What is a good age to start taking music lessons?
The answer to this depends on 1) is your child asking for lessons? and 2) do you have the time and energy to commit to this? Children are capable of different things at different ages. Younger children have less fine motor skills and very short attention spans. Older children have more coordination and have developed increased attention spans from attending school on a daily basis. Taking lessons at a very young age requires more time and patience from the adult who will work with the child practicing at home. If taking lessons at 3-5 years old doesn’t work out, remember, you can always try again at 6 or 7. You’ll be amazed at how much more coordinated and focused they are in just a year or two. It is very difficult for tweens and teenagers to start an instrument due to the increase demands of school and social activities. If you and your child decide to take lessons, both of you have to make sure lessons fit in your busy schedules!
