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Oct 8, 2024
5:26:54pm

Bob Vance Political Junky

If they're asking, it's a decent time to start. My wife never wanted to start our kids young, but the ones that

started at that age did the best.

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Bob Vance

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Orchestra parents: my almost 6yo has asked me near daily for the last month to buy him a Cello so he can learn to play.

scootsy (Taylor’s Version)

5:07pm

Strike when the iron is hot! Our 6 year old is playing. Definitely not too young

ebv

5:08pm

How miserable is it listening to a first year orchestra player practicing?

scootsy

5:10pm

I have learned to ignore it.

ebv

5:14pm

Cello is definitely one of the top instruments for that. Much better than recorder, flute, or violin.

Sunflower

5:16pm

Our pretty much any brass instrument

scottpete

5:33pm

Far superior. I have young violinists at home too, and those first few years are

ebv

5:40pm

7th grader started Cello this year. We expected it would be torture. It’s not.

5:20pm

You can rent or buy.. if you buy, you can exchange it

Magic8Ball

5:12pm

Our house if full of instruments tried and discarded after a year or so. Still

tevye

5:15pm

If you get him a cello enroll him in lessons to make it worth it

Warner

5:19pm

Until they’re ready for full-size, just rent them. Only go down this road if you’re getting them lessons too.

KingDave

5:20pm

RE: Until they’re ready for full-size, just rent them. Only go down this

5:21pm

A good instrument makes a difference even at a young age.

5:42pm

Great age to start. Make sure to get a teacher to help you pick the instrument

runnincoug

5:21pm

I have some very strong mixed feelings on this, but I think the correct answer

shoganai

5:21pm

Did you ever take it back up?

BYUHawk

5:27pm

I have barely touched my violin since high school. I will occasionally play the

shoganai

5:30pm

This is good advice. My six-year-old is already asking us if he can quit cello

ebv

5:43pm

We have them choose an instrument in 5th grade (other than piano which they all

BYUHawk

5:22pm

If they're asking, it's a decent time to start. My wife never wanted to start our kids young, but the ones that

Bob Vance

5:26pm

I’m amazed by how well my 6th grader has learned the violin from school orchestr

5:40pm

Great age to start. Just rent until they can play a full size cello. I think cello sizes scale up in 8ths so you can

WDaddy

5:50pm

Most places you can now buy an instrument for around $500, and then trade it in as needed.

Bob Vance

6:06pm

You can get relatively cheap cellos to start with that is your child’s size. Likely $250-$300. You can resell them and

specsauce

7:07pm

We started ours at 5 & 6 on cello. It's easy on the ears. I would recommend

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10:13pm

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