Klarinet Archive - Posting 000422.txt from 1999/08

From: Frank Galiani <fgaliani@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Earliest Age to Start Playing Clarinet?
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 13:02:57 -0400

You might want to look into the Lyons C clarinet for starting a young child.
Info is available at Graham Lyon's web site: http://www.vital.co.uk/useful/
Frank Galiani

Karl Krelove wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: GCalzati@-----.com]
> >
> > I have only started two 2nd graders who wanted to play the
> > clarinet so bad.
> >
> > I had them start on the recorder. They each did this for about 4 or 5
> > months. Then they switched to the clarinet.
> >
>
> Having started this way myself, I wholeheartedly endorse starting small
> children on similar but smaller instruments. I started music lessons before
> I began school and went through bells and Tonettes before getting to the
> recorder. Recorders are in themselves wonderful instruments on which to
> learn all kinds of musical skills. They cost a couple of dollars, provide a
> full chromatic scale over at least two octaves, and there's a huge body of
> literature from beginning "instructional" material to authentic compositions
> intended for virtuoso performance. They provide a very easily handled tool
> for learning music-reading skills. I think recorders are a great way to
> introduce children who are physically too small to fully handle a clarinet.
>
> Karl Krelove
>
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