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For the past week I've been trying to practice, and about halfway through, I just gag. I don't understand why. Its never happened to me before in the past. I searched up some old forums saying that I just needed to rest and relax my throat. So I've been doing stuff like drinking warm honey water. I stopped drinking hot and cold stuff because that shocks the throat. I've mainly been drinking room temperature water. Been resting and everything. Yet every time I pull out my horn this week, I can't help but gag after maybe 5-10 minutes. When I play softly, the urge to gag comes slower and when I play fortissimo it almost chokes me a few seconds later!
Its definitely not a sore throat either because I can't feel it. I had the nurse look at my throat when I was getting a rabies shot, she said it was just slightly red, nothing major. I can still practice flute with no problems. Just not saxophone.
The biggest problem...I have a gig tomorrow. Help!!
The biggest problem...I have a gig tomorrow. Help!!