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• Bones Moderator

  May 2018 Posts: 3,319

  Sounds like too much tension??? Try to play relaxed maybe?
• Pompier MarylandNew Cigano GJ-15

  May 2018 Posts: 62

  I think I'm pretty relaxed physically and my motions are about as economical as my skill level allows. It's just that my breathing gets sort of coopted. Perhaps I should try to be more relaxed mentally, focusing on getting the rhythm right less intensely and building up motion automatism.
• Chiefbigeasy New Orleans, LA✭✭✭ Dupont MDC 50; The Loar LH6, AJL Silent Guitar

  May 2018 Posts: 338

  Light headed implies lack of oxygen. The other way you get dizzy is hyperventilating. Glad to hear you’ve got a handle on this, but can’t say I’ve ever heard of this.
• Pompier MarylandNew Cigano GJ-15

  May 2018 Posts: 62

  Yep, there was a bit of hyperventilation. I was taking breaths more frequently than I needed to.
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  May 2018 Posts: 4,735

  It doesn't sound all that unusual. If you listen to any recording of Tchavolo, you can hear his breathing has a very interrupted patterns.

  

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• alton Keene, NH✭✭ 2000 Dell'Arte Long Scale Anouman, Gadjo Modele Francais, Gitane DG-330 John Jorgensen Tuxedo

  May 2018 Posts: 109

  Funny that you brought this up, here's an observation that I once had about breathing while playing:
  
  Back in my days of gettin' my metal on, I noticed that when I would play very difficult passages that required a lot of endurance (mainly chugging uptempo riffs that require rapid and even palm muted downstrokes), I wasn't breathing very deeply. Sometimes I would feel like I would just run out of gas. Of course, I was also headbanging and jumping around like an animal. And all of those dingy dive rock clubs were always hot and humid. And oh, the amount of adult beverages consumed on those gigs!
  
  Anyway, once I started paying attention to my breathing and took nice long controlled breaths, I found that I could make it through these parts with less difficulty. Was it that my muscles were getting oxygen rich blood? Or was it that I was simply just more relaxed? I don't know, but it absolutely made a difference.

  
• rgrice Pisgah Forest, NC✭✭✭✭ 1994 Dupont MD 30, 1965 Gretsch Double Anniversary, Eastman AR610, Martin D16GT, Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Pro

  May 2018 Posts: 477

  Was just gonna mention Tchavalo, @Buco. When I first heard it, I thought it was distortion in recording or something.

  
• Scoredog Santa Barbara, Ca✭✭✭✭

  May 2018 edited May 2018 Posts: 871

  "A few weeks ago my wife pointed out that I was breathing noisily while playing guitar, and I realized that I was starting to get a bit light-headed after a stretch of rhythm playing"
  
  You say this like it is a bad thing...:)

  

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