Were you ever forced to learn an instrument?

[Rex068]

Even though I'm Asian, my parents never had the whole stereotypical "you must learn piano or violin" mindset. But I know many other fellow Asian friends whose parents had them learn piano/violin/whatsoever at a young age. There is this one friend I know where his mom would force him to practice and practice everyday and he did, for hours upon hours everyday for competitions and recitals and whatnot. But when he got to university, he pretty much stopped and hasn't touched the piano since.

 

There are more friends I know that are like this... they would reach a super high level of playing piano/violin whatnot but then they would never touch the instrument again after going into university... honestly I think it's sort of sad that one would spent so many hours perfecting their craft and win all these awards but then never touch play again in their life.. but you do you, I guess.

 

 

 

[Hwayoung]

ye they spend hours perfecting their craft but did they ever like it?

[jooyoungsbae]

i was forced to play violin and piano when i was in 2nd grade and i hated at first but i am really good at violin now im not gonna lie (i quit piano) but i think i will keep playing in uni cause i met so many great friends from music hahahahah im thankful to my parents

[Rex068]

ye they spend hours perfecting their craft but did they ever like it?

 

Idk. I think they did somewhat, but they weren't super passionate about and it was just something that was done because their parents wanted them to do it, which is sad in my eyes.

[arigatomann]

forced into piano but so grateful they did.

 

I love playing it now and made so many friends since I took music as an elective at school and was involved in a lot of performances etc

[rainbowsoldier]

started from my own will piano and 12 years later now i dropped it because it was getting hard and i felt forced and it wasn't fun anymore, i got stressed too much 

3 years were left but i knew it wasn't for me anymore

 

although i'm not asian, my family is music oriented and they wanted me to be good at music and stuff and helped me 

[demasta]

yes, played violin from 4th grade to 8th grade, have stopped since

[Smiley Panda]

Because of school I had to learn how to play an instrument and my parents decided I should learn cello.

I hated having to play an instrument that was larger than me (I was only 6 after all) and never really expressed an interest in it. After moving schools when I was ten, I stopped and refused to look back since.

[DJ LP]

Forced into piano and I'm so happy for it. I've used what I learned in music theory so much in my life. I hardly use it for electrical engineering (obviously) but for my hobbies it's useful af.

[vader]

yeah...the violin.....i didn't hate though i must sy

[cheap thriâ„“â„“s]

Flute for school but I ended up kinda liking it ....but now I probably don't remember how to play it

[CantabileCross]

I was Asian-forced into piano when I was four. I went into the competitive scale and everything, competitions in different countries and all that fun stuff. Up until I was eight I had to be told or yelled at to practice. I don't know at what point I started loving piano; it just happened. I practiced for up to even seven hours on my own, just because. I quit around junior year of high school to focus on academics, but picked it up again, not as a student or performer, but a teacher. I'm a freshman at university now, but I still teach. And still, music (of all genres now except country lol) is one of the biggest things in my life. I'm occasionally grateful for my compositional knowledge and background, too, because it helps in tons of circumstances.

 

tl;dr: yes, I liked it

[RedVelvetTrash]

6th grade music class was junior band, so yeah lol. Played clarinet and ditched it the following year when I switched over to choir. 

[Hwayoung]

Idk. I think they did somewhat, but they weren't super passionate about and it was just something that was done because their parents wanted them to do it, which is sad in my eyes.

 

sad that they're doing it just for their parents?

a lot of them don't really have a say in the matter until they're way older

 

also idk if your use of the word sad is pitiful or disdainful to these ppl :|

[Shinku]

Nope. But if i have a chance i am willing to learn violin or cello. ^^ 

[Wonsungideuri]

The recorder in elementary school music class but that doesn't really count lol

[Rex068]

sad that they're doing it just for their parents?

a lot of them don't really have a say in the matter until they're way older

 

also idk if your use of the word sad is pitiful or disdainful to these ppl :|

 

naw it's me feeling sorry for them yo... I know what it's like to be forced to do something (in my case it was trying out sports like tennis, hockey and swimming) and as a kid, it sucked because I didn't understand the importance of it, but now that I'm older I'm thankful.

 

Tbh I just stumbled across a subreddit where these people were talking discussing about why most Asian parents have their kids learn an instrument and what really caught me was the some comments saying that it's just their way showing off their kid and their talents which I definitely had mixed feelings about. I mean of course not all parents are selfish in that regard, but it really made me think why, you know?

[blade1802]

Forced into piano but stopped a while ago... I mean it was helpful that I had musical background

[vocalmonster]

Piano. Also I think every child here knows how to play the tin whistle

[solis]

only if the recorder counts

[rip moshi]

only if the recorder counts

[vocabulary]

Useless. I took expensive lessons for months, but could never be competent in anything related to music.

[JiMiJu]

I was taught to play the recorder. 

[Tracey]

Yes piano

[drsdv]

no