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Author: ruben
Date: 2016-08-22 21:06
As a matter of curiosity, how many calories does one burn up practicing the clarinet intensely non-stop, per hour? After my daily hour- and- a- half practice session, I feel as though I've done 30 kilometers on my bike. I have never tried doing both at the same time though!
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Author: Neil
Date: 2016-08-23 02:15
The idea of practicing as a workout brings up an interesting thought: Has anyone tried wearing finger weights during practice to build up one's finger muscles?
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2016-08-23 04:23
I doubt wearing finger weights would be productive. Weight resistance tends to increase strength; strength isn't really the issue. Would it increase stamina? - don't know.
Marching or walking while playing seems like good cardiovascular exercise. Sometimes I'll drill scales or memorization while walking around a circuit of rooms in my house. (I often read while walking that circuit, so my feet have it pretty well "memorized".)
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Author: donald
Date: 2016-08-23 13:20
I used to practise circular breathing while walking up and down a hallway.... I've often wondered about playing scales while on an exercise bike...
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Author: Barry Vincent
Date: 2016-08-23 13:32
How many calories ? All depends what you're playing. Mozart would burn only a fraction of calories than if you were (trying) to play Nielsen.
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Post Edited (2016-08-23 13:32)
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-08-23 19:07
It depends on how many adjustments you make to the reeds! Or if you get angry at the reeds and break them, throw them across the room, swear, you surely burn more calories!
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Author: knotty
Date: 2016-08-23 19:43
A lot probably depends on whether you sit or stand.
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2016-08-24 23:55
Probably also depends on how "efficient" your playing is.
As a player who for 60 odd years has been doing it all wrong all along I can easily work up a sweat after one hours practice whilst the pros just breeze through the most difficult music.
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2016-08-27 22:26
I would say 20 per hr...not alot..most clarinetist after fifty go to pot..and that is pot belly!
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Author: ruben
Date: 2016-08-28 00:42
20 calories per hour sounds totally wrong. That would be the equivalent of walking two flights of stairs.
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Author: ned
Date: 2016-08-30 04:36
''Has anyone tried wearing finger weights during practice to build up one's finger muscles?''
No, there is no empirical evidence, suggesting an advantage.
Perhaps Neil can present us with his research?
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Author: Neil
Date: 2016-08-30 05:59
I have not done any research. I have not tried it myself. I asked the question to see if anyone else had tried it.
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Author: ruben
Date: 2016-08-30 15:50
David: That sounds right to me, and that's what an MD told me. It's not moving fingers or standing or sitting that burn the calories: it's blowing and using all those big abdominal and back muscles.
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