Would you rather spend the next 30 years learning just one instrument or learn a new instrument every 5-6 years?
I’m asking this question is in the context of being an adult that learns music as a hobby rather than a professional musician. I take learning music seriously and have weekly lessons. I’m currently learning a new instrument but I can’t see myself spending the next 30 years playing just that instrument. I feel like it would be more fun and enriching to spend about 5-6 years learning an instrument, getting to grade 8 ABRSM standard for example, and then switching to an another instrument and repeating this process. I think the point that I’m trying to make is whether it can potentially be more enjoyable for some of us to learn a few instruments well enough in the course of our lives rather than playing just one at an exceptionally high standard for ever.
Submitted June 01, 2023 at 03:30AM by thisbelletrist https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/13xa5ok/adult_hobby_musicians_would_you_rather_learn_1/?utm_source=ifttt