Why did you start learning a musical instrument?

[Rietie]

I started playing the guitar out of self-interest. My sister was playing the flute and my brother was playing the piano. Each night one of my parents would go to them and listen and help them practice their instrument. I wanted time with them so I decided that by playing an instrument would make them sit with me and spend the evening with me.
What a horrible child I was.

[xox.happy1.xox]

I started playing the guitar too! In grade 5, when I was 10... Lol... I guess I started because I heard 3am by Matchbox 20 solely on guitar, and thought it was absolutely beautiful, hence I decided to give it a go. I never got up to that level though, I always seemed to play mediocre. I am still trying though, I want to play that song at valedictory night.

[humph]

I started playing the guitar out of self-interest. My sister was playing the flute and my brother was playing the piano. Each night one of my parents would go to them and listen and help them practice their instrument. I wanted time with them so I decided that by playing an instrument would make them sit with me and spend the evening with me.
What a horrible child I was.

And you failed at it, and so I stole your guitar and became better at it than you pretty damn quickly.

Tsk tsk.

[WushuPanda]

Hahaaha I started learning cello cos of Yo-yo Ma, and also in the fact you can sit down XD!

[Furbob]

been playing flute since the start of year 7 and chose to do it myself

but I think im going on hiatus since I've just passed my grade 6 AMEB and I dont think I'll be bothered investing time in playing next year

[funkyducky]

My parents made me start learning piano when I was 4...I got bored and stopped taking lessons when I was 11, started learning guitar instead. I learnt cello for 2 years in primary school, because there was a free introductory program where you got 2 years of lessons, but only on certain instruments. I got bored and quit cello.
In hindsight, I wish I could still play cello.

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Back in year 6 i also learned french horn, apparently it was good for music scholarships, but I never practiced because it was boring and I never learned how to breath properly

I think it's so important to be able to play more than one note at a time and create harmonies. Piano's the best at that, and ever since I stopped taking lessons and started playing what I like I've enjoyed it a lot more. Still, I kinda view the piano as a solitary instrument, and a passionate yet abstract one, a bit like a Kubrick film.
In contrast the sound of a guitar is much more raw and unbridled, and it's a lot of fun to play. Yin and Yang I guess

[zomgSEAN]

Guitar.

To get laid.

[zomgSEAN]

The electric guitar is an amazingly versatile instrument; perhaps second only to a keyboard/synth.

The HUGE range of sounds you can produce make it so enjoyable.

I started playing guitar because i enjoyed music with guitar in it.


And srsly, chix luv it.

[Keo]

Year 10, friend brought a guitar for my birthday which then led me to teach myself to play and now I absolutely love it!

[ninwa]

Still, I kinda view the piano as a solitary instrument

Yeah, the only thing I miss about oboe is being able to play with a big orchestra... well you can still do that with piano I guess but it's much harder

[Romperait]

started piano a few days before my 5th birthday - was forced by grandparents.
came to Australia - was forced to keep going by parents.
I only started actually enjoying piano in about year 9 when I switched to my current awesome teacher

as for oboe I randomly decided to start learning it in year 6 or something but I quit cos it was boring and cos I almost failed grade 6

Similar story, 'cept it was always my parents that forced me and I never enjoyed it.

[soopertaco]

for piano i started out of my own curiosity lost interest in it  after a year but thankfully my parents pushed me and then as i started to get better it grew on me. sucks that i stopped cos of vce though. annnd guitar self taught

[jane1234]

Started learning piano in grade 2, only because my older sister did as well.
When she quit a few years later, so did I.
Thankfully by the time she picked it up again, I had finally gained enough independence not to follow. I can't say I particularly liked it in the first place

[Chi]

I mainly play the piano.
I start when I was 3, I was self taught, and just played music that I listened to. I loved playing classical, romantic and rock pieces. My parents then made me go to lessons when I was 5, and that love eventually turned to hatred. I was finally able to quit when I finished grade 8 at the age of 13 (AMEB.. it was the best feeling walking out of that building and never looking back).
I still played piano at school at that time, but I still loathed it.
I learned how to play jazz and blues pieces during that time
When I was 12, I taught myself how to play violin and flute. I wanted to play these instruments because sounded like such beautiful and delicate instruments, even though were hard to master.
Two years ago, I picked up an acoustic guitar. It's just so nice to play something simple and have it sounding amazing.
Two weeks ago I picked up the bass. It's fun, and it's something I've always wanted to do
It's actually quite fun.
Nowadays, I'm writing and playing piano. I'm starting to play the difficult pieces again, and I love it.

Whoops, I ranted. Sorry D: