> >>> Rob MacKillop <luteplay...@googlemail.com> 9/10/2009 9:00 AM >>> > It's no big deal. Some instruments attract different sexes. Flutes > for > instance attract girls more than boys, well at least in the schools > I've had anything to do with over the years. Same with clarinet. I > don't know why.
Recorders and tin-whistles are inexpensive, relatively robust, and fairly easy to come by in the smaller sizes that are well suited to childrens hands. Flutes require a sensitive mouth, perhaps different than that required for brass or double reeds; I find all the winds possible but flute difficult enough that I dont play it as a result. Clarinet was easier to take up, but still gives me trouble fingering over the break; it also has far too many keys. I find racket/kortholt/duclian far easier to cope with than a clarinet in that regard. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
