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[primroseburrows]

Okay, 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.

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[ginzai.livejournal.com]

I'm not certain at all about the British school system question, but when it comes to music... I learned to play flute at age 16 and I'm by no means a prodigy. Still, I could play pieces of moderate difficulty within two months. All it really takes is a desire to learn, and I was playing roughly four or five hours a day then.