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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 573923" data-attributes="member: 13196">My degree is in Music Education. General music was what I went for which allows me to teach vocal and/or instrumental from K-12. My local district didn't hire any music teachers for the 6 years that I was a substitute teacher so I wound up working for a health club instead. After having tennis elbow surgery 7 years ago, I haven't touched an instrument. Anything I do that causes the repetition of finger movements creates chronic tendonitis in my forearms. I loved the baritone for brass, viola for strings, and vibraphone for percussion. And I already played flute/piccolo (and piano). Our sophomore year was the woodwind year. The entire first semester was devoted to clarinet. Let me just say it is quite different than the flute. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> And so is the bassoon.The college scoffed when I asked why they didn't teach the guitar. :beguiled: But I learned some of that on my own, and really enjoyed it, too.Good luck to your kids. They say the brains of musicians develop differently than the brains of non-musicians. And the cerebellum supposedly is thicker which translates to a 5% higher IQ. :encouragement:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 573923, member: 13196"] My degree is in Music Education. General music was what I went for which allows me to teach vocal and/or instrumental from K-12. My local district didn't hire any music teachers for the 6 years that I was a substitute teacher so I wound up working for a health club instead. After having tennis elbow surgery 7 years ago, I haven't touched an instrument. Anything I do that causes the repetition of finger movements creates chronic tendonitis in my forearms. I loved the baritone for brass, viola for strings, and vibraphone for percussion. And I already played flute/piccolo (and piano). Our sophomore year was the woodwind year. The entire first semester was devoted to clarinet. Let me just say it is quite different than the flute. ;) And so is the bassoon. The college scoffed when I asked why they didn't teach the guitar. :beguiled: But I learned some of that on my own, and really enjoyed it, too. Good luck to your kids. They say the brains of musicians develop differently than the brains of non-musicians. And the cerebellum supposedly is thicker which translates to a 5% higher IQ. :encouragement: [/QUOTE]

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