Finger Strenghtening Exercises

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djm wrote:
Paul Reid wrote:Eat liver once a week.
I just knew some sick-o would have to get gross on this thread. Eeeeeewwww!!! :x

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My humble opinion would be to try some gentle strengthening exercises and see what happens over a week or two.

If your playing gets worse then you can stop with minimal detrimental effects.

If you improve, you may have found an area in which you needed some development.

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I have tried the suggested stretching exercises and they certainly relive some of the tightness in the lower arm. If there are any more stretching exercises please let me know. I´ll go this way for a while and see what happens, I may then try some strengthening exercises.

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NO! Lobster was invented as a dare!!

G'wan- you eat it
Not me!!

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fel bautista wrote:NO! Lobster was invented as a dare!!

G'wan- you eat it
Not me!!

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fel bautista wrote:NO! Lobster was invented as a dare!!
Its hard to find lobster big enough to notice nowadays. Sometimes we can get Florida rock lobster - EXCELLENT!!! There is no beating lobster served Cantonese style in an onion and ginger sauce on a bed of yee meen noodles. Scrumpdillyicious!!! :D

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Patrick D'Arcy wrote: As a great piper once said "Just play the bleeding things!".

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Pat it was Gay who said it at Milltown and we were both there, if I remember he actually said "Just play the feckin things" which is sound enough advice.He was refering to the regulators but the same is true of the chanter. :wink:
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PS ye don't need strength to play the chanter.I suspect ye are just not used to the chanter yet.Give it a wee while and it will come together.Ye are in danger of going down the wrong path and will end up with deathgripitus.Relax concentrate and then play the fecking thing. :wink:
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Fair enough , thanks for that, Uilliam .

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djm wrote:
JES wrote:What's wrong with liver?
What's wrong with sucking on my old gym socks? Liver was invented as a dare. :P

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Paul Reid wrote:That's what I thought about cigarettes!
Haven't smoked in months, thenk yew. <sniff>

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I bow to your great feet - uh feat. Congrats dude!! :D
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Post by Ballygo »

With your upper hand try playing the back D with the side of your thumb rather than with the pad of your thumb.(Patrick Darcy)
Ive found this advise very helpful . It seems to allow the top three fingers more freedom. Thanks Patrick.

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Post by goldy »

I regularly theorise about reedmaking issues, but this thread has inspired me to ponder for a moment about how it is possible to keep a loose grip while maintaining adequate tone hole coverage. Here's what I came up with:

Process of logic
We use teflon/PTFE/plumbers tape to maintain airtightness under the binding of our reeds... right?
PTFE tape is quite spongy when wrapped in several layers... right?
Conventional medical treatment to rest a joint is to strap it up to a point of immobilisation... right? (Yes... I know you yanks think I spelled immobiliZation wrong)

Put it all together
Wrap the entire length of your fingers with PTFE tape in several layers to immobolise and relax the fingers into a curved position. The extra padding will easily bed into the tone holes, thereby allowing less pressure to be maintained.

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Goldy wrote:Wrap the entire length of your fingers with PTFE tape in several layers to immobolise and relax the fingers into a curved position.
Goldy, you didn't specify, but I suspect you had to extract your thumb in order to wrap it in PTFE tape (?). :o :D

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Goldy wrote:

"Wrap the entire length of your fingers with PTFE tape in several layers to immobolise and relax the fingers into a curved position"

And if you leave the ends of your fingers exposed they will turn a lovely black colour, perfectly matching the wood of your chanter
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