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From:  RALUCOB@a...
RALUCOB@a...
Date:  Wed Oct 25, 2000  5:53 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Playing piano while sitting WAS: Call for Comments


i don't think singing produces any change in the muscles associated with
breathing other than coordinating their usage (it usually requires taking a
muscle to near failure in a short period of time to produce any type of
hypertrophy and, to produce hypertrophy of any kind of notice, those muscles
would have to pushed to failure or near failure on a regular basis).

it is probably the feel for the coordination of these muscles that
becomes habitual to someone sitting at the piano while singing and, if
anything, changing the nature of that feel may make some singers feel uneasy
while others might just think 'wow, i'd forgotten how much easier it is to
sing when i don't have to play the piano too."

mike

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