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past tense in hypothetical たかもしれない

I came across a sentence that looks like the following:

もしも先生のような講師からピアノを教わっていたら, 私は

今でもピアノを弾いていたかもしれないなあ。

I’m slightly confused why it is 弾いていたかもしれない and not　弾いているかもしれない.

Is it a rule that hypotheticals are always in past tense?

Thanks

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