rogerch
Thank you for your beautiful, warm and inspiring post!
All of us who started, restarted or continue, learning to play the piano as adults are a living proof that the old conviction that your ability to learn decreases with age is worth nothing. We just don’t let it happen.
I started to learn almost four years ago, when I was 59. I began by learning to read the notes, just using a paper keyboard, a month or two before the piano arrived. It was like learning a completely new language, and I love learning languages, so it was great. Since then, I have been sitting at the piano and learning something new almost every day (and there is always something new to learn, yay!😃). I’m in no hurry, I don’t like racing or competing in anything, I can learn at my own pace – at a pace that gives me time to revel in the process, and be amazed. I could regret that I didn’t start as a child or later as a young independent adult, but what would be the point? And why should I, if every minute I spend now learning to play brings me so much happiness?