Klarinet Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 2006/07

From: Eric L Broomfield <ericcaroline@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:30:48 -0400

I have a six year old student who plays the Kinder Klar designed by my teac=
her John Denman. he is doing great. First because the clarinet is the right=
size and the mouthpiece is not the standard eb killer. His parents are ver=
y involved and he is highly motivated. he played my last recital and did a =
great job. We go slow but he is already over the register cross and can pla=
y many song and scales from memory. He also has played violin since he was =
four. And yes he can read music. It depends on the situation and the studen=
t. the parents need to be involved as at the young age they will need to su=
pervise practice sessions. At first they need to be short 15-20 min. and mo=
re importantly every day. The point is to not make musicians out of every s=
tudent but to help there development and to realize that there is a bigger =
world out there.=20
--
Eric L Broomfield=20
ericcaroline@-----.net
Tempe AZ=20

---- sarah elbaz <sarah@-----.com> wrote:=20
> The word is of course necessary.
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> 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
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> > -------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
> > =20
> > IMHO, the simplest solution is for her to continue with cello until he=
r
> > 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 reas=
on
> > 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 ca=
n
> > 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.
> > =20
> > Karl
> > =20
> > Oliver Seely wrote:
> > > A music teacher friend has been asked to begin teaching clarinet to =
an
> > > 8-year-old girl.=C2=A0=C2=A0A "small 8-year-old" she told me.
> > >
> > > She had been taking cello lessons but her father now wants her to ta=
ke
> > > clarinet lessons.
> > >
> > > I will meet the father tonight at a concert I am going to play with
> > > the Mariposa Symphony.=C2=A0=C2=A0I recall this thread having been t=
ouched 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.=C2=A0=C2=A0What ought I to advise the father?=
=C2=A0=C2=A0Many thanks,
> > >
> > > Oliver
> > >
> > >
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