It's just about impossible to learn music nowadays. First, everyone just expects newbs to drop $1k on a "beginner" instrument on something that they most likely won't even touch again after a month or two.
Then, there are two types of teachers: the "don't actually pick up an instrument first, you want to learn every note, what they all sound like and be able to call out what they are without fail, and every cord permutation, then memorize the song you want to play. You want to actually play and improvise with other people? No, that's not how we do things" teacher
And the "oh yeah, this is super easy. Just like, start playing. See, all I'm doing is hitting whatever sounds good. Now you do it." teacher.
You either get to learn in a way that means that if it isn't expressly written on paper, then you can't play. Or, you get to learn how to make noise but have no idea what you actually doing. Both of which charge you $100/hr for their "valuable" lessons which you retain exactly 0% of.
Looking up anything online and they think that you already know the instrument like the back of your hand so they explain almost nothing. Just play this 5th circle B#7th and chop it by doing something with you hand.
With all of that, I don't really see how this can really grow because it's been made as hard as possible to learn.
Submitted March 19, 2026 at 03:23AM by HurryHot2409 https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1rxstp1/how_does_the_music_community_expect_to_grow_in/?utm_source=ifttt