The Oboe BBoard

The Oboe BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

split lips

Author: claire70
Date: 2008-10-04 15:12

Does anyone else have this problem? If I have a really long rehearsal (eg. all day or weekend), and/or am playing on marginally too hard reeds (ie. ones that you can still play on, but just require a bit more puff), my upper lip often splits. :-(

And at the moment, it's got to a stage where it is never quite healing, so it's happening more regularly. The skin does heal over but you can still see a little 'scar' type area; and then I only have to play for slightly longer than normal for it to open up again. It feels like I need to stop playing completely for a month to get it to heal properly, but I can't do that!

I have a weekend-long rehearsal next weekend, and a concert the weekend after, so it's beginning to worry me. Short of playing on ridiculously soft reeds, does anyone have any ideas what I can do?

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

split lips new

claire70

2008-10-04 15:12