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Tounge Bleeding?

Author: valsneff
Date: 2010-12-15 18:08

Ok, so I know that this topic has been addressed time and time again, but my situation has somewhat of a little twist to it. My tounge is more likely to bleed when I am working on tounging passages, but not after super long practice sessions. It often only takes around 10-15 minutes of articulation practice to make my tounge bleed lightly, and it only gets heavier and more sore from there. None of my teachers have really been able to adress why this happens. It doesn't happen consistently either, but frequently enough that I don't want to take a couple days break after only practicing like 10 minutes.
Also, I'm pretty sure that I'm tounging correctly. I've had loads of tounging problems in the past (I used to be one of those awful "throat toungers." Lol.), but I tounge slightly below the tip of my tounge, to slightly below the tip of my reed. Has anyone heard of or experienced this before, and give me a clue? Thanks!

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