Questions tagged [health]
Questions about how playing or listening to music affects a person's mental or physical condition or vice versa, how a state of health affects the ability to play or perform music.
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What's the point, if any, of having ear plugs that go beyond the ear canal?
Example of a pair of ear plugs that go beyond the ear canal:
The red arrows designate the part that goes beyond on the ear canal (it covers the concha). Is there any point in it? Eg, does it increase ...
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Pain in interphalangeal joints of Fretting hand
I'm learning Bass for some months now, and what I noticed is that after practising, I'm having sporadic little events of pain on the sides of my fingers, mostly above and below the proximal ...
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Bass-Guitar - How much "Bent Wrist" is still ok?
I'm struggling with a good left hand position, and there are multiple things that I'm not sure about. I will concentrate on one particular element here in this question:
What one usually reads (which ...
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Do 3D ear impression scanners yield higher quality custom flat-response attenuators compared to traditional ear impression techniques (eg, spleading)?
I am getting a new pairs of flat-response attenuators (a.k.a., "musician earplugs"). Do 3D ear impression scanners yield higher quality custom-molded flat-response attenuators compared to ...
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Best practices for singers to recover from losing one's voice [duplicate]
I am the lead vocalist in a rock band, and I recently nearly had to cancel a performance because I'd been sick and had almost completely lost my voice a few days before the show. Thankfully I was able ...
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Can smoking allow a singer to sing in a way a non smoker couldn't?
A lot is said about how singers shouldn't smoke because smoking ruins their voices.
However, there are certain singers known for being smokers who also have a typical hoarse smoky voice. When I listen ...
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Will nicotine gum (e.g., Nicorette) harm my singing voice?
Since about the age of 30 (I'm 35 now) I have sometimes been addicted to smoking tobacco. I know that smoking tobacco can damage my singing voice--I have experienced this personally. Lately, I had ...
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Top-down strokes versus side strokes: what is the most ergonomic drum style between tabla or mridangam/pakhawaj?
Tablas are hand drums that comes by pair which the 2 skins are (nearly) horizontally oriented with the hand moving from top to down, while mridangam/pakhawaj/dol/dolak are hand drums which the 2 skins ...
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Is my voice damaged? Is the last note falsetto, head voice or something else? [closed]
Disclaimer: I feel that the recording I attached is pretty loud, so bear that in mind.
I'm sorry if I'm doing something wrong, but I am really desperate and I created an account here just to ask about ...
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I sang, got really light headed and it wont go away. What should I do? [closed]
So one day I was singing and I started getting a bit light headed so I paused for a bit and kept on going, but the lightheadedness only got worse and worse until the point that I was about to faint, ...
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Effects of playing excessive Tabla
I have been a Tabla student for a decade. For those of you who don't know, Tabla is an Indian percussion instrument with a big language of rhythmic cycles of its own.
I wanted to know if playing ...
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Does playing the Jew's harp damage the teeth
When I was a kid I was gifted a Jew's harp. I never formally learned to play it (and also didn't learn to play other instruments, so my knowledge on music theory and on instruments is very limited).
I'...
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Can I injure my hands by typing or playing guitar too much?
I have been playing fingerstyle guitar for a year now, and I play on average at least an hour daily.
I am also a full time software engineer, so I type a lot.
At the end of the day my fingers hurt ...
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Is it safe to use thumb position in lower positions on cello?
A piece I've been playing has a notation to use the thumb in 2nd position on cello (with thumb on the D-string F# specifically, where first finger would go in normal 2nd position). I tried it out but ...
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Fingernail and hand care for pianists
I've never given much thought to nail/hand care. I keep my nails short and generally don't use lotion, because it transfers to the keytops.
I'm also prone to hangnails, and every once in a rare while ...
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