Klarinet Archive - Posting 000033.txt from 2006/07

From: "George Huba" <ghuba@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:37:08 -0400

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From: David Blumberg [mailto:blummy@-----.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:44 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Need some advice on teaching an 8-year-old.

I would advise to start the child on either a Lyons C Clarinet (they are
modified for really small children and are pretty cheap costing too!) or a
Kinder-Clari which is an Eb Clarinet which was also modified for very small
players and doesn't have any of the resistance that an Eb has.
[SNIP]
I own both and have had great success with both also. The Kinder-clari is
probably the more appealing of the two for a young player (cool case and is
smaller). My daughter started at age 4 with the Kinder-Clari.

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David (and others):

In addition to the issues that have been raised thus far about size of the
instrument and the child's motivational and cognitive readiness, does anyone
know if there is any research about starting to teach young children wind
instruments before their permanent adult teeth have come in (such as David's
daughter at age 4)? Has anyone consulted a pediatric dentist or orthodontist
on this issue (for their own children or a student)?

George

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