Levels of Education

[Exian]

A lot of musicians here, too! I never formally studied music, but I consider it my most accomplished, longest living passion and my most complete study.

As an aside without straying too far from the OP, maybe we can name off our musical attributes as well?

As for me, I started playing drums at 8, which I find is as foundational as piano. I moved on to guitar when I was 14, picked up piano at 20, and two years ago started toying around with the banjo (a lot of fingerstyle guitar techniques translated so easily, maybe I shouldn't count that? Lol)

Guitar is my most accomplished instrument. I started out with Metal, moved on to Chicago blues and delta blues (the latter being my favorite style, Mississpi John Hurt anybody?), and about 5 years ago, I started studying classical and flamenco intensely, more so flamenco. From a lot of players I talk to my age, this seems to be a pretty common path.

And man, I'd really love to get a chance to play a cello, erhu, and a koto. About two years ago, I went up to the local Highland games to see my buddy compete, and they had a harp workshop, so I was pretty lucky to get a chance to learn my way around one of those with some guidance.