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Author: Mindy  
Date:   2001-07-31 13:27 
 Ok, for some odd reason when I play my clarinet I burp a lot of times. Does anyone lese have that problem? Has anyone heard of someone else who does it? Does anyone on this board burp when they play their clarinet? I am just wondering if this is normal or weird   
Thanks 
Mindy
  
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Author: Don Poulsen  
Date:   2001-07-31 13:57 
 Burping isn't normal. Could you be swallowing air when you are taking breaths while playing? Do you have the same need to burp when you sit in your normal clarinet-playing posture without playing?
  
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Author: Keil  
Date:   2001-07-31 15:57 
 never burped but when i inflate my diagphram (sp?) i get a gurgly sound.... who can help with that?
  
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Author: Erika  
Date:   2001-07-31 16:33 
 This may seem like a silly question for you but, do you practice after you eat?  That's the only time I ever burp while practicing.  It probably isn't a wise idea to practice after dinner, but I do it anyway! 
  
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Author: Mindy  
Date:   2001-07-31 18:35 
 WEll...........I dont ususally practice after eating sometimes I do but I like to practice in the morning. (weird huh?  hehehe) I don't think I am swallowing the air. But I may be but I am really not sure I don't think so though. Thanks 
Mindy
  
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Author: David Pegel  
Date:   2001-08-01 00:43 
 Only after communion during church. And it's annoying because burping tends to lower my pitch a full step and a half. So I try to time it when a mulitiphonic major sixth would sound right and then let it out quick. (Good thing I'm allowed to improvise; otherwise I'd have to stop to burp.)
  
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Author: Robert Small  
Date:   2001-08-01 01:52 
 Try not to drink alot of beer just before you play.
  
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Author: Becky Swett  
Date:   2001-08-02 17:19 
 Poor Mindy, trying to get some logical advice and she is getting mauled over with beer jokes! 
 
I agree that playing after eating could be the cause and also possible that she is swollowing air and not realizing it. Mindy, do you have a private teacher with whom to discuss? Having someone watch you while you play might be helpful. 
Good luck!
  
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Author: Gordon (NZ)  
Date:   2001-08-04 13:41 
 David you definitely should not be going to church!   
Mindy do you go to church?   
  
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Author: Mindy  
Date:   2001-08-09 10:21 
 Gordon---Yes I do go to church. Do you?  
 
Thanks for all the replys my teacher says it is a little normal and I've talked to another clarinetist and she said that it is pretty normal   
Thanks again!! 
Mindy
  
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Author: Gordon (NZ)  
Date:   2001-08-09 10:27 
 No.  I used to.  I would have make a large sacrifice of personal integrity to go now.  :-)
  
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Author: paris  
Date:   2016-09-17 06:31 
 it can be a problem, I have had trouble with it since I started and have to pause once or twice then its ok.  It does not seem to make any difference with just eating or drinking it just happens and I am glad to hear that someone else has that problem I thought I was by myself. 
Cheers, paris
  
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