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Intense lower lip pain (urgent)

Author: personwithaclarinet
Date: 2015-05-15 06:47

Hello. I am a sixteen-year-old student clarinet player and I am performing a concertino on Saturday. As of yesterday, my lower lip has been hurting severely (with pressure from my teeth) when I play even one or two notes on the clarinet except in the lowest register. I don't know why this is, whether it's cold sores in my mouth, or a subconscious embouchure change (?) or the intense strain to my mouth as a practice trying to get that held high B (!!) to sound good... Does anyone have advice, ideas about what's happening, or potential solutions? Thank you so much in advance; I was worried about the high b but now I almost literally can't play and I don't know what to do.

Post Edited (2015-05-15 06:49)

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