(1) pick up instrument; (2) play poorly on purpose; (3) now that your worst fear is already realized, move on and enjoy it:-)
Alternatively, give up. No, not the instrument! Rather, the unrealistic expectation that despite zero practice for a long period of time that the level of ability would somehow remain the same. But it will be re-learned, much more quickly than the first time.
(1) pick up instrument; (2) play poorly on purpose; (3) now that your worst fear is already realized, move on and enjoy it:-)
Alternatively, give up. No, not the instrument! Rather, the unrealistic expectation that despite zero practice for a long period of time that the level of ability would somehow remain the same. But it will be re-learned, much more quickly than the first time.
the good thing about having learned it once is that learning it again is much much much easier