so that makes me 13 then. I started taking lessons in Feb. 2005.

Ever since I got this keyboard from my step-uncle, I heard a lot of little renditions of classical music. I was hooked, and started learning those little doodles on the keys. After a while we found an old piano for free and my interst widened even more. I started listening to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Chopin and Liszt was next. I even got into a TAD of jazz. In no-time I was going crazy at learning, and I had a teacher who was in my best interest.

Overtime, my ability and taste grew wider and wider. Now, at 17, I have accomplished a bit. I have learned to play, pushing myself waaay too hard and now I'm re-learning the right way. It never truly occurred to me that I started late or that I'm in public schooling. I've only been in one competition, and plan to enter my second in a few weeks.

Really, as far as the age, it's all about the push. If you've got the push from age 3, then you'll get farther faster. But if your 3 and you just like doing it for fun, or aren't really serious, you won't get farther than your intentions--which is what A LOT of people do. Some will start at 5, and won't become truly serious about it until they're 11 or 12. I started from a high-goal right when I started, and it's only grew since then.

I just posted this (http://forums.ichigos.com/showpost.php?p=415129&postcount=582). It's a hell of a lot, but with my will and confidence in myself I will do it.

Really, I think this kinda sums it up, unless you want to get specific, then drop the bomb!

-Mazeppa

to OP, i just started learning piano this year, and im 17 :)

i sure feel envious/jealous when peers my age are already grade 8 and im grade 0, kind of horrible. but i learnt piano purely for the sake of playing the songs i like, especially sakura kiss piano OST version ( this song made me really want to learn immediately).

but i guess maybe you should consider how many songs you really want to play on piano, because you may find it tough having to learn classical stuff and songs which you would never like in your whole life.

i sure said a lot,haha.

but i guess maybe you should consider how many songs you really want to play on piano, because you may find it tough having to learn classical stuff and songs which you would never like in your whole life.

i sure said a lot,haha.

Maybe a lot of crap. There's just as many contemporary songs or Anime songs out there as there are what you call "classical." I feel that it's a slap in the face to me, as a "classical" musician, when you say you won't like stuff. Sure, people have tastes, but people change and there's people who are. There are thousands, maybe millions, of songs that are written for the piano--and let's not forget--the piano, like many instruments, can have songs transposed from a larger setting (orchestra, ensemble, rock band, choir) to it.

woah. calm down there. i didnt say that i didnt like classical, just that it was tough, compared to the some pop songs which followed similar chords and was easy to learn for me. and among the classical are some i like( and want to play) and some i dislike, im just saying that if for example you had to play an exam piece you don't like then it would be tough.

not to forget my main point anyway, which was that if he could be sure that his dream of playing that song could take him through the piano lessons, then go for it as its never too late to learn.

I don't like classical music :P

technically any age is fine. there no rules on age limit but of course as some people have mentioned younger students would have an easier time (maybe, depends on the kid) however since most little kids are kind of forced int it unlike you, you should be able to do better just because you like it and are not forced in to it (like me, started when I was like 8).

Well, I'm not sure when the best time is. I suppose it mostly depends on the individual's passion to play. Personally I learned when I was four, though I stopped playing when I was 12 for personal reasons. I can still compose music, admit-ably very slowly and with the help of a computer, but my talents are mostly in arrangements.

My piano teacher tells everyone that it's always best to start at a young age so as the talent can mature along with puberty and what not.

Also, the learning curve is pretty good at a young age, for it can take a bit of time to start getting into something at an older age.

I've started playing piano at age 10, now 16, and hope to continue it in the future for piano is the basis and core of all instruments. And I find it nice that I can create my own music out of thin air with simple accompinant chords and arpeggios (sorry if I missspell :/)

Learning to play an instrument has great benefits as you grow in life. It helps to derive the mind when you're down or stimulate the flow of your blood.

For music is a part of the human soul, and everyone loves music, music is like an invisible aurora that goes within an individual and moves the feelings within to create something that is almost unexplainable as a result.

I disagree that younger is better. My 48 year old mother took up the piano just this past year and she can already match what I could do with a few years of instruction.

However, I also believe that the quality of the instructor is important as well. Along with if you where taught in a class or one on one.

any age from 1-75 is a good age to start at! ITS NEVER TOO LATE