Comments on: Is 25 Too Old to Be Learning to Play the Violin? http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/ Learning to Play the Violin is Fun and Rewarding! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: ?http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-856 ? Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:45:01 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-856 OMG! Don't listen to them! Just learn it you can be good at it if you PRACTICE! OMG! Don’t listen to them! Just learn it you can be good at it if you PRACTICE!

]]> By: Mirandahttp://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-855 Miranda Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:41:02 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-855 Instruments are VERY easy to learn. If anything the violin might be easier when you are at 25 then at the age of 5.People always say you can't do ____ and _____ when you are older. They are all lies. Kids simply have more time to waste, therefore; more time to practice.You can learn it just as well. Instruments are VERY easy to learn. If anything the violin might be easier when you are at 25 then at the age of 5.

People always say you can’t do ____ and _____ when you are older. They are all lies. Kids simply have more time to waste, therefore; more time to practice.

You can learn it just as well.

]]> By: Kabhttp://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-854 Kab Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:24:29 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-854 You are not going to be any younger if you wait. Go for it. If you hate it or fail miserably, what have you lost? Don't end up asking: Is 30 to old to learn the violin You are not going to be any younger if you wait. Go for it. If you hate it or fail miserably, what have you lost?
Don’t end up asking: Is 30 to old to learn the violin

]]> By: Angela S.http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-853 Angela S. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:56:27 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-853 No, 25 is not too old. My daughter is 14, learning the viola. Her instructor has students ranging in age from 4 to 68. And the 68-year-old is doing just fine! It might have been easier to learn to play when you were younger, but 25 is certainly not old.I began playing the clarinet at age 10, stopped at 17, and didn't pick it back up until I was 33. I've learned so much more in th last 14 years...Good luck, and God Bless! No, 25 is not too old. My daughter is 14, learning the viola. Her instructor has students ranging in age from 4 to 68. And the 68-year-old is doing just fine! It might have been easier to learn to play when you were younger, but 25 is certainly not old.

I began playing the clarinet at age 10, stopped at 17, and didn’t pick it back up until I was 33. I’ve learned so much more in th last 14 years…

Good luck, and God Bless!

]]> By: fomatohttp://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-852 fomato Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:13:00 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-852 No matter how old you are, it's still going to take the same amount of time to learn it so I wouldn't worry just keep learning and you'll learn it just as good as anyone else will! No matter how old you are, it’s still going to take the same amount of time to learn it so I wouldn’t worry just keep learning and you’ll learn it just as good as anyone else will!

]]> By: Rachel_S165http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-851 Rachel_S165 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:50:17 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-851 NO, not at all. I started teaching myself to play the fiddle by ear when I was 33, after having played guitar, mandolin and banjo.Now I play fiddle in a bluegrass band, and regularly with friends in jam sessions, and I love it. :-) NO, not at all. I started teaching myself to play the fiddle by ear when I was 33, after having played guitar, mandolin and banjo.

Now I play fiddle in a bluegrass band, and regularly with friends in jam sessions, and I love it. :-)

]]> By: Alex Shttp://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-850 Alex S Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:24:28 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-850 u r right that it will be dificult but with a little determination and dedication u can make it. Plus u have learnt the piano before so u will nt have a problem understanding the concepts that u need to know to learn any musical instrument. u r right that it will be dificult but with a little determination and dedication u can make it.
Plus u have learnt the piano before so u will nt have a problem understanding the concepts that u need to know to learn any musical instrument.

]]> By: foggisanhttp://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-849 foggisan Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:37:09 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-849 I learnt to listen to my wife at 49 so anything is possible!What have you got to lose except the dead weight of other's negativity?Tell you what, practise in the nude just for the hell of it! I learnt to listen to my wife at 49 so anything is possible!

What have you got to lose except the dead weight of other’s negativity?

Tell you what, practise in the nude just for the hell of it!

