Originally Posted by
cole7877
Hello. I’m high school euphonium player and I’ve been playing for around 6 years. In the last month or so I’ve been having an issue when I play where after a few minutes my upper lip starts to swell and my tone suffers as a result. I tried reducing the pressure on my lips, but I would still get the same result. I also tried taking around a week off from playing, but that didn’t seem to work either. I’ve noticed that my upper lip rolls under my front teeth a little bit whenever I play and was thinking that that could have something to do with it, but I have no idea. Is there any way I can go about fixing this?