No doubt there are and always will be children who receive the proper direction to develop 'natural' talent and become EXCELLENT musicians, I think that 'on the whole' there are far less kids taking music lessons than there were when I was a kid ...
A lot of kids take music in school and then drop it ...
I recently posted that one of our grandsons was taking stand-up bass in school ... the first couple of weeks were plucking and bowing using right hand only ... he has really enjoyed it ... this week they start with both hands ... I only hope the enjoyment continues ...
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