ive never took piano classes before. i started playing by my own like 1 year ago. problem about learn yourself is u wont be able to read notes and u wont know what your playing. but if u do some research then will be able to la. for me, its just me and the piano. if u have the passion for music, u will be able to learn. some people just wanna learn piano for the sake of wanting to play not loving music. i know some people like that do go far getting high grades in piano. but u can hear the difference once they play if u have music ears