If one is interested in music gifted with good voice should learn vocal and others can go for instrumental .
Gifted with good rhythms can go for percussion .
My father made me learn singing and as a child I used to learn but never sat down for practice. Later started practising and became so much interested and started performing. Then started teaching also.
Did my Alankar from Gandarv Mahavidyala at a later stage.
My teaching is based on giving good voice culture with good diction and melody.Depending on the ability of the student encourage them to develop further.