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I clicked "Don't play piano, right handed, juggle" because I have never had a piano lesson (okay, maybe exactly one). When I took a piano audition taken by all applying music majors, however, I was told, "You play the piano better than anyone yet who has never had piano lessons." It has something to do with having a piano in the house for the past 10 years (my sister plays it).

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I also clicked "don't play piano" because I can't play anything very difficult, but I can sit down with a beginner level piano book and play pretty much any song in it.

IMO it would be helpful to have a clear dividing line. Is it "Mary had a little lamb" or "Fur Elise"?

I think the dividing line is that he said "don't play the piano (regularly?)" instead of "can't play the piano".

Maybe you can sit down with a beginner level piano book - but do you?

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