Klarinet Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 1998/09

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: Re: [kl] Kitties and Clarinet Playing
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 19:09:45 -0400

P: I have been ear training my cat on the piano. He knows which end the
low notes come from and which end the high. I thought it was because he
could see the hammers (I can't remember what they're called) moving
underneath but one day I sat down near the piano with my clarinet and lo
and behold when I played low notes he headed to that end of the piano
where no hammers were moving and vice versa. He definitely likes high
notes better!
True story.
Paulette

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:07:03 -0700 "Kevin Fay (LCA)"
<kevinfay@-----.com> writes:
snip
>Better to start on piano. My son has already "started," and shows
>quite an
>affinity for atonality (he's 15 mos. old and treats the piano like a
>noisy
>highchair). If a wind instrument is desired, try recorder or a modern
>equivalent--they're only five bucks or so, smaller, and don't require
>any
>teeth at all.
>
>kjf
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Craig Romanec u [mailto:roma1960@-----.ca]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 9:21 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Children and Clarinet Playing
>
>
>
>
> I think it's very tempting after hearing reports from string
>and
>piano players having started playing at the age of 3 or 4, to want to
>adopt
>this sort of early start with our instrument. I'm wondering, however,
>
>how plausible this is, as a child's lungs might be too underdeveloped
>to get
>
>that far with a clarinet. A Bb clarinet requires a lot of air. The
>extra
>pressure, though, from an Eb clarinet I'm sure would only further
>aggravate
>the problem. At what typical age do human lungs develop to the point
>to
>begin to be able to accept adult-level tasks?
>
> Anything below this mark would be best spent learning to read
>music. And for that a keyboard instrument such as the piano would be
>a
>better choice, providing a visual as well as aural representation of
>pitch
>relationships (up and down) that no other instrument can provide as
>well.
>
>Craig Romanec
> I am roma1960@-----.ca
>---------------------------------------------------
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>that new life forms will emerge from it spontaneously,
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>
>On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Ed Lyons wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas on how young a person can start learning clarinet? Is it
>a good
>idea to start a child out on the Eb? or should a parent wait
>(assuming
>there is sufficient interest on the child's part) until he or she can
>handle
>a Bb?
>>
>> Excuse me if this has already been a thread on the list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ed Lyons
>>
>>
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