Klarinet Archive - Posting 000327.txt from 1999/03

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Studio teaching Horrors
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:01:08 -0500

Hmmm... My "Class Voice" teacher in college grasped the second/third
button on anyone's shirt who wasn't standing correctly and said "This has
to point to the ceiling." She targeted males and females both and to
this day, the picture is so vivid, I think about it every time I stand to
sing! I never considered that demonstration inappropriate but I guess I
should have. Another technique may not have been nearly as effective,
though, You never know. Of course, she didn't like my singing voice...
Paulette

On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 23:34:17 -0500 "B. Keplinger" <bcaslin@-----.com>
writes:
>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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