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How does having braces affect playing?

Author: Igloo Bob
Date: 2004-05-26 05:57

I started developing an overbite in 7th grade, and it has slowly gotten worse over the years, and I've had fears for a while that this might negatively affect my playing, so I've been considering getting braces. However, I've heard horror stories of braces killing the sound of previously good-sounding instrumentalists, and on single-reed instruments in particular. Does anyone else have experience in this, can an over/underbite cause you to have tone and squeaking issues, and will you eventually get used to the new shape of the mouth the braces are producing?

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