She's thinking about the upright bass so she could stay in orchestra (but orchestra teacher says 6th grade is too late to change).
Personally I think that teacher is nuts - it makes no sense! If that were true, then every musician who's played more than one instrument would have to have started studying the extra instruments before age 11?
I played clarinet in our school band from 5th-10th grade, then got a bit bored with clarinet and wanted to play sax in the jazz band. I took private lessons for just a few months and everything I had learned from playing clarinet made it easy to pick up another instrument quickly, and I was in jazz band the next year. I also picked up flute the same way the year after.
There are soooo many violin players in school. Bass is a very cool instrument! I hope your dd has a chance to learn it
polarbear
