Abstract
A Literature Review of Pulmonary Function Test of Wind Instrument Players
Highlights
As they say “Music soothes the soul and heals the heart”
This study is related to the effect of playing wind instruments on the pulmonary functions
The key lies in the lung-power responsible for playing the bagpipes. (Music Education about.com bagpipes) The techniques involved in playing the wind musical instruments are the breathing technique and the fingering technique to control the pitch of the tone
Summary
Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, India Submission: August 05, 2017; Published: August 24, 2017 *Corresponding author: Rashmi Shahu, Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, India, Email: Abstract. It is well known that a lot of respiratory function is used by Wind Instrument players to produce sound. For improving lung functions, continuous respiratory training is suggested which can be achieved by playing wind instruments. Wind instrument players tend to have higher lung functions. This does not mean that these players are not prone to any kind of lung diseases. People still have contradictory results on the studies related to this issue. This paper reviews various literatures related to pulmonary functions, wind instrument players and spirometry test
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