DD1 is 10 and has been learning piano for a couple of years, and clarinet for a year and a bit. She's doing fine - about to do Grade 2 piano and Grade 1 clarinet. She plays sensitively and has a decent musical ear (good sense of rhythm, sails through aural tests, plays with dynamics etc).
But if I'm honest, she is not really committed enough to practice both instruments as much as she should. And I'm thinking that maybe she really ought to drop one, in order to get the best out of the one that she carries on. She is also doing loads of other activities - Scouts, drama club, swimming lessons etc, and something really needs to give.
The trouble is, I'm pretty sure the clarinet is the one that she would choose. And the amateur musician in me feels that it would be "wrong" to drop the piano, because keyboard skills are so useful. Am I right? How important is it to be able to play a keyboard instrument? E.g. if she goes on to GSCE music, will she regret losing her keyboard skills? Or am I worrying about nothing?
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AChickenCalledKorma · 31/10/2012 20:17
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