Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 1999/09

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] 52 year old 'beginner' needs help - please!
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:29:46 -0400

Gary,

I would agree. One of the most obvious differences is that adults are much
more sophisticated musically because of all the years they have listened to
music. Sometimes this makes life harder for them because they know what they
SHOULD sound like and realize how crappie they sound when learning or
relearning their instruments. Kids don't know, and any progress is very self
rewarding.

Another big difference is that adults are often distracted by dumb things
like cutting the grass, going to work, getting the car worked on and stuff
like that. Kids will tell you how busy they are but they often have a lot
more free time to practice, and mothers there to hound them until they do.

That can go the other way, too. Adults have longer attention spans,
analytical skill and problem solving skills that young players have to learn
as they go.

Gary@-----.com wrote:

> This subject comes up at regular intervals. There seem to be quite a few
> "mature" adults who take up the clarinet for the first time and even more
> who played through school and return to it after a long layoff.
>
> I would speculate that what works best for these two groups in learning or
> relearning the clarinet may not be exactly the same approach used for
> younger students. I believe that this would be useful area for study by
> one or a group of clarinet professors looking for a research project.
>
> Gary
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