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Originally Posted by shiseido red
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.
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i never had formal training, but everyone i know who was forced to piano lessons by their moms (none of them liked it or wanted to go haha) when they were kids benefited from that knowledge later in life and seemed more apt to successfully pick up new instruments and styles.