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From: James Stewart on 22 Jul 2008 22:30
I have a persistent sleep apnea and I can play the bagpipes and the
didgeridoo.


On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0700, Chuck <chuckh1958_nospam(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

> Banavara wrote:
>> Its been loooong time since I posted here...!
>> Was watching natgeo channel sometime back and in that program they
>> said, playing Didgeridoo helps in strengthening the muscles of the
>> upper airway and thus reducing the sleep apnea. Not sure how far this
>> is effective or true. Soon after that program, just did a search on
>> wikipedia and found this article saying the same thing:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo#Health_benefits
>> If this is true, this may free us from the hi-tech blower. But how do
>> you carry around the low-tech Didgeridoo, if you are a frequent
>> traveller!
>
> I wonder if inflating lots of party balloons, or playing bagpipe would
> help? (I've always wanted to learn the bagpipe).



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From: tension_on_the_wire on 23 Jul 2008 01:58
On Jul 22, 7:30 pm, "James Stewart" <lao...(a)msn.com> wrote:
> I have a persistent sleep apnea and I can play the bagpipes and the  
> didgeridoo.
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0700, Chuck <chuckh1958_nos...(a)gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
> > Banavara wrote:
> >> Its been loooong time since I posted here...!
> >>  Was watching natgeo channel sometime back and in that program they
> >> said, playing Didgeridoo helps in strengthening the muscles of the
> >> upper airway and thus reducing the sleep apnea. Not sure how far this
> >> is effective or true. Soon after that program, just did a search on
> >> wikipedia and found this article saying the same thing:
> >>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo#Health_benefits
> >>  If this is true, this may free us from the hi-tech blower. But how do
> >> you carry around the low-tech Didgeridoo, if you are a frequent
> >> traveller!
>
> > I wonder if inflating lots of party balloons, or playing bagpipe would  
> > help? (I've always wanted to learn the bagpipe).
>
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James Stewart you rock!
Do you ever listen to a celtic rock band called "Tempest"? I have a
great song by them which has both instruments in it.

--tension
From: Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman) on 24 Jul 2008 00:38
tension_on_the_wire wrote:
> On Jul 22, 7:30 pm, "James Stewart" <lao...(a)msn.com> wrote:
>> I have a persistent sleep apnea and I can play the bagpipes and the
>> didgeridoo.

> James Stewart you rock!
> Do you ever listen to a celtic rock band called "Tempest"? I have a
> great song by them which has both instruments in it.
>
> --tension

Don't know them. There was a Canadian rock band a few years ago with
pipes and there have been a few others.

The problem is usually not in the lungs anyway. The problem is usually
in the head, I mean the nasal passages and such. I had the most
interesting experience recently when I got a couple of lungs full of
blood clots and I couldn't think of anything to do right away since one
moment I could breathe and the next I couldn't, so I lay down and put on
the mask and turned on the air. This helped but not very much so I
ended up in the ER. It was an odd feeling to have all that air and not
be able to get anything out of it. Anything like oxygen, I mean.
Very odd. The lungs were strong, but still didn't work.

At any rate, I would be dubious about such a report.
From: Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman) on 24 Jul 2008 13:02
terryc wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:10:10 -0700, tension_on_the_wire wrote:
>
>
>> There is, however, a significant difference in the technique of
>> playing a didgeridoo that has a lot to do with pharyngeal muscle
>> manipulation. I can't describe it, unfortunately. It's even
>> different from opera singing which is the second most demanding skill
>> on the use of pharyngeal muscles, but there is something further back
>> in the throat required for didgeridoo which is unique,
>
> Not unique uniqe. Once some europeans learnt how to play a didgeridoo,
> they suddnely worked out how to "play" some other ancient musical
> instruments. Forget the deails.
>
>
Commonly called circular breathing the technique is used by many
instrumentalists for long passages and actually mostly involves the
mouth, the throat work being quite simple. The technique is to use the
mouth as a reservoir of air while snatching a breath through the nose.
If you can do that the trick is just budgeting the air because you can
get plenty of air that way and you don't want to get too much or too
little. On some instruments, like the flute, this can be very tricky to
do without losing the embouchure, the exactly correct position of the
lips and tongue. I know one concert flute player who claims to be able
to do it, but I can't do it on that instrument.

You are right that it is difficult to explain in detail in a useful way.

The only thing unique about the didj is that one uses the mouth in
various ways to somewhat change the pitch and to change the timber of
the sound as well as to speak, sing, and so on while keeping the sound
up. That part is really just like the jews harp which is also know in
many parts of the world. The mouth bow is also similar.

From: Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman) on 24 Jul 2008 13:03
Chuck wrote:
> Banavara wrote:
>> Its been loooong time since I posted here...!
>>
>> Was watching natgeo channel sometime back and in that program they
>> said, playing Didgeridoo helps in strengthening the muscles of the
>> upper airway and thus reducing the sleep apnea. Not sure how far this
>> is effective or true. Soon after that program, just did a search on
>> wikipedia and found this article saying the same thing:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo#Health_benefits
>>
>> If this is true, this may free us from the hi-tech blower. But how do
>> you carry around the low-tech Didgeridoo, if you are a frequent
>> traveller!
>
> I wonder if inflating lots of party balloons, or playing bagpipe would
> help? (I've always wanted to learn the bagpipe).

If you want to play the pipes please move to Phoenix and call me. We
need to have a band on this side of the valley.
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