Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2014 Clarinet Thumb-rest Function: The edP agogy of Positioning and Electromyography Evidence Kathryn Elise Young Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Young, Kathryn Elise, "Clarinet Thumb-rest Function: The eP dagogy of Positioning and Electromyography Evidence" (2014). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 691. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/691 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. CLARINET THUMB-REST FUNCTION: THE PEDAGOGY OF POSITIONING AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY EVIDENCE A Monograph Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by Kathryn Elise Young B.A., University of Rochester, 2009 M.M., Louisiana State University, 2011 December 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project would not be possible without the help of many incredible people. I am indebted to these individuals for helping me from long before this project, all the way through its completion. First, a thank you to the members of my committee. To Deborah Chodacki, who cares deeply for the well-being of her students and the craft of teaching healthy music-making. She supported the project from its inception and was a positive cheerleader for exploration and research.