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meerkat
post Apr 21 2006, 04:57 PM
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Yeah, my dad is 70 next year, and is upstairs as we speak practising his clarinet (he restarted a few months ago).
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nannyjay
post Apr 21 2006, 06:39 PM
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Welcome to the forums, TAP. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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AmandaL
post Apr 21 2006, 08:22 PM
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Hello TAP,
We're all still learning, in fact, I don't think any of us on here will ever stop learning!

cheers,
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Suepea
post Apr 21 2006, 09:25 PM
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Welcome to the formus, TAP. I have three students who are in their sixties - two who started knowing nothing whatever about music and the third who restarted after playing in her youth. They are very rewarding to teach as they are so keen and do their practice regularly, unlike some of my young pupils!

Best of luck with your studies - enjoy yourself!
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Jen W
post Apr 22 2006, 06:27 AM
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Hi TAP - welcome from a nearly ancient pianist (started in my 50s, just passed grade 5) - I think we older starters can benefit greatly from this forum, with so much encouragement to keep going if things get tough (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)!
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OrrellPostman
post Apr 23 2006, 12:27 PM
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QUOTE(Jen W @ Apr 22 2006, 07:27 AM) *

Hi TAP - welcome from a nearly ancient pianist (started in my 50s, just passed grade 5) - I think we older starters can benefit greatly from this forum, with so much encouragement to keep going if things get tough (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)!



Jen

How long did it take you to get to Grade 5?

P.S. I don't mean to be rude or ask your age, it's just that, I started in my early fifties and am curious
as to how often we musicians should be going up a grade.
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sarah-flute
post Apr 23 2006, 12:46 PM
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OP: although it's interesting to know how other people progress, don't worry about it too much, because different people will progress at different speeds - some people will get to G5 at lightning speed, others will take much longer. As long as you are putting in regular focused practice then you should be fine and should progress (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jen W
post Apr 23 2006, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE(OrrellPostman @ Apr 23 2006, 01:27 PM) *

QUOTE(Jen W @ Apr 22 2006, 07:27 AM) *

Hi TAP - welcome from a nearly ancient pianist (started in my 50s, just passed grade 5) - I think we older starters can benefit greatly from this forum, with so much encouragement to keep going if things get tough (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)!



Jen

How long did it take you to get to Grade 5?

P.S. I don't mean to be rude or ask your age, it's just that, I started in my early fifties and am curious
as to how often we musicians should be going up a grade.

You're not rude!! It's taken me almost exactly five years from scratch (I'm 56 now and started at 51) - I taught myself for the first 2.5 years, but have had regular weekly lessons since then.

QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Apr 23 2006, 01:46 PM) *

OP: although it's interesting to know how other people progress, don't worry about it too much, because different people will progress at different speeds - some people will get to G5 at lightning speed, others will take much longer. As long as you are putting in regular focused practice then you should be fine and should progress (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Sarah's right of course, but I must admit I do have in my mind this 'one grade per year' standard that we keep hearing about - I suppose I feel that if I can keep up with this, I'm doing ok (not rational, but then, I can be very irrational at times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) !)
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sarah-flute
post Apr 23 2006, 03:03 PM
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QUOTE(Jen W @ Apr 23 2006, 03:53 PM) *

Sarah's right of course, but I must admit I do have in my mind this 'one grade per year' standard that we keep hearing about - I suppose I feel that if I can keep up with this, I'm doing ok (not rational, but then, I can be very irrational at times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) !)

*grins*

It's nice to have an aim in mind - as long as you don't beat yourself up if it doesn't turn out that way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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