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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8 and 7 are fine for piano and guitar, but a little old for violin, viola, and cello.[/quote]

Absolutely. I mean, look at the careers of Pinchas Zukerman and Pablo Casals. Just awful.[/quote]

Casals started playing violin at four. Zukerman started clarinet and other musical training at four. It's a manual dexterity issue. It's better to start earlier.[/quote]

No, this doesn't make sense. It may be (in fact, probably is) a musical training issue. But it's not a manual dexterity issue. For this to be true,

1. there would have to be a clear relationship between fingering a clarinet and bowing and fingering a violin (which, as a former violin player, I'm quite doubtful of), and
2. the manual dexterity required to play a musical instrument could only be obtained by playing a musical instrument (in which case, please explain all of the professional non-string players).

Yes, it's better to start earlier. But 7 and 8 are just plain not too old to start violin, viola, and cello.

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