Too late to start learning piano at 7yrs old?

[phankao]

puffybelle:

Is it too late to start learning piano at 7yrs old?

Any good piano school or teacher to recommend?

My older kids all started learning their respective instruments at 7 or 8. How is that too late?

[Dreamaurora]

yernying:

I am a piano teacher.seven years old is slightly late but of cos still not v late.before u start to invest,u must think properly,cos it is long journey,u need a lot of money n energy to invest.answer,this is a good invest.

So what is your opinion on adult starter who pick up piano ahove 16 years old? Hopeless since it's super late?

[peanut_butter]

Dreamaurora:

So what is your opinion on adult starter who pick up piano ahove 16 years old? Hopeless since it's super late?

I think she means to play professionally as a soloist, worldwide. The competition is so furious, every extra year count.

5-years old nowadays are so huge and smart, I wonder what their parents feed them with.

[Dreamaurora]

peanut_butter:

Dreamaurora:

So what is your opinion on adult starter who pick up piano ahove 16 years old? Hopeless since it's super late?

I think she means to play professionally as a soloist, worldwide. The competition is so furious, every extra year count.

5-years old nowadays are so huge and smart, I wonder what their parents feed them with.

this is probably true if we are talking about 20-30 years ago. Used to be that the only way to be famous is to win a major competition and release CDs under major performing labels. So yes, have to start very young and acquire virtuoso techniques early because a lot of competitions have age cutoff. But now in this digital age the game has changed. Now with YouTube and cheaper recording fee, pianists have more avenue to promote themselves. Google Simone Dinnerstein and Valentina Lisitsa.

[phankao]

Dreamaurora:

this is probably true if we are talking about 20-30 years ago. Used to be that the only way to be famous is to win a major competition and release CDs under major performing labels. So yes, have to start very young and acquire virtuoso techniques early because a lot of competitions have age cutoff. But now in this digital age the game has changed. Now with YouTube and cheaper recording fee, pianists have more avenue to promote themselves. Google Simone Dinnerstein and Valentina Lisitsa.

How to earn money as a career on Youtube?

[Dreamaurora]

phankao:

Dreamaurora:

this is probably true if we are talking about 20-30 years ago. Used to be that the only way to be famous is to win a major competition and release CDs under major performing labels. So yes, have to start very young and acquire virtuoso techniques early because a lot of competitions have age cutoff. But now in this digital age the game has changed. Now with YouTube and cheaper recording fee, pianists have more avenue to promote themselves. Google Simone Dinnerstein and Valentina Lisitsa.

How to earn money as a career on Youtube?

Use Youtube to promote lar. Valentina is a good example of this. Her career only really took off after she posted her videos online. Because people know her from YouTube, she gets concert engagements much more easily, and it also helps that she looks not bad too.

[Angelight]

Aiyo, Dream...I started even later than you leh, but enjoying every moment of it. In fact, to make up for lost time, I practised extra hard and completed G1 in 3 mths; now doing G2. But I'm not keen to play competitively or perform on stage. Just want to fulfill a childhood dream of learning to play piano. So I guess age doesn't matter in my case.

Dreamaurora:

yernying:

I am a piano teacher.seven years old is slightly late but of cos still not v late.before u start to invest,u must think properly,cos it is long journey,u need a lot of money n energy to invest.answer,this is a good invest.

So what is your opinion on adult starter who pick up piano ahove 16 years old? Hopeless since it's super late?

[Dreamaurora]

Angelight:

Aiyo, Dream...I started even later than you leh, but enjoying every moment of it. In fact, to make up for lost time, I practised extra hard and completed G1 in 3 mths; now doing G2. But I'm not keen to play competitively or perform on stage. Just want to fulfill a childhood dream of learning to play piano. So I guess age doesn't matter in my case.

Well, of course everyone can start piano at any age lar for hobby :evil: . But the issue here is of course whether one can make it PROFESSIONALY as a classical pianist if start very late as an adult. Which from my experience almost everyone seems to think was impossible. But hey, I got to try to shatter this misconception right?

Luckily I had my quarter life crisis earlier than most people. Maybe I should open a cafe also to complete the stereotype :evil:

[vanessa_pianoteacher]

As a music teacher, I have had pure beginners who are 15 years old take up lessons with me. I can tell you that it’s never too late to learn, unless you’re aspiring to become a professional. The only difference between a 16 yr old and a 6 yr old is the amount of school commitments that would limit the amount of time you have to practice. However, there are students who still practices regularly and it’s all a matter of how committed and disciplined the student is.

[Prataking]

Think Yamaha Music School should be good enough