Klarinet Archive - Posting 000007.txt from 2006/07

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sarah=20elbaz?=" <sarah@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:53:05 -0400

About renting: Students models are so inexpenssive in the US, its better to buy one and let her have a nice
new instrument!
I do not recommane using Eb. One , because of the intonation and two , because it is not nesasry.

Good Luck!

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.
> Sent: 01 Jul '06 16:42
>
> Thanks, Christy,
>
> Your upbeat reply is much appreciated and I'll certainly share it
> with the father this evening.  Anyone else?
>
> Oliver
>
> At 09:33 AM 7/1/2006, you wrote:
> >Oliver,  It definitely depends on the child.  I currently have a student who
> >began taking clarinet lessons at age 8.  For some reason, it was the only
> >instrument she wanted to play at the time and the local music store would
> >not even rent a clarinet to her parents.  They said she was too young and
> >they had a policy of not renting instruments to kids that young.  Her Mom
> >went to another city to rent a clarinet.  This girl has gone on to take
> >piano lessons from me, in addition to clarinet and when she started 5th
> >grade, she starting playing saxophone in the school band.  She had the
> >saxophone for several years but prior to that time had been physically too
> >small to play it.  I have never regretted taking this student, since she
> >will probably end up being THE most talented private music student I have
> >EVER had!  She is simply a "natural" and plays with a fantastic tone that
> >I've never had to work with her on at all to develop.  She just blows and
> >produces that wonderful sound all by herself.  Before one of my student
> >recitals, she heard one of my high school (10th grade) students warming up
> >and asked me why her tone was so "weak."   I discovered a year after I began
> >working with her that her mother has perfect pitch.  We've had to work on
> >rhythms but this kid is naturally VERY musical and a joy to work with.  I
> >say if the kid can hold the clarinet (this girl I speak of used a neck strap
> >in the beginning) and produce a tone, give it a shot and see what happens.
> >Her fingers do need to be large enough to cover the tone holes on a Bb
> >clarinet but if not, you could try an Eb clarinet.           Christy
>
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