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primroseburrowsOkay, two questions.
The first is for someone who's grown up in the British school system, as Harry did his first few school years: Is it possible for someone to go through school to age eleven and not learn anything about reading sheet music, including knowing what it looks like?
The second is for anyone who plays the piano: How long would it take for a very gifted (we're talking untapped prodigy, age sixteen) to learn to play the piano well enough to perform a complex piece of music?
Thanks in advance for any info.
The first is for someone who's grown up in the British school system, as Harry did his first few school years: Is it possible for someone to go through school to age eleven and not learn anything about reading sheet music, including knowing what it looks like?
The second is for anyone who plays the piano: How long would it take for a very gifted (we're talking untapped prodigy, age sixteen) to learn to play the piano well enough to perform a complex piece of music?
Thanks in advance for any info.
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Date: 2003-07-22 04:51 pm (UTC)And I think that it wouldn't take long at all to learn how to play a complex piece of music, if the kid only practices that *one* piece, you know? My brother's in 2nd Grade piano, and he's not even musically inclined, yet he managed to learn a 7th grade piece in a few months.