So, you've decided that you would like to learn an instrument or enroll your child in music lessons. You might wonder how long will it take for me to become truly proficient? Well that will honestly depend on a few different things.
How long will it take to learn the piano?
Some things in life you are able to master or complete. Music is a talent and a skill that you can always be growing. You might be able to play all you Major scales but then you find out you get to learn your minor scales as well. It is actually very interesting that you get to always grow, always find something new to learn. Always a new technique, a new piece of music to try and master. Once you are finished with that piece, there is a new piece of music that you get to work on. However if you are wondering how long it will take to be proficient with your instrument than the answer is in a few years you should be able to pick up more complex music and play it on your own.
Practice is the key to learning to play well.
Everyone learns at different speeds, also people have different bents in life of what comes easy to them. To some people music just makes sense, they get rhythm, they find reading music isn't that bad, they understand about tone. Then other people love music, and they want nothing more than to be able to play piano, guitar, or any other instrument that they have a passion for, but it seems really hard to them. No matter what your learning speed is or how easy/hard you find learning music, the key to success is practice. Whether you sit down and practice for hours or you like to play through your music a few times, every time you play your instrument you get better. Obviously the more you practice the more you will see improvement, the more comfortable you will be when you sit down to play your instrument. The more you practice you will find that your hands are almost moving by themselves. You are building muscle memory, that will be how you end up memorizing long pieces of music when you become a more advanced player.
Making your lessons a priority is important.
Like most other things, it is hard to keep yourself accountable. We don't like to push ourselves to do something we feel is too hard, or not much fun. This is what your music instructor is for. Even though you would really rather stay with what you are comfortable with they will stretch you to play music that is going to help you grow as a musician. You will never get anywhere if you keep playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Also a lot of people think of music lessons in terms of the school year and take a break for summer. This is a bad idea.... you will find that when you resume lessons, you aren't where you were when you left, and that just doesn't feel good. You want to make sure that you keep lessons a priority and keep growing.
Learning music is fun!
Like everything else in life, we have an easier time doing anything when we are having fun. Music lessons should be fun! Yes, you want a good education, but you also want to enjoy going to lessons, not dread them. This is especially important to children. If you are not having fun and feel it's a chore your brain is not open to learning, and you will not be progressing as fast as you could be. Even though you should always have some challenging music, you should also have some fun music to enjoy. Watch how fast you learn to play your favorite song. Listen and enjoy your child asking to play the piano so they can play that song from their favorite movie.
Speaking of theory...
Who was speaking of theory? .... sorry, I just have to add this in there. Learning your music theory is extremely important. Understanding music and how it works will help you play better, and will help you learn faster. Theory can even be fun if you get the right teacher.
Anyone can learn to play the piano.
No, you're not too old, not to young. No, there isn't some people who just can't learn. If you put your mind to it and give it a try you can become a musician. Have fun and enjoy the ride. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, if you put in the time and want to learn to play the piano it will happen.
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