Klarinet Archive - Posting 000289.txt from 1996/03

From: CHINHEE <UKIM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: D clarinet and small children
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:03:59 -0500

>From: IN%"KLARINET@-----.BITNET" "Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network"
10-MAR-1996 16:41:13.85
>Subj: RE: D clarinet and small children
>
>John,
> Why don't you start your daughter out on the soprano recorder and
>piano. The fingering movements that she would learn on the recorder can
>easily be transfered to any woodwind instrument - and no reed/mouthpiece
>problems! Piano skills (including music fundamentals) for a younger child
>are much more important than learning reed adjusting and other clarinet
>skills. Wait a couple of years till her hands and wind capacity has grown
>and then do the clarinet. I always regret not having had piano lessons
>when I was a kid. Learning piano from scratch in college is no fun.
>
>Dan
>
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> Daniel A. Paprocki
> dap@-----.us
>
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I agree with this comment. I started on the soprano recorder when I was ten
then was able to switch to the clarinet easily because the fingerings were
similar. I also took piano lessons when I was younger so that made reading
music a lot easier. I am now a third year college student studying clarinet
performance and playing piano for fun.

Chinhee
ukim@-----.edu