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Re: Oboe and Health issues

Author: Pattyoboe
Date: 2011-04-21 19:12

At a concert one night, when playing one of the English horn solos in American in Paris, everything started to go black. I didn't fully pass out, but I could no longer see my music. Got through the solo, relaxed, and everything was fine. I started having this happen more and more frequently ... and I was exhaling as well as inhaling as I normally do. I can still experience this sometimes. I've never crashed to the floor, but having everything go black is a wee bit scary!

It seems to be related to sort of "locking" my air at the top part of my lungs as I try to control things very carefully. I don't know how else to explain it, but that's how I'd describe what I sometimes do. It's a sort of tenseness ... while trying very hard to breathe properly and then control everything it sort of backfires! So it has to do, for me, with relaxation, with not "locking" air at the top of my lungs ... things like that. In addition, I sometimes have to release a bit of air even while I take a good breath, before playing the first note.

Not sure if this makes sense to you ... but it's not always about exhaling in the way some are describing.

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