beartrumpet74

Hi Tony -

I've been having an issue in my playing lately, or more accurately stated, since my youth. LOL!
I have been encountering throat tension.
Here is what's happening. I play up to a G over high C and at the G an octave lower, I start feeling my throat feel like it is closing up. This doesn't totally screw me when I am up on G over high C, but it does screw me when I come back down below C5 in the staff. It's like my air stops. I suspect this is because my air stream is changing drastically just below high C. This is really frustrating me as I am in the shed a TON right now, and my jazz playing is morphing into something I never really even imagined it would be. I'm actually playing good stuff, it's just that this throat thing is preventing my desire to leap back and forth between registers the way I want.
Do you have any suggestions. I'm not opposed to a complete change either...I have the time before I need to hit the road and make money like back in the day before school.
Thanks
Matt