Klarinet Archive - Posting 000545.txt from 1997/06

From: Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Bleeding tongue
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 23:20:03 -0400

At 12:32 PM 6/23/97 -0700, Ryan Lowe wrote:
>While practicing the other day my tongue started to bleed. I am rather
>apprehensive about practicing again in fear that it will happen again. I
>was wondering if this is a common occurance, or if anybody else has had
>this problem, what did you do?

I've had this happen, too, occasionally. Sometimes it's because I'm hitting
a rough spot on the reed tip, or the reed isn't as responsive as it should
be and I'm tonguing too hard. Doesn't mean much, and it heals overnight.

Karl