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Hi Carl,
I just wanted to point out that there are other options out there for music performance anxiety apart from beta blockers – there is, for example, cognitive behavioral therapy, various behavioral techniques, and heart-rate variability biofeedback.
Here an interesting link on a heart-rate biofeedback study:
http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5428:1and here’s a nice review study:
http://www2.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bach/staff/kenny/Documents/Music%20Psych/Refereed%20Journals/gasc1167082_FINAL.pdfHere’s a brief overview of beta blockers for MPA:
http://www.ethanwiner.com/BetaBlox.htmlBeta blockers are not without some serious side effects – if you need it for heart disease, that’s one thing – but there may be some alternatives for music performance anxiety.
Here’s a some information on side effects from beta blockers:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/beta-blockers/HI00059
Mike Rockowitz
Hi,
I wonder how necessary it is to go “cold turkey” from the pointer technique to playing with multiple fingers in the right hand.
Hello Audrey,
You might try this for a picture – turn off flash, turn on the close-up setting (I assume your camera has one – you should be able to shoot from
Mel,
Your points concerning the downsides of laptops, or laptop-like devices:
- The security/leaving unattended issue for a laptop – yes, I could see that that could pose a problem.
Barbara, Jennifer,
Now that I’ve seen the device you were referring to – I agree – $1500 is too much for a dedicated unit of this type, that could easily be dropped or damaged, and achieve basically the status of an expensive paperweight (except for being less useful).
Liam
I could see that with 1 string of a particular frequency going into a brass soundboard (whatever that would sound like) and another string tuned to the same frequency ending at a wood soundboard, the soundbox could quickly get unwieldly.
