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I've been mulling over the idea of learning to play the violin for a few years now. A couple of years ago I had a rather discouraging conversation with two young violinists who told me that there is no point in starting to learn at age 25 because I will never achieve the same fluency that they had from learning as children. I know it really shouldn't matter but because I am completely ignorant I believed them.
I'm good with learning languages in general but I don't know the first thing about sheet music or how playing music works. Never touched an instrument in my life, but I have always been attracted to the violin. My family comes from the east coast of Canada where fiddling is very common and I grew up hearing it. All of my great uncles and aunts on my mom's side are fluent in multiple instruments, and they learned without formal lessons. They can't read sheet music but they can hear a song and duplicate it right away. So maybe I have some of that in me.
Anyway... if any of you out there have some experience and can give me some advice on how to go about all this, I'd really appreciate it!
I'm good with learning languages in general but I don't know the first thing about sheet music or how playing music works. Never touched an instrument in my life, but I have always been attracted to the violin. My family comes from the east coast of Canada where fiddling is very common and I grew up hearing it. All of my great uncles and aunts on my mom's side are fluent in multiple instruments, and they learned without formal lessons. They can't read sheet music but they can hear a song and duplicate it right away. So maybe I have some of that in me.
Anyway... if any of you out there have some experience and can give me some advice on how to go about all this, I'd really appreciate it!