Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for October 05, 2023

Have kids, they said.  You’ll like it, they said.

Must be a small trombone so her arm’s long enough.

I wonder if she’s heard the bit about violins being strung with cat guts.

Just let her play Trombone Darryl.

My hubby played trombone. Not his favorite. It could be worse – it could be the cello. Look up Pachelbel Rant. It’s hilarious, and true.

Apt analogy Zoe!

The band teacher told us French Horn was the most difficult to master. But we didn’t have a string section.

She should try the tuba.

I resigned myself to playing the clarinet, because that’s the instrument that fit my embouchure best. Lousy reason for picking an instrument, especially since your embouchure is likely to change as you grow older.

I had a toy trombone that was only about a foot long. But it really worked more like a kazoo.

Played the Cornet. Mastered bugling Reveille and Taps. my mom stopped the Reveille call after the first morning.

Great descriptions from the kid!

A clarinet is called a “licorice stick”, maybe that’ll help Zoe like it

The trombone sounds like someone losing their game on The Price Is Right.

Clarinet players are best for kids who want to be lost in the crowd, but they are easier to transport than the trombone. Her short arms can have problems with the trombone. I knew a kid who had to use a string to reach 7th position.

I started on clarinet. Quickly switched to alto sax and then tenor and now I play bassoon and contrabassoon. Talk about elephants.

She can learn to speak like a Charlie Brown adult.

He’s only suggesting band instruments, when school “orchestra” usually means just strings.

Kids are fun, they said.

Aptly put descriptions both…..

Darryl’s influence is instrumental in Zoe’s decisions.

Give her a set o’ bag pipes…

Those are both good descriptions of beginning players on both those instruments!

I wonder if this is the beginning of a great musical career or just a way to be even more a nuisance.

Zoe, this is simple, tell dad you want to play the bassoon. As soon as he sees the price he will not bother you again, Most instruments can be rented, however the bassoon is chosen by so few and so much more expensive that it is harder to find a rental.

So you’re a cat person?

(And an elephant person although laser dots are less interesting to them.)

Zoe has the lung power, I’m sure, but does she have the arm length to play more than three notes?

Trombones for kids?…

I wouldn’t worry too much, she won’t stay with it very long.

We had a piano, ergo I had piano lessons. The grade school “orchestra” try outs had several of us would-be pianists . I came in 2nd, I got to play the triangle.Got a big part for “Jongle Bells”.

Trombone is my second favorite instrument. I think they sound so sexy. My favorite is the flute though.

Why not an oboe? It’s an ill wind that no one blows good.

Haha! (＾▽＾)