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Age is a commonly expressed concern in studying music, and there are many questions on this site addressing "late starts" from a variety of perspectives. This post is intended as Link Central for users with related or similar questions.

If you've found this question, chances are you're interested in learning to play an instrument or in some other aspect of music, like theory. But you are -- or feel you are -- getting a late start, and you have doubts: Is it even worth starting? How far can I go? You are far from alone, both in asking and in asking here. This post will help lead you to similar and related questions that have already been fielded by the community.

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    Does this answer your question? Can one be too old to learn an instrument?
    – Brian Towers
    Commented Oct 5, 2020 at 8:04
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    Wasn't the whole point of this question to cover any/all of the potential duplicates? And put them all under one banner?
    – Tim
    Commented Oct 5, 2020 at 15:06
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    @Tim Indeed. There is a certain irony. :-)
    – Aaron
    Commented Oct 5, 2020 at 23:35
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    @BrianTowers The answer you linked to is related, but is a different question. The intent here is to compile links to all the various age-related questions to make them easier to find, rather than to answer the question itself.
    – Aaron
    Commented Oct 6, 2020 at 0:06
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    I'd be for moving this to the meta, but it's not really a fit for the main site as is. It's mostly just pointing to other answers around the site which is not the point of a canonical question. You should be able to point to a canonical question to get the answer, not have the canonical question point elsewhere. IMO, almost all questions in your answer should be closed as a duplicate of the question this is closed a duplicate of. I'm happy to talk about this more in chat if needed.
    – Dom ♦
    Commented Oct 6, 2020 at 14:31

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The consensus here on SE MP&T is...

Go for it!

Among the various questions and answers linked here, you'll find a wide variety of viewpoints: encouragement, pitfalls, concerns, and so forth, but in general, you will find that the broad feeling across the site is "Yes, you can. Go for it."

NOTE: It's not always obvious from the title, but age is expressed as a concern in all of the listed questions.

What follows is a list of questions regarding beginning to learn when you feel your age is a concern. They are organized by subject matter; just know that an answer related to an area different from yours might still be the one you're looking for.

Late start as a general concern

Guitar

Piano/Keyboard

Saxophone

Violin

Viola

Voice/Singing

Theory

Composing

Music school

Developing muscle memory

Exams / Auditions

Going pro

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