Klarinet Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2006/07

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:56:47 -0400

Super! Thanks, Karl,

I have to leave the coffee shop in Oakhurst and get my car washed,
but maybe I'll pick up another wireless location before this
evening. Thanks to all and keep those good opinions coming!

Oliver

At 09:48 AM 7/1/2006, you wrote:
>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

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