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 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:15 pm
i played the flute when i got braces. like one week (or day i think) before my first band audition
i don't think its that bad for flute sing nothing goes in ur mouth
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:08 am
I had braces for a year and a half a while ago, ang they HURT! I tried to play my French Horn just three days after I got them, and I couldn't play a note! I cried so hard because I thought (naively) that I would never be able to play again. xd But you just have to wait for the initial pain to go down and keep practicing. You'll get it eventually and play just like before, though if you're brass, the braces will imprint themselves on the insides of your lips from being pressed against the mouthpiece. whee
pirate and ninja do NOT get along. xp
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:59 am
Dark_Candy i played the flute when i got braces. like one week (or day i think) before my first band audition i don't think its that bad for flute sing nothing goes in ur mouth i'm a flute too. when i got my braces, it felt really funky and i had to adjust a little bit. It didn't really mess with my playing that much
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:25 pm
well i started when i had braces so it was wierd to play for me when i got them off
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:27 am
I had braces for three years in middle school, and it was really painful. Every day after band, I'd be peeling my lips off of the braces, and it just wasn't fun at all. (I play trumpet, btw).
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:32 am
I have braces on now, and have had them for a year and 2 months now. I got my braces when I was a freshman and it screwed with my playing tremendously. It's really only if you have the bottom braces that it hurts playing a saxophone. I play the alto/bari sax and when you curl your lip under it hurts like hell. I cut my lip plenty of times because of it and had to get a new reed b/c mine was bloody. sweatdrop
You get used to it though. like 3 months into playing with braces a kind of callous formed where the braces were on my lip(like how when you first play and you form a callous from your teeth.)
It really depends on intrument though. I think trumpet's and other brass intstruments have it worse. My friend has braces but is really good at playing trumpet. I tried his trumpet and my lips hurt because of the mouthpiece & braces.
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:38 pm
its called getting used to it. but it should be painful. domokun
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:42 pm
Me: I had braces and had major problems with tongueing [couldn't do it] but once I got them off, not only did I get a flawless smile but also such awesome tune, range, endurance, and now I can tongue!
My ownsome friend Daniel: he has braces and got 3rd chair trumpet player in the highschool band in his freshman year. If he's this good, just you wait till he gets them off!
Isaac: he has braces too and is as good as Daniel but he drool alot and when he pulls his lips away from the mouthpiece strands of saliva would be pulled away too and drop everywhere, eewww!
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:31 pm
its takes alot more effort for me to reach higher notes on the tuba. on the baritone it does that and decreased my range, making it to about 2 octaves. i have them for about another year, so its going to be fun when i get them off
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:11 pm
I have braces and I can still play the flute just fine...
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:14 pm
i had that problem but its now gone. enihoo at first it will seem awkward but your music store should have plastic things that go over the braces for people that have to roll their lip over their braces. it really helps if its a problem !
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:54 am
i know a couple of double reed players that have or had braces in the past.. they didn't stop playing... i play a brass instrument and it messed with how i had to play the notes but i got used to it pretty fast.. i found that it i had air leaking through my braces that i could just plug it up with wax, and they give you that... it's not too bad though
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:03 am
For me, playing high notes are hard more me with my mouth of metal, but thankfully I should be getting them removed in 2 days. biggrin
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:45 am
sweatdrop Should I reconsider getting braces? lol I'm young and you people probably have more expierience. I don't wanna get kicked out of band. crying
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:48 am
Cpt. Greylag Des_Omon sweatdrop Should I reconsider getting braces? lol I'm young and you people probably have more expierience. I don't wanna get kicked out of band. crying No. Unless you can afford Dental Sergury. ninja
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