maddog
Well-known member
I feel that one can never be too young to pick up music. Just gotta learn how to keep the youngin' interested. Rhys makes mucho sense with the piano suggestion. Get them started on understanding the big picture and then move them into a bass when they can physically handle it.
Sorta along those lines, I was trained classically on the tuba. Reading bass clef naturally led me to picking up the bass but I found I'm too ingrained with trying to read music as opposed to playing it. I always wished that I could have had piano lessons in my formative years. I feel I'd have a better grasp of song structures and such. Of course, maybe I just need to feel out the music more often and stop reading the damn sheet music.
Tom
Sorta along those lines, I was trained classically on the tuba. Reading bass clef naturally led me to picking up the bass but I found I'm too ingrained with trying to read music as opposed to playing it. I always wished that I could have had piano lessons in my formative years. I feel I'd have a better grasp of song structures and such. Of course, maybe I just need to feel out the music more often and stop reading the damn sheet music.
Tom
