I totally agree. Age is no barrier to learning music. As long as you can maintain the passion, no instrument is too difficult.

Just be sure to hang in there for the first year of classes or so, cos' they're probably going to make you play kiddie tunes and stuff. But once you get past that, that's when you get to learn more interesting tunes.

*Sigh* Could remember 3 years back, I tried to take up piano lessons. But Having to play "Mary Had A Little Lamb" & "When The Saints Go Marching In" in 3 different keys just killed off the interest...

Get your music theory right before progressing too far into playing the instrument. Many folks (incl. myself when I first started) tend to overlook theory but I can tell you, with good music theory knowledge, everything else will fall into place.

Also, the same music theory applies to all instruments, so should you tire of the keyboard and wanna learn a few other instruments in future, knowledge of music theory speeds things up quite a bit.

Yup, theory comes TOGETHER with practical. Apart from hammering away at your instrument of choice, you should also take the time to read up on the subject of music theory and see how it relates to your practical.

For that, I think the "Handbook of Music Theory" Grades 1-5 & 6-8 by Loh Phaik Keng should suffice. Any subject mentioned in those books with which you need further clarification, look it up on Wikipedia.

This post has been edited by changhao: Dec 8 2006, 12:59 PM

I've heard a friend rave about "Electones". Are those keyboards and are they any good?

Edit: Double post.

This post has been edited by changhao: Dec 9 2006, 03:26 PM