I have a question about how long it takes for someone to get good at music?!
Question: I have a question. its sort of like philosophy kinda:
If someone who is a child prodigy,a musical genious, by the age of 4 for example, isnt true that in the 1 year they studied, maybe 2, that they developed so quickly, and are playing advanced peices, like Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu Op.66?
So take an older person taking lessons later, maybe, in her 20's. If she just started taking lessons for one year, and there are other 20 year olds who have been taking lessons for like 15 years, wouldnt the girl be able to get to their level in like 2years or so? Being that some child pianist advanced in the same amount of time. (not to actually say that the child was a musical genious, but just took lessons longer.
What are your thoughts about this? Would the 20 year old amatuer have to take lessons longer and try 2times or maybe 3 times as hard to get to the level of those of her age?
Answers: I have a question. its sort of like philosophy kinda:
If someone who is a child prodigy,a musical genious, by the age of 4 for example, isnt true that in the 1 year they studied, maybe 2, that they developed so quickly, and are playing advanced peices, like Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu Op.66?
So take an older person taking lessons later, maybe, in her 20's. If she just started taking lessons for one year, and there are other 20 year olds who have been taking lessons for like 15 years, wouldnt the girl be able to get to their level in like 2years or so? Being that some child pianist advanced in the same amount of time. (not to actually say that the child was a musical genious, but just took lessons longer.
What are your thoughts about this? Would the 20 year old amatuer have to take lessons longer and try 2times or maybe 3 times as hard to get to the level of those of her age?
You are missing one important point : ALL children learn much faster than adults. That is why young children can learn three or four languages as well as their native language but adults struggle to learn even one foreign language.
Music is the same ; the brain undergoes profound changes at puberty and once this happens many neurological pathways in the brain become closed.
The adult learning for 10 years can never catch up to the child who started at 5 and learnt for 10 years.
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according to me it is all about the interest and passion one has
to learn to master the instrument.....
see my situation......though i have the passion to learn to play xaxophone i dont have a good teacher in my neighbourhood to teach me.....
so i think destiny too plays a role.....
old song rimmix
You can never stop learning in music. It all depends how hard you practice. These child prodigy's are something special. Most of us will probably not have the ability like them. I've been playing piano for years now and I can tell you if you practice hard enough you will be great......i used to suk in the beginning...LOL
I'm pretty sure an older person would advance through the basics pretty quickly. But after that, she would have to take time to study and practice hard for a while. Older minds just don't absorb things as quickly as the young ones. But if she's twenty, there's still developmental time. It wouldn't be too bad at that point. A few more years though, it would be a lot tougher.
The older you are, the harder it is to learn something new. Of course, it's never impossible.
I heard of an adult piano student who couldn't read a note when he started. He practiced 5 hours a day--from the time he got home from work until bedtime. In 6 months, he was playing compositions which I wouldn't even attempt.
I think it is mostly a matter of an individual
's innate talent, and the degree to which they apply themselves: geniuses like Mozart are what, one in 2-3-4-500 million? So that they really should even be considered as part of the mix.
The above responder that pointed out the importance of maturation in such a consideration, I think is correct: the younger one begins in attempting to learn a skill, the quicker they will advance.
The rate at which an adult will acquire new skills, depends on their "innate" ability, and how diligently they apply themselves to such an undertaking.
Alberich
It takes a long time for someone to be familiar with music. i don't think that someone would be able to get up to the level that other people would be at after several years of experience after a couple of years. I've been in music for 13 years and if i started today i wouldn't be able to do the things i can do now, after all the experience i've had. so the answer is yes for your last question.