Klarinet Archive - Posting 000393.txt from 2000/07

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Interesting Tunes for 9 year old girl
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 21:14:02 -0400

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Subject: [kl] Interesting Tunes for 9 year old girl

> I have a 9 year old girl who is too young for the band program but is a
very
> good private student. She has played since January of this year. She has
> expressed a deep interest in playing real "songs" vs. the usual stuff in
the
> method books. Most of my students are advanced in age so I am not sure
what
> material would interest a 9 year old. My young performer is a flute
student
> of mine, although I imagine this to be a common problem for instructors of
> any instrumental persuasion.
>
> I am prepared to produce my own material on Encore for her if I knew what
> songs would interest her.
>

Check out one of the larger band instrument music stores for books of songs
from Disney movies. These are not too hard (usually) and are generally
songs that the kids recognize. For my own children, I got "The Little
Mermaid," "Aladin," "Pocohontas," and others that I can't recall just now.

Dee Hays

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