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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-04-27 20:15
I know that in the past this has been addressed already; yet I thought it'd be worthwile to let you know about that improvised self-experiment:
We had guests for dinner, the usual glass of white before, accompanied by maybe one or two (we don't fill them to the rim here) with the main course. So all in all I had maybe 0.3 liters - over a period of three hours - inside.
Now one of the guests asks me about my clarinetistic progress and if I'd mind to demonstrate and so on. I got ready and thought I'd play what I usually play as a warm-up and quite soon felt like having two wrong hands. Jeez! I might not be a combat drinker but I can stand quite a bit more than I had this evening yet my hands failed me.
If asked to drive I wouldn't have hesitated to say yes, but now I'm not that sure any more. Walking on a line with your eyes closed is a piece of cake compared to playing some beats of a moderately difficult piece.
That really was an eye opener.
Take care, and don't drink and drive.
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Ben
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Author: Connor
Date: 2006-04-29 00:37
Very interesting observations...
personaly, after a gin and tonic containing two shots of hard liquor, my playing had not changed at all. Techique and tone were the same.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-04-29 08:50
my playing had not changed at all
That may or may not depend on your level of expertise. I still need quite a lot of brain in order to play a piece while more advanced players can operate their fingers directly with the eyes, so to speak.
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Ben
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