My grandma could play a bit and taught me stuff I needed to know, Hot cross buns (both hands ), reading music, and i bought a book and played it... then i had my lessons.

Piano 5
Violin 6
Quit Violin then changed to Cello at 8.
Cello is just so much better

Clarinet - 14
Piano - 14

Been playing clarinet for 1 year and 1 month, just did my grade 5 yesterday, waiting for my results.

Been playing piano for emm.....7 months, and hopefully sitting my grade 5 at Easter

violin- age 7 (im only grade 4 cuz i suck!)
piano- age 10

15, the same age that the world's current "Most technically able" guitarist started.

I started at 18, when I got a holiday job before going to university.

My parents were totally unmusical and didn't let me learn anything. It may seem weird, but I remember crying when I was 9, because I wanted to learn the piano so much. I remember going from book to book in the library when I was about 11, trying to teach myself how to read music.
Finally, I bought myself a guitar, taught myself to read music properly and tried to make up for lost time.

But my career got in the way. Today, I play a few intruments, but I'm very conscious of lacking that skill on the piano that you only get by learning as a child. My kids get tremendous support and enthusiasm for their music. I must have the only 12 year old who doesn't know whether to be a professional footballer or trumpet player! Our 9 year old plays the piano and I treat his practising just as importantly as his school homework.

If only I could put the clock back!

Steve

I started learning the organ at 5, which was a mistake and I was too young to realise that... I hated the teacher, hated the lessons, and never practised... which gives me the shudders now to think that I might have given up music forever at that time. Then at 8 I switched to piano which was such a relief, and that made all the difference! I just started violin a month or so ago and am loving every bit of it... although the squeakiness at the beginning was such a pain to listen to... hopefully I get better soon!

Violin at (I think) 7 (it was y3 when they asked if anyone wanted lessons and the teacher came and played us something and I'm just like "YES!! I have to do that!!"
and Piano the year before
Anna

i started the trumpet at 4...and am taking grade 8 next week (im 15) but i cannot remember wen i started singing or piano - both between the ages of 3 and 6.

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trumpets rule!

altho they r very lucky to have that choice! i can only play the trumpet - no other talents.

i started to learn piano at 7...

I can't remember if I've posted here already, so I'll say it again: I started piano at 12, probably later than most people.

Though I did take up the violin when I was 8. I hated it, so I gave up after 2 years. I only did it because my mum wanted me to do a musical instrument, and my primary school only offered string instruments (because it was a very small school. The annoying thing is, the year after I left they started to offer wind instruments as well! If I had been there a few years longer I could've started the clarinet or the flute earlier. Grr).

Hi, i was 7 yrs old ( im now 37) ,playing on "Baby Grands", when my feet cudnt even touch the floor ! I also had a teacher who was ONLY teaching A Level students til i came along ! so i had the best teachers in the area until i moved to COV, then i messed up (had a very bad teacher !) and now work in a supermarket ,when i could be in an orchestra..........somewhere............

recorder - 6 (gave up at 11)
piano - 7
violin - 9 (gave up at 11)
oboe - 12
cor anglais - 14
bassoon - 16 (gave up at 17 - no instrument)
tenor sax - 17
clarinet - 19


My grandma was never allowed to play an instrument.. she started asking for piano lessons age 2 but her parents wouldnt let her. Eventually, when she was 17, she saved up enough money to start proper lessons (she'd had one or two odd ones in the year before).
She got into music college at 18. Got her LRAM at 21.

Think my gran mighta had a talent lol

s xx