Klarinet Archive - Posting 000621.txt from 2000/12

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] deep breaths: Stand or Sit?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:32:36 -0500

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:53:42 -0500, T.Sterkel@-----.com said:

> Tony Pay said:
>
> > If I sit with my back straight, and take the deepest breath I can,
> > and then stand up, I can't breathe in any more as a result of
> > standing.
>
> A technical note: When I do the annual physical exam schtick,
> the clinician makes me stand up to take the spirogram(sp?).
> Reason? You gain up to 25% lung capacity when you stand up.

But I *don't* gain up to 25% lung capacity, as I just explained.
Neither does my son (who just tried it). (Unless 0% counts as 'up to
25%':-)

So the 'you' in that last sentence certainly doesn't apply if either of
us takes it in its usual way.

Did you try it yourself, Terry? How about the rest of you?

> I will remain seated, thank-you

I don't understand this.

Of course, you do what you want. I play the Mozart concerto sitting
down, and the Bartok Contrasts standing up. But that's for other
reasons than breath capacity.

Tony
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