should i take this precaution while playing my violin?.......?
442328
If you feel more comfortable that way, why not? I recommend you get some earplugs instead of cotton -- they will work better and are safer. You can buy them at big drugstores, in the safety equipment section. They are cheap.
986276
It is not possible to know what the decibel level is unless you test it.\n\nWhen you listen to headphones at sufficient volume to drown out ambient noise, you are certainly damaging your hearing.  Whether this is dangerous, is for you to decide.
573427
I really doubt the teacher will allow you to stand there and hurt yourself in different ways.  Let's get real.....Your performance will hurt the audience if they have to sit through it.  Why not tape it and play it over and over for yourself....it will hurt after many hours.  lol
270735
It isn't exactly harmful. If you do this for about 50 years you can probably encounter minor hearing loss if it at a normal level.
394446
Oh yeah. It will turn your insides out if you do it too often. It's not pretty. And I don't recommend searching for this effect on google.
301612
The air flow that is being prevented is not the air flow over the hole you blow across. By holding down the keys or covering the hole passed where you blow to make sound, you are preventing the air from flowing out that way. When you do that you make a tone different holes, different tones. By making tones you play music. Thus you play by preventing the airflow thought selected holes.
191230
Actually, yes it can be dangerous. Holding in a sneeze can force bacteria into your ear, and can even cause your eardrum to rupture. In addition, it can cause chest pain, and stress on the throat. In other words, if you have to sneeze, let it out! In class you might want to sneeze (or cough) into the bend of your elbow. It's the best place. Coughing or sneezing into your hand spreads germs.
753915
I'm thinking a stringed instrument would be harder to play.  Like you I might be a bit biased as I've watched my daughter play the violin for almost 8 years now and there is no way I could do what she does.  It takes so much just to get a single note right.
109566
Be very careful taking products like this.  Have you talked to your doctor?  Do it the safe way, under a doctor's supervision.
285406
I would imagine doing something like that would expose your ear(s) to too much loud noise, and could damage your hearing.
449694
Depends what you mean by "Blew" your eardrum.... in the worst case, you could have perforated it in which case you definitely can't go surfing and would be in a lot of pain... on the other hand, you may just have water jammed in there.. in which case, it has either come out by now or you will probably have an infection on  your hands.... (you can syringe your eardrums out yourself if it is just a matter of having water stuck in there... but this can go wrong and you can do damage like this) I would say get it checked out by a Doctor my friend
758143
my ears do that to.. but its nothing to worry about.. trust me.. it happens to everyone..Not worrying about it will help it alot.
4368
Actually that is quite a normal reaction.  I wouldn't worry about it, unless it starts to interfere with your ability to do what you want to do.
116138
In your case, I think the best thing for you to do now is to find another good violin teacher. To be honest, there are so many ways you could do vibrato that it really varies with each person. Every person's hand is different, and their way of holding the violin is slightly different, so to just learn how to do vibrato over the internet won't help you. When you learn it by yourself, you could easily get into injury just because it's hard to relax the hand at first.
912599
I had that happen and the med tech packed it with gauze until I was able to get into the doctor. They told me NOT to introduce anything into it - no peroxide or anything but wait to be seen. The specialist told me that the secretions in your ears naturally kill bacteria and you don;t want to mess with throwing off the balance by killing it with alcohol or peroxide.\n\nI remember it hurt like the dickens...I had a concussion on top of it and vertigo...hope you have some good pain killers and a soft heating pad! Be well!
998622
I am fairly sure that you would have to swallow a bit more than just a little bit off your face before it will do any harm. They do say to keep out of reach of children, obviously so they don't eat it,  so if you are still concerned you should contact your poison information centre for some advice!
735899
you can get deph and hearing loss. But make sure you only listen 2 through 4 hours a day. It can really hurt your hearing. If you listen 24 7 then that;s a problem but stilll it can hurt your hearing and you can't hear anymore! Sound will not be! So listen 2 or 4 hours a day. DON'T LISTEN TO IT TOOOOOOO MUCH! KAY?