Klarinet Archive - Posting 000895.txt from 2002/07

From: "Avrahm Galper" <agalper@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Ages for musicians
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 23:32:47 -0400

Some key ages for musicians compiled by Graham Topper in the BBC Music
Magazine.
7or 8 :Wind players generally have to wait until their second teeth have
arrived, so that they can develop an embouchure.

17: Boys begin to discover they have a voice after the
disruption of puberty.

21: Stamina , breath control and good sound are easier to master
for wind
players.

25: Light lyric tenors and sopranos make their first moves into
the profession.

28-29 Baritones begin to come to maturity, then basses.

Early 30s big tenors and sopranos come to a boil.

40s: Wagnerian singers reach their peak.

50s:Light tenors and sopranos begin to bow out.

60s:Heavy voices tend to give out.
80s:Pianist and conductors still going strong.

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tone, technique and staccato
upbeat scales and arpeggios
eine kleine klezmer music
http://www.avrahm-galper.woodwind.org

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