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ginosanto New Member
Joined: 24 Feb 2021 Posts: 1 Location: Cosenza-Italia
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:31 pm Post subject: Epilepsy and trumpet player |
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"SOS: Does anyone have experience with the effects of epilepsy treatment on trumpet playing? I am 60 years old and was diagnosed with epilepsy a year ago. As anti-epileptic medication, I took Levetiracetam first and recently changed to Lacosamide. With either drug, my sound shakes in the middle and low registers (from middle G downward), which is driving me crazy. If you have a clue please let me know. Thank you." _________________ luigi santo |
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Don Herman rev2 'Chicago School' Forum Moderator
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 8974 Location: Monument, CO
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:25 am Post subject: |
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Note medical advice is not allowed; you should speak with your doctor.
For "shaky" sound in general relaxed body and smooth airflow usually helps. Relax and drop your shoulders, take a gentle but full breath, and play by "exhaling" into the horn on a middle G or low C with mind focused on the sound you want to play. The hardest part may be getting your mind off the problem and filled with sound instead. _________________ "After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music" - Aldous Huxley |
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