Klarinet Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 2006/07

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:17:35 -0400

Oliver,
I would not use an eefer for two reasons: 1) they cannot be rented and
the cheapest plastic one is relatively pricey. 2) They really are much
shriller than beefers and that might turn her off. I don't know if he
tone holes might also be too large.
If they are, I might recommend something called the "Kinder Clari". I
have not used it yet (have not needed to) but it might be worth
looking into. It is a completely plastic (keys too) instrument pitched
in C with very small holes and a simplified Boehm system. Check them
out online.

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Jul 1, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Oliver Seely wrote:

> 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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