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So I've been playing clarinet for a total of three days now for HS concert band. Last night I practiced for about half an hour, and I woke up this morning with this aching pain in my jaw, in the fleshy part just beneath my chin and above my neck (underneath my tongue?). it especially hurts to swallow, do sit ups, and play clarinet. I asked my clarinet clinician about it and he says it's due to the high resistance in the clarinet that i'm not used to from sax, and suggests I go down in reed strength. I'm playing 3.5 vandoren trads (following in the advice of my band director).
is there any additional advice to offer, or perhaps other hypotheses as to what is going on?
in the meantime, i'm taking a break from clarinet and sanding down my reeds.
thanks,
is there any additional advice to offer, or perhaps other hypotheses as to what is going on?
in the meantime, i'm taking a break from clarinet and sanding down my reeds.
thanks,