Author: autumnsilence
Date: 2008-08-22 06:26
thanks for the help on this, yes i do need to take it into someone and have it looked at considering i dont know how much work it needs (but really doesnt seem like much) but it really sucks that the chance is hard to come by. the nearest, (and i think only) person who looks at/repairs instruments is the Horn Dr. and his shop is like 200 something miles away in the biggest town/city thing (luckily it isnt tooo far). and i think he might charge just to look at it and see what it needs done with it because i remember last year my band teacher was really excited that he was coming into town and looking at all the school instruments for free, of course the actual repairs were not, and i would be wihout an instrument for a few weeks, which is what ive seen from other people dropping of thier instrument. but dividend time is rolling around again and this year its 3,200$ per person (the joys of living in alaska! i get paid for it!!) so thats when im actually going the extra mile on this stuff... new mouthpiece, clarinet, repairs everything while i have the money so that ill have a good working instrument to last me through college. so hopefully hte repairs can wait a month.
About the double lip thing, yes my band teacher said i "wasnt supposed to do that" but old habits die hard after 5 odd years of playing, but i guess thats what happens when someone just hands you an instrument and a book and wishes you the best of luck.. i have tried using my teeth a few times but the majority of the time the vibrations bother me too much but i do use my teeth from time to time if necessary.
About my lip hurting? well i wasnt using a new reed so i dont know if it was the grain or not but it sure feels like it, usually after i play for over an hour and a half (or if im practicing like crazy) then my lip starts getting very sore and sometimes i wonder if in going to get splinters from the reeds lol, sounds weird but thats pretty much what it feels like, and when there is a pause in the music or we stop or whatever I end up smoothing down the reed anyway bt thats usualy just to wipe off exess spit lol. and after a while i get teeth maks on the inside of my bottom lip from the pressure but i think this is because i have been using more pressure to make up for the hard reeds..
which im thinking i need to downgrade to a 2.5 since i tried to different reeds that were both 3's and it didnt change a thing. but then again after playing about an hour or however long our band class is, i got quite used to the adjustment and although i did practice over the summer, i noticed that my practicing isnt the same as me playing in band.. dont know why but it bothers me to play loudly in a dead quiet house.. (really dont know why lol) so i payed more attention to my flute, and practiceing on the oboe (which is kinda hard until i find reeds for it lol).. but im sure it will be fine soon considering im going to be involved in alot of music stuff this school year like band, community band, nt to mention that All state, All northwest, Solo and ensamble, and mass band are all happening this year and that doesnt happen often consdering most of those alternate years and wahtnot so hopefully i can get ito as much as i can.. maybe ill even see some of you guys at All Northwest? which i really dont know which states those include but yeah...
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