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09-12-2006, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: St. Paul, MN
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  | Lip soreness Manny, How is everything? It's been a long time... Starting school and joining ensembles is always a tough thing at first because of how much playing you are doing comparative to the summer when you just practice. Is it normal for the lip to get tight and a little swollen in a situation like this or should it always feel "normal." After rehearsals, even though my lip might be tired I still have much more to work on for lessons and such and I can't afford to take time off the horn. Is there a way around this tightness or is it just an adjustment like lifting weights after not lifting for a long time and dealing with soreness? Jeremy |
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__________________ "99% is the same as 0%. If you don't feel like giving 100% or can't give 100%, then you might as well stay home." -Will Smith/added to by Jeremy Tarter | |
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09-16-2006, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Home
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 | A good warm up goes a long way to help our playing. Depending on how much time you have it can be anything from fluttering the lips like Bobby Shew or taking a half hour or so of quiet playing and flexibility exercises, especially those that have you skip over one of the natural tones, like C to c in order to work out the stiffness from the day before. If your teeth start to wiggle (mine did after some of those nasty 4 hour funk gigs doing stupid stuff like taking Tower of Power up an octave) maybe you are using too much pressure, but other than that, be patient. It’s all good. |
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09-16-2006, 09:06 PM
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| Forte User
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Northern New York
Brand: Lawler
Posts: 2,309
 | In addition to all of the above, get some ChopSaver and use it! |
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__________________ -Glenn "Roses have thorns; shining waters mud. Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun; and history reeks of the wrongs we have done. After today, after today, consider me gone."- Sting | |
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09-17-2006, 08:21 AM
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| Moderator Fortissimo User 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Germany
Brand: Nat, Piston, Rotary
Posts: 3,923
 | Artur Rubinstein has a quote that applies: "If I do not practice for one day, I know it. Two days, my wife says something. Three days, the whole world." |
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