Realistically, how long have you given this thing?
A couple weeks?
Learning any new instrument takes time, daily repeated practice, etc.
Yes there are some powers we lose as we get older, but oftimes they are often much offset by the wisdom we have gained. Or they should be.
--Mac
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"Keep listening. Never become so self-important that you can't listen to other players. Live cleanly....Do right....You can improve as a player by improving as a person. It's a duty we owe to ourselves." --John Coltrane
"You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything." --Branford Marsalis