Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-05-15 16:47
Meanwhile, to get you through the performance tomorrow, if you're still hurting, try folding a piece of cigarette paper or something similar over your bottom teeth to blunt their edges against your lip. I routinely use EZO denture pads, which have become hard to find in recent years, cut into smaller pieces and folded over my teeth.
For the future after tomorrow's concert:
The pain is almost certainly from your teeth irritating, possibly even cutting into, your lip, probably, as others have said, because of biting - too much upward pressure directly applied against the reed by your jaw. In the long run, you need to find a different way to control the reed, using your lips around the mouthpiece and air pressure from your breathing muscles to support the sound. It's especially important when you're practicing a lot for a special performance. If you rely on jaw pressure, the result is predictable and you're experiencing it now.
Oh, yes, and a different approach to controlling the reed should make that high B come out more easily without needing to bite on a hard reed to produce it.
Good luck tomorrow.
Karl
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