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Re: Beginning Clarinetist

Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2006-03-30 02:22

Well, I wouldn't suggest Alex go out and get a Tosca, but I do feel that adult beginners (and Alex isn't a rank beginner at music, just at clarinet) are often better served by starting at least with an intermedite instrument.

This is because many adults progress relatively rapidly through the "beginner" stages -- stages that might take a 10-year-old several years to master can take just a matter of months for a reasonably talented adult. The adult ear may be better attuned to the finer nuances of tone, as well, and a new adult player may become dissatisfied in fairly short order with an instrument that does not allow them to be "the best that they can be".

My husband (a "rebeginner") started about two-and-a-half years ago on an intermediate Yamaha. Within the year, he could tell the difference between how he sounded on that instrument and on my R-13. Now the R-13 is his, and he's mad at me for selling my Opus (to upgrade my oboe -- my instrument of choice these days).

I'd get the best instrument I could afford.

Just my .02

Susan

Susan

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