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13/f I've been playing th epiano for 4 years, i have to admit, I'm gettin pretty good at it, but I HATE IT!!!!!!! I've hated it since maybe 2 years ago, but my parents always say: "oh, your getting better" or "the piano teacher will be so upset if you quit". But now, I've just about had it, and my parents are like; give it a chance, one more lesson, but when they do that they'll tell the teacher i wanna quit, and he gets all nice and easy....ugh I HATE IT.
I've always been interested in the drums or guitar....something not very easy, but new to learn. If I do quit though, this'll be a load to drop on my parents [they're the sort of classical, act professional, ivy-league-for-you parents, plus I'd have to get the instruments somewhere!!!!
I just asked my parents a minute ago to quit, and they got all "stop being a teenager....ugh" and "one more lesson" how can I FIRMLY tell them I want to quit, without all this other crap coming up? And how hard is it to play the drums? either question, I'LL LOVE YOU IF YOU ANSWER IT!!
Hey, if you really hate playing piano with a teacher, then definately quit. I've been playing piano for a while now, but I KNOW that if I had to sit through unwanted lessons with a teacher, there's no way I'd still be playing.
Drums and guitar are different than piano, but if you have an interest in playing it, then it won't necessarily be harder. Is there a music place near you where you can sit down and try out different instraments to see how it feels? That'll also help you out between thinking about what you'd like to try out next.
Your parents obviously aren't listening to you, and seem to think you don't know what you want. A good way to convince them would be to tell them (in a calm voice), that the lessons aren't interesting you as much anymore and that you'd like to try out another instrament. Learning more than one instrament would even help you with your piano playing, and really if you ever want to keep playing piano, there's no reason why you have to have lessons to do it. If your parents still don't listen to you, talk to your piano teacher about it. Maybe, if he/she isn't money-hungry, they'll pass on the word to your parents. (If this doesn't work, then maybe your piano teacher knows another instrament as well, or you could compromise with your parents and ask for a guitar or drum set to start learning on).
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