This is actually for me!
Background - I played the piano as a child getting up to Grade 7 in my teens. It fell by the wayside at university and I hadn't played properly until about 5 or 6 years ago when I started having lessons again. It was always my ambition to get Grade 8. However, after trying TWICE during these 5 years, I have realised the huge amount of work that's needed and I'm wondering if it's worth it.
I have always loved the sound of brass instruments and brass bands and wondering whether to learn a new instrument instead of persevering with the piano. There's not an awful lot you can DO with Grade 8 piano, I'm not a natural sight reader so wouldn't really play socially etc. But learning a brass instrument has a lot more scope for playing in bands and the like and I think I'd enjoy it.
I heard Haydn's trumpet concerto on Classic FM the other day and it really made me want to learn!
If you or your child play a brass instrument, how do they find learning? Can you progress quite fast?
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Dancergirl · 29/06/2016 13:44
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