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Originally Posted by mr dave
i think this is the biggest factor.
the whole lessons vs. self taught thing seems to boil down to a difference between wanting to develop an ability to play the instrument and understanding the fundamentals of the instrument and its relation to the greater whole of music. you 'can' teach yourself both but one aspect is usually a bit more complicated than the other.
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This is true. It also depends on what background history you have with music. When I was little my mother chauffeured me off to classical piano lessons for at least 5 years. Subsequently, I was able to self teach myself guitar and bass etc because I had that theoretical (and practical) musical grounding.