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Rick, my problem is that my fine motor skills are shot and a piano, unlike a computer, cannot be corrected. also, if I stay at any task where I have to use my hands for a prolonged length of time I'm in pain. In my early PD days I could write and flunked the cursive writing test for PD a weasely social security doctor gave me to deny me disability the first time around. Printing is a little easier. After my DBSs in 2003 my PD symptoms, except for my voice seemed to stabilize and I understand they've found DBS to have that anti-progression effect. I was a typist/computer whiz in my pre-PD days, so what I have left over gets me by. it's interesting, though, how emotion affects our symptoms. I will try the piano again. Thanks, Ray Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick McGirr" <[log in to unmask]> To: "'rayilynlee'" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: RE: piano music > Ray, it's good to talk to you again. I see several aspects to the > "emotional component" in music performance. Of course, there's the > emotional power of the music. This tends to make me forget about the > tremors, etc, as I get into listening. But the pre-performance > butterflies > always make me shake more, and the more tense I am, the more trouble I > have > getting my fingers to jump around like I want them to. > > If you're not shaking any more, you should sit at the piano when no one's > around, to see if you could get back into it! I'm always advocating for > more music in the world. > > Enjoy! > Rick McGirr > > -----Original Message----- > From: rayilynlee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 12:26 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: piano music > > Rick, I used to play the piano and in the early stages of PD I used to > shake > > more due to the emotional component of the music. I can't play at all now > and had DBS to stop the shaking so I can't test it. I don't take PD meds > and only took Sinemet for a year. > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick McGirr" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 8:50 AM > Subject: piano music > > >> The conversation eluded me. What did anyone say about piano music? I'm >> interested because I'm a professional piano player. Currently I'm >> experiencing more and more difficulty at work (no, I don't consider >> playing >> rock n roll on the piano "work"). Simply getting through everything >> that's >> a part of doing a gig has become the necessary focus of my entire day. >> Compared to the ton of stuff I handled daily in the past, well, the gig >> was >> less than a third of it. I simply don't have the energy to handle more. >> Besides chronic fatigue, I'm also experiencing that my intentions in >> playing >> sometimes don't make it all the way to my fingers by the time I need to >> execute the figure I was intending. Becoming more and more disabled, in >> short. >> >> >> >> Does anyone know about research involving the specialized skills that a >> high-level musical artist must have, especially when affected by PD? And >> would any such study shed light on the things that happen to us as we go >> through the years with our mutual friend? >> >> >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Rick McGirr >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn