Re: [Harp-L] breathing exercises or not

["Jim Konish" <konisj@xxxxxxx>]

Or try riding a bike uphill with no hands while playing harp.  It's very
difficult.  (I don't do this specifically for the aerobic benefit, it's
usually because I'm riding somewhere and I don't want to stop playing when I
get on my bike unless I'm on a trail)

-Jim the harpin' mountain biker


-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Cara Cooke
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:45 PM
To: Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] breathing exercises or not

Simply taking a walk through the neighborhood while playing the harmonica or
singing can be good exercise.

Cara


On 3/1/06, Emile D'Amico <edamico@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> About seven  years ago I had a pulmonary embolism.
> ( blood clots in the lungs).  You breath but your absorbtion
> of oxygen is greatly reduced. You can suffocate even
> though you are breathing.
>
> While I was recouperating in the hospital they gave me
> a device for lung therapy. It was a tube with a ball in it.
> They brought it in and had me try it out. Their eyes popped
> out when I shot  the ball to the top no sweat. The medical
> students said the best  they could do is halfway.
>
> I do not make a practice of doing breathing exercises.
> When they first took x-rays they said take a deep breath.
> My lungs went off the film. The next shot they said don't
> take a deep breath.
>
> Imho i think scales and arpeggios are great  breathing exercises.
> I think  jogging and swimming  could be helpful.
>
> Emile Diggs D'Amico
>
>
>
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