RE: [Harp-L] Dry mouth on fast tunes - remedies?

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you normally hydrated?  I've found that drinking large amounts of
water the day of the gig helps with this.  I've also noticed I have
more dry mouth when I am nervous or have a bit of discomfort.

I have have chewed gum while I play with no ill effects.  That helped
me for a longtime.  Try a piece of the Altoids Apple flavour sour
chewing gum...


I'm not any where near the fastest player around so my advice may or
may not be appropriate.

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>---- Original Message ----
>From: winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Dry mouth on fast tunes - remedies?
>Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:16:14 -0700 (PDT)
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>>When playing fast fiddle tunes I get dry mouth, and I'm wondering if
>>anyone has proposed solutions.
>>
>>These kinds of  tunes tend to be wall-to-wall 8th notes that go
>about
>>400 notes per minute. 
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>>There is no time to take a drink of water or any other beverage.
>There
>>isn't even time to lick my lips.
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>>I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to salivate at will, for
>instance,
>>perhaps through auto-suggestion.
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>>Or perhaps there are subtle ways to do something with the mouth,
>>tongue, or instrument, that make wind drying less likely.
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>>I'm sure the situation of being out front as a soloist and
>experiencing
>>a surge of fight-or-flight adrenaline doesn't help, and maybe some
>kind
>>of meditation to deal with that might also help.
>>
>>All suggestions welcome, with noted exceptions.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Winslow
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