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Title: Sneezing.
Post by: Ludvig_Van_Me on September 23, 2004, 03:26:45 AM

I have a cold so I've been sneezing lately and while playing,


So I was wondering if anyone has sneezed during a perfromance of any kind?

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: benji on September 23, 2004, 04:06:14 AM

I sneezed while performing a duet in church once. Fortunately  it was during a rest and my duet partner wasn't fazed at all by it.

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: allchopin on September 23, 2004, 04:25:44 AM

Boy, the quality or threads is really going downhill...

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: Ludvig_Van_Me on September 23, 2004, 04:28:44 AM

LOL, sorry :)

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: Rob47 on September 23, 2004, 05:12:14 AM

In a class recital I played Scriabin op.8 no. 12 with a cold and couldn't hear out of my left ear...yet my teacher praised the performance afterwards saying, "you should play with a cold more often..."

Huh.

your friend

Rob

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: donjuan on September 23, 2004, 05:53:35 AM

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In a class recital I played Scriabin op.8 no. 12 with a cold and couldn't hear out of my left ear...yet my teacher praised the performance afterwards saying, "you should play with a cold more often..."

Huh.

your friend

Rob

haha!! that reminds me of the time I performed Sonetto 104 Del Petrarca with this amplifier sitting next to me.  The damn thing was buzzing so bad, I couldnt even hear the sounds coming out of the piano I was playing.  Afterwards, everyone including my teacher really seemed to enjoy the performance.  I only wish I understood why..
donjuan

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: DarkWind on September 23, 2004, 06:01:13 AM

Maybe you can try holding a sneeze to a loud part and use it to accentuate chords! :)

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: thomas_williams on September 23, 2004, 06:46:30 AM

I occasionally sneeze while practicing and it can be annoying!  However, I have never sneezed while actually performing as far as I can recall.

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: scrabble on September 24, 2004, 04:45:36 AM

How about coughing? I had a terrible cough once, the kind where you get that icky, suffocating mucus in your throat, and was playing Pachebel's Canon in a string ensemble. I tried to not cough the whole pice, and I made it...almost. As we were holding the last note, I hacked really loud. Well, the audience thought it was pretty funny.  ;)

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: dinosaurtales on September 24, 2004, 06:32:50 AM

How about farting?


(talk about taking this post all the way down!!!)

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: Ludvig_Van_Me on September 24, 2004, 05:51:52 PM

I think a fart can easily be drowned out by the music(unless it's extraordinary loud)

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: xvimbi on September 24, 2004, 06:38:24 PM

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I think a fart can easily be drowned out by the music(unless it's extraordinary loud)

Sound can drown out smell only under extreme circumstances, i.e. when it is so loud that all other senses lock up.  ;D

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: donjuan on September 25, 2004, 01:33:09 AM

Well, if you wanted help winning a competition, you could let one out carefully so it doesnt make any noise (SBD - Silent, but deadly) just as you are getting up from the piano bench and the next competitor is on their way to the piano. haha ;D
and then they will sit there like,  :-/
lolololololololololoololololololol

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: DarkWind on September 25, 2004, 02:22:56 AM

Also, you can try saying "watermelon." It stops a sneeze, for some odd reason.

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: donjuan on September 25, 2004, 04:48:53 AM

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Also, you can try saying "watermelon." It stops a sneeze, for some odd reason.

never heard of that- any reason why it would work?  hmm I think ill try it..

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: Spatula on September 25, 2004, 09:25:22 AM

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I think a fart can easily be drowned out by the music(unless it's extraordinary loud)

Hope you're doing a concerto, cause then you can blame the dude with the Tuba  ;)

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: Spatula on September 25, 2004, 09:26:51 AM

The worst is when there's an itch right on the tip of the nose or in your groin area...

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: Max on September 30, 2004, 06:18:59 PM

I have done before, I just shrugged it off.

Title: Re: Sneezing.
Post by: Max on September 30, 2004, 06:27:10 PM

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Well, if you wanted help winning a competition, you could let one out carefully so it doesnt make any noise (SBD - Silent, but deadly) just as you are getting up from the piano bench and the next competitor is on their way to the piano. haha ;D
and then they will sit there like,  :-/
lolololololololololoololololololol

8)

lmao