Have you ever dreamed of playing a musical instrument? Maybe, like most people, you’ve tried it out and concluded that you weren’t musically inclined. Maybe learning the violin became just another new years resolution you never stuck to. Well I’m here to tell you that anyone can learn to play a musical instrument (or do anything for that matter). Who knows, you might be the next Mozart.
But it’s only after we identify the roadblocks that we can work to overcome them. The following are some of the common issues that might hold you back from realizing your true musical potential.
1) You aren’t having fun
This may come as a shock, but feeling forced to practice an instrument is no way to become an expert. It’s believed to take 10,000 hours of practice before you become an expert at something. If that’s true, you better find an instrument that you love playing or you’re going to have a terrible decade learning to play it.
2) You don’t practice enough
The fact is you have to be disciplined. After all, that’s why they call music a discipline. You can’t practice for an hour on tuesday then another hour on Friday. It’s literally impossible to learn a musical instrument this way. All you’ll end up doing is feeling discouraged. I’ve personally done this with several instruments over the years so trust me, I know from experience.
Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reas