[TPIN] The Pinky Ring

[Brendan Crise]

I guess I was referring to my current student who is very stubborn, and
by removing his finger from the ring, correct severe pressure issues and
even corrected posture and how he holds the horn (more vertical without
the ring, don't know how that worked...).  I agree that everyone is
different, and saying "you must play with your pinky on the ring not in
the ring" is the same as saying "you must play a 3C mouthpiece"  which
to me equates to "you must wear size 9 shoes".  


Brendan Crise
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-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
Behalf Of Vaxtrpts at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:06 PM
To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: Re: [TPIN] The Pinky Ring

 
In a message dated 1/3/2007 6:53:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
bcrise at misupply.com writes:

As for  the use of the pinky ring, I agree that it can be used
correctly.
However,  when dealing with young beginning players, I think tension is
an issue  here.  The young player's hands are much smaller than a grown
up's,  and stretching to reach the ring causes tension and then
automatically  causes more pressure due to this stretching.  I always
work with my  beginning students to not use the ring until proper hand
position and  correct technique are developed. 


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Well, here we have yet another instance of "different strokes for
different  
folks."  Every student I have ever had has used the pinky ring.  Most
of them 
have turned out to be pretty good players...............
Mike Vax
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