Klarinet Archive - Posting 000173.txt from 2000/11

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Tongue Piercing
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:48:15 -0500

At 11:13 AM 11/3/2000 EST, you wrote:
>Okay, folks, this is a new one for me! I have a student from a local
>community college who has a pierced tongue - there's some kind of stud in
the
>center of her tongue, maybe 2 inches back or so. It's not readily visible
>when she talks. Instinctively, I can't believe this can be a good thing for
>her playing, but must admit I haven't heard any tonguing problems yet that I
>can attribute to the presence of the piercing. It does not affect her
speech
>at all. Does anybody have any experience with this? Are there particular
>tonguing problems associated with piercings? What should I be listening
for?
> Personal expression is well and good, but I'm still in shock that a
clarinet
>player would do this!
> Susan Schwaegler

This sounds like a student who attended our school last year....intials NG.
Boy was that fun!!

RG

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Head, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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