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There's always drums - or maybe a bugle :) Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn