[Trombone-l] New student and dental issues

[Jeff Albert]

I had mine done one at a time, so it was a little less rough because it wasn’t my WHOLE mouth recovering at once. My dentist told me to take two weeks off, and I took a week off. Wasn’t;t smart but worked out ok. The next one, I had a gig the next day (I was in my late 20s). That was a bad idea. I didn’t hurt myself, but I didn’t play very well. Plan for her to take two weeks off at least. It is the smarter move.

-Jeff

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> On Jul 8, 2022, at 10:01 AM, Ralph Whitfield via Trombone-l <trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Been real quiet.  Here are some questions for the group.
> 
> I have a new student who informed me that she is going to have her wisdom teeth removed "soon".  She says next week but her grandmother thinks later than that.  Regardless, how long should she abstain from playing after having her wisdom teeth removed?  I have mine done over a Christmas break back in the "mumble...mumble...mumble...s".  I don't remember how long I laid off the horn.
> 
> My thinking is a week, 2 at the most?  What are your thoughts?
> 
> On a second topic...this particular student is around early high school.  What method books should we be looking at?  I've had her as a student for about 2 months now and we have been working on tone production, air support and tonguing...all things that really doesn't need music to play.  Now, I want to start some methods. What is the current thinking for method books for this age?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ralph
> 
> 
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