I Know Nothing — Where Do I Start?

Three routes — pick the one matching what you care about most, not all three

"I want to learn music but do not know where to start" — this page gives you three routes. Pick one; do not read all three.

What you are trying to do here

Answer one question first: what is actually blocking you? The three routes match three different blockers.

Where to read: three routes

Route A: decide whether and what to learn

Take this if you have not even chosen an instrument.

• Starting from zero: the first step — set a direction first
• Is it too late as an adult? — real advantages and real obstacles
• "Do I have talent?": a misframed question — why this question has no answer
• Theory first, or instrument first? — they are not a queue

This route lives entirely in the midicn home site: thirty short pieces, one question each.

Route B: you have chosen an instrument but not how to practise

Take this if you have picked an instrument but do not know how to practise.

• How long should I practise each day? — frequency beats duration
• Theory first, or instrument first? — the two can run in parallel
• Tool: metre: why 3/4 and 4/4 sound different — clickable
• Offsite: the instrument guide — understand how your instrument makes sound first

Route C: you want to understand what music is

Take this if you would rather understand than start playing.

• The music industry map: where the money is — see how music is organised
• Why the major scale sounds happy: explanation and dispute — start from the simplest phenomenon
• Offsite: music theory — over 150 theory entries

What is not built yet

Honestly, two gaps on this path:

1. The glossary is short of its plan — it should be the place where any term is one click away, and it is still a skeleton 2. There is no complete "zero to playing a piece" roadmap — the thirty guides cover judgement and mindset, but they do not cover the technical training track

The second point is a genuine gap. For now you have to assemble the guides and the instrument site yourself.

Next

• The site-level view: what each of the thirteen sites is for
• Browsing by topic: listening hub · instruments hub
• Back to the home page

Sources

• 本页为导航页，内容为据实整理；状态说明以各站实际条目数为准（2026-10-03 实测）

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