What's the best way to learn to play piano?

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What's the best way?

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You're right at the cusp of what I would say is the teacher versus youtube/app divide.

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I played saxophone until college but am 39 now and probably couldn't read music for shite anymore.

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You can probably pick it (music reading) back up pretty quickly - of all the musical instruments in the world, it's going to be a challenge to play piano without being able to read music - particularly learning to play in your middle ages.

So, spend some time relearning how to read music - work on some easy songs in C and go from there.

You're not being an arse; your post provides valid insight.

I taught myself the basics by just sitting down with some YouTube videos. Then I sold the piano, that was given to me, like an idiot and wouldn't be able to play a thing now. It took a lot of patience.