hi, all--- sorry for the awful typing, but i've just had a very bad left hand injury (lost a fight with a table saw!). my question is this: has anyone else here gone through a debilitating left hand injury, and how did you manage the handling and steadying of the tuba? any suggestions? how soon after injury did you resume playing? i play a BBb mirafone 186 which, fortunately, does not need much slide pulling.any thoughts--either here or privately--will be MUCH appreciated!
by the way--i already use a k & m playing stand-----just up and down, holding the horn steady, transporting it: these are some of the things i need to start thinking about. thanks in advance!
how to adapt to injury?
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thanks to all so far for the suggestions. i am not looking for therapy here on the board--just suggestions for dealing with a large object basically one-handed for awhile! i start therapy tomorrow and that's where all the injury-specific stuff will be discussed; what i need is tuba-specific info that i can adapt to my situation.
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Sorry about your injury to your left hand.
Not to minimize the situation, but I would say "Just do it." I played tuba left handed when I broke my arm in Junior High. Chris Olka performed Symphonic Metamorphasis with Seattle SO left handed. You'll adapt, we're amazing adapters. . .
Good Luck!
Not to minimize the situation, but I would say "Just do it." I played tuba left handed when I broke my arm in Junior High. Chris Olka performed Symphonic Metamorphasis with Seattle SO left handed. You'll adapt, we're amazing adapters. . .
Good Luck!
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Yeah, but Chris is already left handed!RyanSchultz wrote:Sorry about your injury to your left hand.
Not to minimize the situation, but I would say "Just do it." I played tuba left handed when I broke my arm in Junior High. Chris Olka performed Symphonic Metamorphasis with Seattle SO left handed. You'll adapt, we're amazing adapters. . .
Good Luck!
He used to practice all of his fingerings left handed, a trick learned from Sam Pilafian.
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