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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I started with guitar, then bass, then piano.

Guitar over only really played for fun with other people. I've played bass in 3 bands, 2 of those publicly. Piano I've played solo at recitals and publicly a few times as part of an ensemble group. Guitar and bass were self taught, so I plateaued early on, but I take piano lessons now. I also have a sampler/drum machine I play around with and use to make backing tracks to practice the other instruments.

I'm not very good at any of them in my own opinion, but it doesn't take much to have fun. I think it's harder to be good alone than playing with other people, though as an introvert, it's hard to get over the initial hump of getting together with people.