_bugleboy Carmine Caruso Forum Moderator
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Tim,
Exactly. The ear muffs are not intended, necessarily, to protect your eardrums. They serve the purpose of making it easier for you to focus on the time and the blow and not be distracted by a sound that might not be musical. This is a calisthenic exercise implementation only.
No one should get the impression that the Six Notes is particularly harmful to the ears any more than any other normal practice routine. However, if a student is practicing in a small reverberating practice room, as were in the music school that I attended, for long periods of time, it might not be a bad idea to wear the ear muffs for things other than Caruso. For sheer protection, I started wearing ear muffs for the SLS and LSL exercises very early on, and still use them.
[ This Message was edited by: bugleboy on 2002-06-03 14:56 ] |
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