Doctors note to stop playing saxophone (5th grade)
Hi all,
Just curious if anyone’s ever had this happen. Student fractured their left thumb. He’s in pain, but rest of hand is fine so he says. I say, great! Skip the octave key, use your right hand to stabilize the saxophone, and only use your pointer middle and ring to press the first three keys down. Only play G’s A’s B’s and C’s. Anything above that don’t worry about it.
I then said “Let me know how it goes”
Never hear from him again. I just assumed all was hunky dory.
Basically, a day goes by, and principal calls me down to the office. The student made a complaint and said I forced them to play despite their finger being in pain, which I did not, or I feel I did not. If they had said it still wasn’t working, I would have just said let’s do mouth piece work instead, using non-dominant hand. Less fun, but hey, you can still participate and learn.
Now I get a passive aggressive email from mom stating that the doctor is faxing a note over because the vibrations from the saxophone on his pointer middle and ring finger will interfere with the healing process. I feel like that’s a bit of a stretch, but I’m no doctor so ok.
Just wondering if anyone else has ever had a situation like this, oh, and concert is tomorrow :l