Timeline for Commit for a year when starting musical instrument at 8yrs?
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| Oct 20, 2021 at 13:39 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2021 at 18:34 | comment | added | SnappingShrimp | When our kid did sax lessons through a music school, we paid by the month. A year is unreasonable financially, unreasonable for an 8-year-old to commit to, but philosophically useful because it takes a looooong time (months) before a new saxophonist stops squeaking spontaneously as they play. It takes time to build the muscles/muscle memory, I think. Also, our kid was closer to 10 when she started. | |
| Oct 6, 2021 at 10:23 | comment | added | Ivana | I don't know if the music school is special in any way, I don't play any instrument myself. This may be something we should look into, because if the school expects us to raise a concert saxophone player, they are not the place for us. | |
| Oct 6, 2021 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackParenting/status/1445629926590222343 | ||
| Oct 6, 2021 at 5:51 | comment | added | Joe | @Hilmar I think a "music school" may well be a bit more organized than that; some have limited number of slots for students, or at least need to plan their staffing, and so want a longer commitment. I've never done one that was this long, but one of the possibilities I looked into for my sons (violin) when we moved was such a school; it was the kind of music school that sent children to Juilliard and similar level - not our level, hence why we went with a more approachable teacher, but it's not unheard of. | |
| Oct 6, 2021 at 5:48 | answer | added | Joe | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 6, 2021 at 0:00 | comment | added | Hilmar | The ask of the school seems very unreasonable. That would be a red flag to me. Most teachers are paid by the lesson and if you want to stop you just stop. Are there offering something unusual for a 1 year commitment? | |
| Oct 5, 2021 at 20:02 | history | asked | Ivana | CC BY-SA 4.0 |