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Author: Nick
Date: 2003-03-09 13:06
my little brother is 3 yeaers old and he is bound and determined to play the flute, he screams and cries, but hes just too small, he cant get his fingers to the keys and he cant reach the mouth piece, what should i tell him, are there any other instruments that he could try?
what should i do,
Nick
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Author: Jessica
Date: 2003-03-09 17:49
I'm not really sure what you should say, but I think I know another instrument he can play: the recorder. The recorder is pretty easy to play. I think your little brother will probably be able to play it. It's a good first instrament. -Jessica
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-03-09 20:26
The recorder is actually not as simple as it looks for a three-year old. Firstly, the finger holes have to be completely covered, and there are quite a lot of them. The breath control required to produce a gentle continuous stream of air is probably beyond the abilities of most three year olds.
If he really must play a wind instrument, get him a kazoo. This is an instrument that you sing into and it produces a musical buzzing sound in the same pitch. It will be good practise for his singing later on. A xylophone or glockenspiel is a good instrument if he wants to make some tunes. My daughters tried playing recorder at the age of 4, but they really weren't able to manage it until they were about six.
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Author: Jessica
Date: 2003-03-09 23:13
I was just guessing. It was a "positive" suggestion. Yours is better. And plus, I don't play very well with any instrument, and I'm not an expert.
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Author: Nick
Date: 2003-03-09 23:55
thanks for the suggestions, im gonna see what i can do for him, hes has my harmonica right now and i cant get if away from him.
Thanks again,
Nick
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Author: Bandturtle4ever
Date: 2003-03-10 02:21
i would agree with getting him a recorder, but they also make "J" headjoints for the flute so little kids can reach the notes. (the head joints looks like a J and curves over so the mouth piece is closer to the child and his fingers can reach the keys!)
HOPE THIS HELPS!
~*Heather*~
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Author: Hikaru
Date: 2003-03-10 04:38
I think the recorder is a good choice for kids. I play the really REALLY cheap plastic yamaha recorder when I'm still in primary school and it really helps a lot(the fingerings) when I started to play the sax in high school. Since the recorder is very cheap, you don't have to worry about him smashing the recorder as you can simply get another one for him.
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Author: sax playa
Date: 2003-03-14 01:48
I think he can play the piccolo...i like the piccolo...if i can play it good being a sax player and all i dont see why not. just hope he doesn't break it.
:-)
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Author: flautist 4 now ww forever
Date: 2003-03-16 02:19
as my ex- band director said " flutes are pure air heads..." There are flutes for younger kids i have a 2 yr brother who wants to play the flute... i took him out to one of the football games and marching band pratice he so into the drums ...( oh yeah my bro came with my parnets) but just introduce him or her drums or a different instrument... when ur bro or sis is 5 then they could play the flute
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Author: Nick
Date: 2003-03-16 17:05
air heads? thats mean, i play the flute
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Author: Emma Fedorniak
Date: 2003-03-19 06:31
So he is three hey,
Well let him play the drum and start small if he is three lol.
Thanks Emma
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Author: flautist 4 now ww forever
Date: 2003-03-19 22:15
I know... he picks on everyone ... mostly me hehe ... cuz i am the "helper" I helped everyone eles out on there instruments but i couldn't help myself
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Author: Bryan
Date: 2003-10-19 05:01
umm...maybe a piccolo? it's a whole lot smaller....yet it does have a very SHRILL tone (our band director will only let one piccolo play at a time, 2 of them can't play at once, or one gets shot)
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