Ds is nearly 8 and still has his baby teeth at the top. I have said that when his adult teeth come through he can have lessons in a brass or woodwind instrument of his choice. At the moment he plays violin and recorder and he is quite a musical kid.
For ages he'd been saying he wanted to take up the clarinet. Then he heard a fantastic horn solo at a concert and fell in love! I play clarinet myself so I know what's possible at what age and how hard it is. I know nothing about brass instruments and don't know if an 8 year old can pick up a horn - he'll be 8.5 when his teeth are through, or how hard it is or even the basics of horn embouchure.
Can anyone provide some advice on what's possible at this age or whether he should start on a different instrument?
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so ds has just told us he wants to play french horn. help!
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crumpledinside · 15/08/2013 10:22
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