Beneficial! Most people don't know that singing at a young age is the base for music. If all elementary schools start with 10 minutes of singing, it would make a significant difference. Not because music makes you smart, but because learning music is a skill, and any skill will make learning easier.
As a child, I sang a lot, but my voice matured (even though I'm femalel, I have a low voice.) so I have 't sang for a long time: my voice changed a lot and I'd have to learn singing all over again. Not that I regret that: I found my joy in classical music.
Overall, because you sang a lot, and played piano as a child, learning an instrument will be easier than you think. I'd say you should go for it. At this age there are two possibilties. You'll either make miles or not any progress at all. Because of your musical childhood, I'm sure that it'll be the first case. And after all: if you don't shoot you'll always miss. There's nothing wrong with trying.
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