Thank You for All the Support Regarding Dealing with the Pain of Playing a Genos

[GrannyRocks]

I just want to thank everyone who wrote me with suggestions for how to play the Genos with less pain. Some of the suggestions are working for me. Some can't work for whatever reason. But all of your thoughts were useful. I actually had to look at all the ways the pain occurrs -- not just the keybed. So I've been using registrations and banks, a foot pedal and using the touch screen instead of buttons, wherever practical. (For instance, I'm using the Registration information screen to move among the registrations, and that allows me to go to whatever instrument I want without using a button.) And I'm watching my touch, to make sure I'm not working too hard. I also realize that the stretching causes strain, so I'm incorporating a pedal too. I have to work with the body I have and the kind of music I play. I also accept quite a lot of pain -- and I see many of you do, too -- to have the experience of playing music. But I also have to acknowledge I can't push it too far, too much.

I really feel the support and caring. Many of you struggle too and you have been able to share what has been working for you, and I can, in turn, care about you.

Though I haven't been on the forum long, I feel part of the group. You have been so warm and welcoming, and I wish each of you the best in your efforts to find healing and self-expression in music, in whatever way you do.

Hugs all around.
Beth

[Michael Trigoboff]

And hugs back to you, along with fingers crossed (carefully, so that it doesn't cause pain ) that you will be able to play your Genos2 the way you want to.

[GrannyRocks]

Thank you. You are such a support. I think I will. I'm getting the hang of how to minimize pain on this darned keyboard, and it's just too good to give up. Smile and hugs. And you keep on keeping on with your music too. Hugs, Beth