I don't know the effect of your surgery on your playing, but when I ripped my facial skin off in a bad bicycle accident several years ago I also could not play the horn after I was sewed back together and the doctors could not give me any hope that I would ever play again. I just went back to the basics: trying to buzz lips, buzz my mouthpiece, play long tones to get sound and endurance back, played simple exercises out of my beginning horn book. As I improved I added more sophisticated exercises such as scales, arpeggios, various warm-ups etc. This happened in July, 1992. By September, 1992 I could play "Mary Had a Little Lamb." By October I was playing in a pretty good concert band. The following January, I performed the first part of the first movement in Schuman's Konzertstrűck and repeated the performance the May after that. I am only telling you this to give you a sense of hope and encouragement. Start with the basics, build on them as you are able and do it all with patient persistence and you will be fine.
Loren Mayhew \@() [EMAIL PROTECTED] (520) 403-6897 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NL Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 11:02 PM To: The Horn List Subject: [Hornlist] questions... Hi, I am looking for advice.. Here is the problem. I had surgery in August of last year to repair my deviated septum.. I had 75 % blockage in one nostril. My doc assured me it would not effect my playing. Well, here I am to say it has. I feel like I have to learn to play all over again. Any suggestions as to what exercises would be good to just slowly develope control again? Nancy-lees --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/lorenmayhew%40comcast.net _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
