Klarinet Archive - Posting 000008.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 12:55:44 -0400

The word is of course necessary.

I feel that I have to say again - 8 years old is not young! And even if her hands are small, she can easily play one octav (A-A), and thats enough for a good teacher.
Sarah

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.
> Sent: 01 Jul '06 16:48
>
> IMHO, the simplest solution is for her to continue with cello until her
> hands are big enough to cover the clarinet keys. Then switch her if he
> really "wants" her to play clarinet (what, one may wonder, is his reason
> for wanting this?). Any other solutions - of which there are several
> when dealing with a "small 8 year-old" - are, again IMHO, only ways of
> temporizing while waiting for the child to grow. Until this student can
> cover the holes comfortably (assuming she can't now), she will be
> limited mostly to left hand notes and will not progress nearly as
> quickly on clarinet as she will on a 1/4 or 1/2 size cello.
>
> Karl
>
> Oliver Seely wrote:
> > A music teacher friend has been asked to begin teaching clarinet to an
> > 8-year-old girl.  A "small 8-year-old" she told me.
> >
> > She had been taking cello lessons but her father now wants her to take
> > clarinet lessons.
> >
> > I will meet the father tonight at a concert I am going to play with
> > the Mariposa Symphony.  I recall this thread having been touched on in
> > the last couple of months or so, but I didn't follow it.
> >
> > All opinions about teaching clarinet to a small 8-year-old will be
> > cheerfully received.  What ought I to advise the father?  Many thanks,
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> >
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