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 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:36 pm
muffins_love lol no i play tuba nda i hardly could tell the diff after playing for abit biggrin
After I got them removed I had retainers and those sucked a bit more because it's hard to regulate spit. I'd take them off for performances or when I got pissed off at them.
After getting them both removed I really find no difference with brace playing and braceless. I'd imagine it to be quite an interesting case for French Horn and Trumpet players based on the previous posts...
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:12 am
Actually, I play French Horn, and I've had braces for a little over 2 years now. At first, it was a little difficult getting up to the high notes, but you get used to it. One of the only things I realized is that you have to tighten and loosen your lips more than normal, and even though I haven't had my braces off yet, that should probably give you a bigger range when they DO get taken off. Also, I've never used any type of wax or anything that supposedly helps you, and I adjusted really well. Occasionally when I play high notes for a while it leaves a slight imprint on the inside of my lips, but it disappears after a few minutes. So I really don't think it affected me too much.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:00 pm
Raine_Storms I'm actually in the same boat as you. I'm getting my braces on next wednesday, and I'm totally freaking out. I play the tenor sax, and I'm worried that it'll hurt when I roll my lips over my bottom teeth. Can anyone tell us if it really hurts that much or not? As a clarinet I can tell you that your ombusure will suck for awhile, but you'll get used to it ^^. Just it will wear out sooner than other people. Don't worry though, it doesn't hurt. Ironically I get mine off in two weeks XD. I've been playing with braces for the last two years. It took about a month to get comfortable again.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:41 pm
definately go to a music store near you and get a Brace gaurd it helps a ton it wont break your reeds as easy and not as hard on the lips.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:06 am
I had braces before I started playing my baritone. But I asked my orthodontist if there was anything I could do to make it not hurt and he just said don't play the trumpet or the french horn. And he also said that if anything to first week is the hardest and right after you get your braces off because you have to get used to it again.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:19 pm
it was hard for me to learn how to play my flute after i got braces, but i soon learned and became a better player. but after i got them off it was earsier, and i became an even better player, but i personally think that braces are not that bad but they still suck.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:42 pm
Braces were horrible. I play flute, and it took me about a week and a half to fully adjust my embouchure for it. When I got them off, it took two weeks to adjust back. D:
I got lots of cuts on the inside of my upper lip too.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:49 pm
I'm a flautist and I just got my braces off two months ago. I was really just a beginner when I got braces, and I didn't have any problems adjusting.
Now, as for when I got them off... @__@ took me a week to adjust, honestly. My tone is waaaay better now. One thing I noticed was that with braces it was harder to do dynamics.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:56 am
I have braces, and I play the sax, and now after only playing 3 months with them I have my braces completely imprinted in the gums in front of it. I have to take painkillers every night
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:04 am
i play t.sax trumpet and im learning bassoon clarinet and flute. i think ineed braces but i dont want it to mess with my playing cuz im going to college and wanna pass my courses lol xd ...im going for trumpet hopefully lol
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:46 am
i play the flute and im gonna have to get braces........ im kinda scared because what am i gonna do on the days when my teeth are hurting so bad i want to cry [ive had braces but it was before i started playing]
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:04 am
I got my braces on about a year ago. It was ok, but it hurt a bit while I tried to place clarinet.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:41 am
I had braces (not anymore whee ) but it doesnt hurt. But it might at the begining because well all braces hurt at the begining. But after awhile it goes away. and it never messes up your playing! my whole band has braces except me and a bass drum player
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:12 am
Raine_Storms I'm actually in the same boat as you. I'm getting my braces on next wednesday, and I'm totally freaking out. I play the tenor sax, and I'm worried that it'll hurt when I roll my lips over my bottom teeth. Can anyone tell us if it really hurts that much or not? For me getting the braces was not bad at all. I had maybe a week of pain but practise through it and you get used to it. i got them half way through my second year and there are things more painfull (toung splinters from an over usd reed) but yeah, it doesn't hurt half as much as some ppl say
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:44 pm
I'd have to say it's not easy to play with braces. Woodwinds don't have to much of a problem. It never really hurts, but it's just a weird change. Brass players, you better get a HECK lot of wax, and practice a lot more. 5 people and I have both had a difficult time with playing, as it cut up our gums, and we're all brass. I've never seen much an issue with Woodwinds though.
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