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Sure, to a point. I played violin for about ten years from a wee lad to about 16. Was pretty good and even made first chair at one point, but got bored and stopped.

In my adult life I kinda do regret not keeping up with it and have tried to pick it up more than a couple times. Each time though, it dawns on me just how absurdly time consuming it would be to get back to the point of being even remotely decent. Getting good is a different story and is existentially exhausting!

Saying this as someone who picked up drumming in my adult life with many hundreds of hours of intentional practice. So I'm not shy to continuously improving playing an instrument.

That said, I think if you keep your expectations reasonable, it can be a great experience!



I had a similar 10 year gap with the guitar but you would be surprised at how fast the fingers remember themselves. I'd say in a few months or less I was about where I was before I stopped playing.




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