I was the same. Sitting through lessons while a kid would have been torture. Now I wish I had tried it. If I had a piano I would give it a try.
My cousin is a prodigy. He never had lessons and doesn’t read music but has been playing beautifully since he was big enough to sit on the bench and reach the keys. All he has to do is hear something one time and he can sit down and play it. I’d love to have talent like that.
Another who learned typing in HS as a sophomore. Took it because the JV basketball coach taught it and I really wanted to be on the team. Somehow I guess I thought that might give me an in. Didn’t help, LOL.
We often typed to music, too. The only one I remember now was Melanie’s ‘Brand New Key.’ It must have been about 1971 or so...
We had about 60% manual typewriters and 40% electric. In the batch of 40% electric were two IBM Selectrics with the ball. They seems so high tech at the time.
I started out on the manual and part way through we all switched. The people who had been on the manuals couldn’t hardly keep from hitting keys just because we were used to resting our fingers on the keys. It took a while to adjust. But the ones who started on the electrics really struggled more than we did to master the full manuals.