]]> By: techfiddlehttp://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-848 techfiddle Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:09:18 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-848 It's conceivable that if you want an international concert career, one should start at three or six, or something like that, but for everyone else, you can start at any time with good results. See:VIOLIN/VIOLA FAQ(3) Am I too old to learn the violin, which has always been my dream?and(29) How long will it take me to get really good at the violin?This question is one of the most "frequently asked" of any. It takes about five years to get into the violin, and that is with a good teacher and a great deal of work. Ten years, however, seems to be the normative time that it takes to master any skill. See the materials, below, borrowed, (waiting to get permission), from Peter Norvig's Teach Yourself Programming in Ten YearsResearchers Bloom (1985), Bryan & Harter (1899)*, Hayes (1989), Simmon & Chase (1973)** have shown it takes about ten years to develop expertise in any of a wide variety of areas, including chess playing, music composition, telegraph operation, painting, piano playing, swimming, tennis, and research in neuropsychology and topology. There appear to be no real shortcuts: even Mozart, who was a musical prodigy at age 4, took 13 more years before he began to produce world-class music.In another genre, the Beatles seemed to burst onto the scene with a string of #1 hits and an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. But they had been playing small clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg since 1957, and while they had mass appeal early on, their first great critical success, Sgt. Peppers, was released in 1967.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) thought it took longer than ten years: "Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price." And Chaucer (1340-1400) complained "the lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." Hippocrates (c. 400BC) is known for the excerpt "ars longa, vita brevis", which is part of the longer quotation "Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile", which in English renders as "Life is short, [the] craft long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult." Although in Latin, ars can mean either art or craft, in the original Greek the word "techne" can only mean "skill", not "art".* Bryan, W.L. & Harter, N. "Studies on the telegraphic language: The acquisition of a hierarchy of habits. Psychology Review, 1899, 8, 345-375 ** Chase, William G. & Simon, Herbert A. "Perception in Chess", Cognitive Psychology, 1973, 4, 55-81. It’s conceivable that if you want an international concert career, one should start at three or six, or something like that, but for everyone else, you can start at any time with good results. See:

VIOLIN/VIOLA FAQ

(3) Am I too old to learn the violin, which has always been my dream?

and

(29) How long will it take me to get really good at the violin?

This question is one of the most “frequently asked” of any. It takes about five years to get into the violin, and that is with a good teacher and a great deal of work. Ten years, however, seems to be the normative time that it takes to master any skill. See the materials, below, borrowed, (waiting to get permission), from Peter Norvig’s Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

Researchers Bloom (1985), Bryan & Harter (1899)*, Hayes (1989), Simmon & Chase (1973)** have shown it takes about ten years to develop expertise in any of a wide variety of areas, including chess playing, music composition, telegraph operation, painting, piano playing, swimming, tennis, and research in neuropsychology and topology. There appear to be no real shortcuts: even Mozart, who was a musical prodigy at age 4, took 13 more years before he began to produce world-class music.

In another genre, the Beatles seemed to burst onto the scene with a string of #1 hits and an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. But they had been playing small clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg since 1957, and while they had mass appeal early on, their first great critical success, Sgt. Peppers, was released in 1967.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) thought it took longer than ten years: “Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.” And Chaucer (1340-1400) complained “the lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.” Hippocrates (c. 400BC) is known for the excerpt “ars longa, vita brevis”, which is part of the longer quotation “Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile”, which in English renders as “Life is short, [the] craft long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.” Although in Latin, ars can mean either art or craft, in the original Greek the word “techne” can only mean “skill”, not “art”.

* Bryan, W.L. & Harter, N. “Studies on the telegraphic language: The acquisition of a hierarchy of habits. Psychology Review, 1899, 8, 345-375
** Chase, William G. & Simon, Herbert A. “Perception in Chess”, Cognitive Psychology, 1973, 4, 55-81.

]]> By: racerxaznhttp://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-847 racerxazn Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:05:21 +0000 http://lessons-for-violin.com/368/is-25-too-old-to-be-learning-to-play-the-violin/#comment-847 Although it might be a little hard to learn at first (it's a fact that children have an easier time learning new things) you'll do fine! Because your mature (I'm guessing :P) you'll be listening to the teacher and practicing more than 4 minutes a day like most children. There is no age limit to music~I hope you start, violin is a wonderful instrument~-racerxazn Although it might be a little hard to learn at first (it’s a fact that children have an easier time learning new things) you’ll do fine! Because your mature (I’m guessing :P) you’ll be listening to the teacher and practicing more than 4 minutes a day like most children.
There is no age limit to music~

I hope you start, violin is a wonderful instrument~

-racerxazn

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