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Re: Anyone Play with Piercings??

Author: Katrina
Date: 2008-08-22 03:17

I taught a few lessons to a friend once (she's a phenomenal singer and very natural musically--she mostly has performed traditional Latvian music and can sing one tune while whistling another). After telling her about how to tongue, I noticed a "heavier" sound than is "typical" for even beginning clarinetists. She said, "Oh, might this have something to do with it?" and popped her tongue piercing out. She took the stud out for playing after that.

Yes a tongue piercing affects the sound of your articulation. It is, however, not something you can't remove if you need it. I wouldn't recommend a classical performer get a tongue piercing, or maybe even a jazzer, but for the average kid I don't think it's actually a dealbreaker...

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