Lethargy when practicing indoors
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:02 pm
Ahoy, friends,
I've recently noticed something strange about my tuba playing with regards to practicing and I wanted to put it out there to see if maybe someone else has experienced the same thing:
For a while now, I can remember myself getting very exhausted and lethargic whenever I practiced at home. After a very short time, I would feel so fatigued, light-headed, and dizzy. I just chalked it up to me being a lightweight and having to concentrate more on my breathing or endurance or something. For the past seven weeks or so, though, I've been doing basically all of my practicing outside (on campus at school). I feel that same exhausted feeling in the school practice rooms, so I'll just sit on the grass, do my warm-up thing with scales, lip slurs, etc., and feel great. There is no exhaustion, no dizziness, and I could be out there all day blowing on the horn.
It's spring break now, so that means that I'm back at home. I pulled out the tuba to go practice in my living room and I felt that massive wave of fatigue grab me again. It's almost instantaneous and it makes me just want to fall on the floor, and that really discourages me from practicing. I don't want to even look at the horn when I'm feeling this way. It's totally bizarre.
So, it would appear that I have a "thing" with practicing in medium/small-sized (playing in a big concert hall is no problem) rooms. My living room isn't that big, and the practice rooms are small, and they both seem to make me feel like a quivering wasted piece of jelly. Sitting outside and under the sun, though, I feel like a million bucks. What gives? Anyone have similar experiences? I look forward to your responses!
- Jackson
I've recently noticed something strange about my tuba playing with regards to practicing and I wanted to put it out there to see if maybe someone else has experienced the same thing:
For a while now, I can remember myself getting very exhausted and lethargic whenever I practiced at home. After a very short time, I would feel so fatigued, light-headed, and dizzy. I just chalked it up to me being a lightweight and having to concentrate more on my breathing or endurance or something. For the past seven weeks or so, though, I've been doing basically all of my practicing outside (on campus at school). I feel that same exhausted feeling in the school practice rooms, so I'll just sit on the grass, do my warm-up thing with scales, lip slurs, etc., and feel great. There is no exhaustion, no dizziness, and I could be out there all day blowing on the horn.
It's spring break now, so that means that I'm back at home. I pulled out the tuba to go practice in my living room and I felt that massive wave of fatigue grab me again. It's almost instantaneous and it makes me just want to fall on the floor, and that really discourages me from practicing. I don't want to even look at the horn when I'm feeling this way. It's totally bizarre.
So, it would appear that I have a "thing" with practicing in medium/small-sized (playing in a big concert hall is no problem) rooms. My living room isn't that big, and the practice rooms are small, and they both seem to make me feel like a quivering wasted piece of jelly. Sitting outside and under the sun, though, I feel like a million bucks. What gives? Anyone have similar experiences? I look forward to your responses!
- Jackson
