Unless the operation interfered with the operation of the soft patate sealing off the nasal passages. If you leak air through the nose as you play, the problem may have to be treated by a doctor. Otherwise, Loren is right on.
Herb Foster --- Loren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > Konzertstr�ck 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/herb_foster%40yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
