RE: Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Trill Truth Revealed

["Bradford Trainham" <bradford.trainham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You'll all just have to do what I did a long time ago... And have those
pesky "retenae" removed so they don't have possibility of impeding your
evolving harp technique.
Then, to quote Charley Patton...
"You can shake it,
You can break it,
You can hang it on the wall..."...
Brad (Glad to help you out!!) Trainham
 P.S...
Do these shoes match???  Dang it!!!
But seriously, I have a hard time imagining that the head-shake would bust
loose a retina...  I've never had my prosthetic eyes pop out... !!yet!!!
Brad (How will I ever explain away such impertinence on judgment day?)
Trainham


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Subject: Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Trill Truth Revealed

Hi Harvey:

It sounds eminently logical for someone who's already had  that kind of
surgery...but I wonder if your doctor was specifically referring to  your
case (and other people who'd gone through something similar)...rather than
people who haven't yet surgically compromised the fragility of their
retinas?
 
I'd definitely be interested in further information about this,
though..since I've found myself doing a bit of a modified head shake as I'm
learning more harmonica techniques and I do have other eye 'issues' I'd
rather  not go into.
 
Elizabeth
 
"I had cataract surgery a few years ago, and the doctor who performed the
operation became a friend of mine.  A few months later, he happened to be
in a club where my band was playing.  He watched me, and after the gig he
stated that shaking my head (trill) could cause detached retinas, and other
eye  and health problems.  This was a very knowledgeable doctor who was a
leader  in his field.  Since that day, I no longer shake my head to perform
a  trill.  I shake the harp.  I always think of this when I  see  other harp
players do the head shake.  

Has anyone had problems  related to trills?

Harvey Berman"


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