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Poststructural Pub
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This could be the answer to my sleep apnoea and snoring.

Swiss study, eh Amar old chap?

Steve

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I’ve heard some people that sound like they’re playing a dijeridoo while they’re sleeping… :stuck_out_tongue:

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hmm, interesting…could imagine it helps by strengthening the muscles in the back of your throat, which might prevent them from slopping back to the further back of your throat, which leads to snoring.
Wonder if alphorn players have sleep apnoe disorder…

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given the vast cross cultural/demographic/geographic makeup of this board…shouldn’t you be answering that question instead of asking it? :wink:

5

well,
1: I’m only half swiss
2: I don’t play the alphorn
3: I don’t snore.

:slight_smile:

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  1. you are there
  2. There aren’t many alphorn players in the greater Seattle area…(I could be wrong about this) so what’s wrong with learning alphorn?
  3. how would you know?
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  1. yes, true, I am here.
  2. boring tunes, remind me of cows.
  3. so I am told. :slight_smile:
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  1. …
  2. good 'nuf…cows are not that musical…the coyotes get off a good one fairly often. (Never was much for brass anyhow)
  3. careful…getting close to blowing your image :wink:
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what? my image? wazzat?

10

there we go…back to normal!
:laughing:

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I play the didgeridoo, and I have to say I do sleep well. On the other hand, it keeps my wife and my dog up at nights. :smiley:

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I think you’re not supposed to take it to bed with you, Joe.

djm

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… oh, yeah… heh… :blush:

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didgeridoo lessons and daily practice at home for four months

While I may enjoy this, my family members may think that the cure is worse then the disease :slight_smile:

How would you guard against the placebo effect in a study like this? Get the control group to learn the ukulele?

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Naw, get the control group to take the dijeridoo to bed instead of play it, like JES. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Don’t forget to buy it a nice dinner with an expensive wine pairing first. :smiley:

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I stayed up all nite once to see if I snored :smiley: . I actually just make wheezy sounds

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Playing low freq instruments really does have physiological effects. For me, bari sax and bass clarinets cure tension headaches (but not migraines - different pathophysiology), and all high-air-volume instruments help my sleep. Then again, excercise of any kind helps my sleep.

On the minus side, playing contrabass clarinet at high volume gives me stomach cramps. Noriega-style cramps.
For the uninitiated, the BBb marching clarinet looks like Rube Goldberg’s version of the NYC sewer system, and its lowest note is roughly the frequency of snow in LA. The reed is the size off a door-shim. While I played it in a symphonic wind ensemble and in SonicLab, it seemed best suited to punk music, with contact mics, a Marshall stack, and safety-pins through dangly bits. Oh, the opportunities lost…

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:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

My wife used to play this, I can relate very well.

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Who would have guessed, but I used to make digeridoos from pvc pipe. I made them in different keys, multiple piece instruments that could be broken down for easy carrying and storage, and instruments with obstructions in the bore at nodal points. Using off-the-shelf pvc fittings, it is also easy to make a variety of mouthpieces for different skill levels. None of the moulded beeswax mouthpieces for me. The inside of a dig gets really wet. With easily removable mouthpieces it is easy to wash them often to prevent mold and other stuff that you don’t want to know about. All of my digeridoos are also painted with weird designs.

Let me guess, Joseph, that your digeridoos are painted with alligators.