Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 1999/04

From: haydenmusic@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] 8-year old wants to play the flute
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:01:54 -0400

Believe it or not but Buffet has an excellent beginners flute with a curved
head joint. They are easy blowing and it is based on the Cooper Scale.
They come in a few different models.
Aaron Hayden, Hayden Musical Instruments.
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From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] 8-year old wants to play the flute

> Gosh, I almost shot this one off to the Flute list.
> Heres a simple solution that is pretty standard in the Flute world. Start
> the younger player on a curved headjoint. No size problem then. Armstrong
> makes a curved headjoint flute that comes with a standard straight one
also
> in the case. This year, a 2nd grader wanted to play the Clarinet (brother
> of a student of mine), and his fingers were big enough to do it. He's
doing
> great, and can now do an entire C scale from low to high C now (2nd leger
> line). We use the Galper Clarinet Method book 1.
> He wanted to start last summer, but I made him wait till he got his 2
front
> teeth. (ps. his mom teachs 1st grade).
>
> David Blumberg
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> http://www.mytempo.com
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