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You are going to read an article in which five adults talk about learning a musical instrument. For questions 1-10, choose from the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more than once.
Never too late: adults who took up an instrument
Five adults talk about learning a musical instrument later in life
Graham
When I retired from engineering, my granddaughter, who was eight at the time, told me I should learn the piano ‘so we can play duets’. I couldn’t think of a good reason to say no. We never had money for lessons when I was a boy, so I was starting from nothing. I found a teacher in the next village and went once a week from the start. Reading music turned out to be the easy part: it’s logical, almost like reading a circuit diagram. Getting my left hand to do something completely different from my right is another story. Three years on, it still feels like patting my head and rubbing my stomach at the same time. My granddaughter has long since overtaken me, of course, but she’s very patient.
Which person found a way to avoid causing problems for their neighbours?
Which person wishes they had not given up playing when they were younger?
Which person set themselves a goal connected to a family celebration?
Which person found understanding written music less difficult than the physical side of playing?
Which person values the company of others more than their own progress?
Which person still feels very uncomfortable when other people are listening?
Which person started playing after a relative suggested it?
Which person says playing helps them to switch off from the pressures of their job?
Which person decided to have lessons after realising that teaching themselves had caused problems?
Which person was surprised at how readily experienced musicians accepted them?
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