Hi,
I've asked quite a few people about this problem, and I'm considering going to the Doctors about it, but I thought I'd try here first!
I have a problem whereby when I'm playing sometimes, mainly but not exclusively in the middle and upper registers, I get tearing sounds in my throat! It will start as an occasional high pitch buzz, a bit like when you blow on the corner of a piece of paper. This will happen intermittantly and I will loose some air flow.
After a while, or when I try and play really high or loud (but not always so, and it can happen when not playing high or loud), I'll get a deep tearing sound. Imaging tearing a piece of paper, but with a deeper, thicker sound and slightly muffled. My air flow will just totally cut off, and I can't play. I take my cornet away and can breath fine though. It feels like the top of my throat, starting from where the nose joins the mouth, is swollen up and getting in the way. This feeling can last from minuites to hours. Whilst the first sound won't be accompianied by pain, the deeper tearing noise will be briefly uncomfortable. I can play a minute or so afterwards, but it will often keep happening. It happened just the once though today luckily.
It first happened at around Christmas 2 years ago, and the problem kept re-occuring frequently for about 2 months, and then went. It's started up again this week, and today I got the full on treatment for the first time. It's totally random really, but it has happen when I've been playing a solo, which meant I had to stop- not good!
I though it might be my synuses (sp), but having tried using Albas Oil to make sure they're clear, and it hasn't helped, so it's not that.
Has anybody else had a similar problem, or have any idea, because I don't?!!!
Thanks
I've asked quite a few people about this problem, and I'm considering going to the Doctors about it, but I thought I'd try here first!
I have a problem whereby when I'm playing sometimes, mainly but not exclusively in the middle and upper registers, I get tearing sounds in my throat! It will start as an occasional high pitch buzz, a bit like when you blow on the corner of a piece of paper. This will happen intermittantly and I will loose some air flow.
After a while, or when I try and play really high or loud (but not always so, and it can happen when not playing high or loud), I'll get a deep tearing sound. Imaging tearing a piece of paper, but with a deeper, thicker sound and slightly muffled. My air flow will just totally cut off, and I can't play. I take my cornet away and can breath fine though. It feels like the top of my throat, starting from where the nose joins the mouth, is swollen up and getting in the way. This feeling can last from minuites to hours. Whilst the first sound won't be accompianied by pain, the deeper tearing noise will be briefly uncomfortable. I can play a minute or so afterwards, but it will often keep happening. It happened just the once though today luckily.
It first happened at around Christmas 2 years ago, and the problem kept re-occuring frequently for about 2 months, and then went. It's started up again this week, and today I got the full on treatment for the first time. It's totally random really, but it has happen when I've been playing a solo, which meant I had to stop- not good!
I though it might be my synuses (sp), but having tried using Albas Oil to make sure they're clear, and it hasn't helped, so it's not that.
Has anybody else had a similar problem, or have any idea, because I don't?!!!
Thanks
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