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How young is too young for clarinet?

Author: fuzzystradjazz  Date:   2011-11-25 04:10 Someone recently stated they were looking for a clarinet for their seven (7) year old daughter for Christmas. This made me curious as to whether an average seven year old would be capable of covering an open-hole clarinet, or reach the keys. I remember being placed on clarinet at age 12 simply because my fingers were large enough to cover the holes, and my fingers were long enough to reach the keys...(well, that plus they already had all the trombone players they wanted). At any rate, I was tempted to help the aforementioned person, but I didn't want to get too involved if the entire idea of a seven year old playing clarinet is too unrealistic. (I haven't been around young band kids in the past 30 years or so; please forgive me if the answer is obvious). As always - thanks for any input you might offer.

Topics	Author	Date
How young is too young for clarinet?	fuzzystradjazz	2011-11-25 04:10
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	EEBaum	2011-11-25 08:12
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	JJAlbrecht	2011-11-25 13:14
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Bob Bernardo	2011-11-25 14:43
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Katrina	2011-11-25 15:30
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	marieplayer	2011-11-25 15:33
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	marieplayer	2011-11-25 15:33
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	gsurosey	2011-11-26 01:07
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Bob Bernardo	2011-11-26 02:50
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	oboesax	2011-11-26 03:38
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Bill Patry	2011-11-26 17:06
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	clarnibass	2011-11-26 04:34
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Carol Dutcher	2011-11-26 15:55
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	RachelB4	2011-11-26 20:19
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Sean.Perrin	2011-11-26 22:29
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	fuzzystradjazz	2011-11-28 19:00
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	clarnibass	2011-11-29 04:33
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Liquorice	2011-11-29 05:59
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	Mike Clarinet	2011-11-29 14:51
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	clarnibass	2011-12-01 06:41
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	clarinetwife	2011-12-02 00:14
Re: How young is too young for clarinet?  new	clarinete09	2011-12-03 16:20

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