GEEZER1
127 posts
Oct 15, 2011
4:54 PM
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I watched a Penn and Teller TV show about Lies. It had a few stories, and one was a lie you had to pick out the story that was a lie. One story was about snoring, It seems that playing a didgeridoo is valid treatment for snoring.. The show had a didgeridoo teacher on it.......This should make a lot of wives happy, Wonder if the harp works the same way, I do know I used to be a loud snorer, Since I have been playing the harp all these years, no one complains about my snoring anymore. The didgeridoo story about stopping snoring was one of the stories that was true.
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paul45
82 posts
Oct 15, 2011
5:07 PM
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My wife would strongly disagree that playing harp decreases snoring....infact she would probably say my snoring has gotten worse as my playing has improved.
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GEEZER1
128 posts
Oct 15, 2011
5:14 PM
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Try the didgeridoo. or maybe deeper bends will help. I don't think first position harp helps much.
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Steamrollin Stan
113 posts
Oct 15, 2011
5:25 PM
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I tend to snore with more rythm and tone now. Then when the turnaround comes into it i grab the didgeridoo and my wife (Gordon) pretends to be sleeping.
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arzajac
675 posts
Oct 15, 2011
5:32 PM
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As a former Respiratory Therapist, the most clinically effective way to treat snoring is to lose weight. That is, if you are overweight, drop fifty pounds.
If you are skinny and snore, you probably have a really long soft palate and besides surgery or CPAP, not much will ever change your snoring - you are built that way. No matter what you do when you are awake won't change what happens to those floppy air passages when you are asleep. It's interesting to note that men with such physiology tend to have "tall" faces and tend to look better with a beard or goatee. Statistically speaking, more men who snore have goatees... Just throwing that out there... It doesn't mean that shaving will decrease snoring.
Learn harp or didgeridoo anyway, though...
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Last Edited by on Oct 15, 2011 5:38 PM
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nacoran
4769 posts
Oct 15, 2011
7:58 PM
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It's easier to sleep on your stomach if you lose some weight. It's a virtuous circle. I don't know about the snoring since there is no one in the bed next to me to complain, but harp does seem to help with asthma. It also helps with panic attacks. One of the symptoms of panic attacks is dysregulated breathing. If you grab a harp and play it forces you to breath to breath deeply and regularly.
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Greg Heumann
1300 posts
Oct 15, 2011
8:38 PM
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I tongue-block, therefore I snore.
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/Greg
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HawkeyeKane
279 posts
Oct 15, 2011
11:19 PM
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I do a lot of snort effects on my draws, so it prolly stimulates my snoring. But ironically, I never wake the missus. Yet she keeps me awake nearly every night with hers. (Shhhhhhhh! I never said that if she emails any of you!)
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mrdon46
78 posts
Oct 16, 2011
10:35 AM
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It won't cure snoring, but if you sleep with a harp in your mouth your snoring might sound better.
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Chinaski
206 posts
Oct 16, 2011
10:48 AM
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I've been playing for more than twenty years, and I snore like a train. There's an irony in there somewhere.
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bharper
83 posts
Oct 16, 2011
10:50 AM
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I do not snore, so I don't know if it cures it.
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Drbeastie
19 posts
Oct 16, 2011
12:17 PM
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dr beastie the dentist here
if you snore
1st lose weight 2nd reduce alcohol consumption afer 6pm ]
3rd your dentist can make an appliance called a mandibular advancement appliance which is a bit like 2 gum shields stuck together holding the lower jaw and tongue forward very successful for mild to moderate sleep apnoea (snoring) if it doesnt work you need the cpap machne which is like a backwards hoover pumping air in thru your nose to prerssurize your air way, sounds ghastly but the people who formerly snored love them. Snoring wrecks happy family life and leaves you 7 times more likely to have a serious car accident. I have no agenda , you wont come to me , but i have learned a lot from all of you. Thanks , this is my professional advice, e beattie dentist
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tookatooka
2529 posts
Oct 16, 2011
1:06 PM
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I can cope with the snoring, it's the wet dreams that get me. I haven't found the harp helps with that any.
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orphan
98 posts
Oct 16, 2011
3:33 PM
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@ mrdon46
Can't wait for you to post the results. Maybe I can steal a couple of riffs. LOL
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Greg Heumann
1302 posts
Oct 17, 2011
9:30 AM
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@DrBeastie - don't mean to question your expertise, but you said "very successful for mild to moderate sleep apnoea (snoring) " - sleep apnea is NOT snoring! Although it is often and most commonly ASSOCIATED with snoring, Sleep Apnea is when someone stops breathing during sleep for sufficiently long time as to deprive the brain of oxygen. I am a champion snorer and I was tested for sleep apnea - fortunately I do not have it. I just don't want anyone to think one implies the other.
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/Greg
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Pistolcat
14 posts
Oct 17, 2011
12:50 PM
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@Greg Heumann - Your right that sleep apnoea is not snoring or the other way around either. But there's no-one suffering from sleep apnoea that do not snore. Also sleep apnoea is kind of a gliding scale. You have to have so and so many seconds without breathing and dips in your blood oxygen saturation. This leads to disturbed deep-sleep and leave you ill rested. Heavy snorers often (not always) have lower quality sleep but not enough actual apnoea periods to get the diagnose. You could call this sub-clinical sleep apnoea.
Anyhoot. With all these respiratory therapists residing. Harmonica do seem to help in COPD. Kind of PEEP-valves (not sure that's what they are called in english) Mentioned here.
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gene
952 posts
Oct 17, 2011
1:09 PM
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It's a medically proven fact that you don't snore while playing the harmonica.
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shadoe42
65 posts
Oct 18, 2011
12:14 PM
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According to my girlfriend playing the harmonica has in fact NOT cured my snoring :)
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HawkeyeKane
295 posts
Oct 19, 2011
8:56 AM
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@slowblowfuse
Ha! Pretty sure it's the same with my wife.
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jbone
663 posts
Oct 20, 2011
4:26 AM
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having not had any alcohol for well over 2 decades- a day at a time- and now not having smoked tobacco or anything else for over 4 months, between the 2 my wife tells me the elimination of smoking has reduced my snoring quite a lot.
i'm one of those skinny(relatively) guys with a goatee.
i always snored loudly as long as i smoked- about 35 years.
one thing about it nobody has mentioned though, is that no matter what mic and amp combo you use, snoring still sounds terrible!
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craigreese
1 post
Feb 25, 2016
12:33 AM
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Not sure about precisely what you're looking for, before taking any medication or herbs you need to consult with a physician. To learn more or to become knowledgeable you can go through some very nice websites like MayoClinic etc ... also you may get a totally free e-book on stop snoring here http://www.stopsnoringsuccess.com/
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