Posted by Rick Denney on August 20, 2002 at 10:56:36:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Beginner book for 10 year old on 4V BBb? posted by rbastedo on August 20, 2002 at 02:23:34:
Lots of us wish that we'd grown up in a house like yours, at least in regard to having a tuba to play, without succombing to the materialistic approach.
I would make one additional investment on your son's behalf, though. I'd hire a local professional teacher to give him a few lessons. I had to teach myself how to make sounds, based on what I read in those old-fashioned beginner books like Rubank and Bell. Those books cannot do a critical thing: They cannot see what your son is doing and gently prod him into the correct form so that his learning builds on a durable foundation. Well over 30 years have passed since I muddled through those method books, and I'm still trying to unlearn bad habits I picked up then.
Rick "who thinks a proper lesson at age ten is worth a dozen lessons at age 40" Denney