Klarinet Archive - Posting 000665.txt from 1999/11

From: "David Smith" <david-patty@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] How young to start clarinet?
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 04:11:31 -0500

I just HAVE to respond to this thread and ask one really pertinent question:

How on EARTH do you get a 3 year old - or even a five year old - to sit
still long enough to learn even how to hold a clarinet in his/her mouth? I
absolutely must have this hidden knowledge. My two five year old boys have
blown into a Lyons clarinet, but primarily they want to sing into the darned
thing for a few seconds and then continue what they do best - run all over
hell's half acre. It's cute to watch, but I just get plain jealous when I
see people whose kids actually sit still and learn stuff like this when they
are so young! To be so lucky...

Patty Smith...
who is lucky to have her spirited children AND her clarinets

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