Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 1999/03

From: "B. Keplinger" <bcaslin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Studio teaching Horrors
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 23:34:17 -0500

At 12:24 PM 3/3/99 -0700, Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net> wrote:
>Going a bit further, I never touch a girl while explaining diaphragm
>support. If I do, it is with a parent there and witnessing all that
>transpires, and even then, it is with a rolled up magazine or something
>like that to avoid actual physical contact.
Thank you for your reply.
I would extend your advice to "never touch a girl" to "never touch anyone,
period". It shouldn't ever be necessary, in my view. In all my years of
music study (clarinet and voice), I do not recall ever being touched for
any reason, ever, beyond an light touch to my shoulder or arm. As for
indicating where diaphragm support, et al., comes from, simple
demonstration by the teacher was sufficient, with the occasional use (by
voice teachers) of a mirror.
-Bruce

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