Thinking of taking up an instrument?
Thinking of taking up an instrument? Great! But be warned - it's not as easy as you might think... 1. You will not be able to play perfectly immediately You're better off starting with the basics, one step at a time. (via imgur) 2. Everyone will expect you to be able to play perfectly immediately No matter how much you protest, everyone you know will assume that just because you've started learning you'll be a prodigy from the start. In the eyes of everyone else, you are one of the Von Trapp children. ...or doing a party-piece on demand, just like this: A Mozart duet from Ariana Piknjač & Nikolina Šušak Ariana Piknjač & Nikolina Šušak perform some beautiful (and clever) Mozart 00:12 3. No matter how young you start, there's always someone more prodigious than you You really think you're making progress, you're mastering the scales and arpeggios, maybe even a few little Grade 1 pieces under your belt... an...