Playing With Laryngitis?

trumpeterofkrakow · Regular Member Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 44 Location: NY

I had no clue where to put this topic, so I figured this was a good enough place.

I recently developed laryngitis. Yay. Today, the jazz group I am in has a 3 hour rehearsal. So, the question is whether or not I should go.

The best medicine, so to say, for laryngitis is rest of the larynx, ie not talking. Would trumpet playing aggravate my larynx's problem?

Thanks for the advice.
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skootchy · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject:

No...Had it, done it, not a problem. I guess the larynx isn't needed for trumpet playing.
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etc-etc · Heavyweight Member Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 2114

I found that my tone gets much worse in that condition, as not only the larynx, but also the surrounding areas seem to be affected. You will also manage to spray your colleagues with virus-loaded mist during the entire 3-hour rehearsal.

trumpetera · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:07 pm Post subject:

What exactly is laryngitis?
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etc-etc · Heavyweight Member Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 2114

trumpetera · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject:

I actually think I have. It was not nice, but I kept on playing anyway, too stingy to take sick-leave!

Be careful if playing with a cold, though. My dad was a hornplayer in the royal phil here in Sweden, and his teacher/solohornist played while having a severe cold and got deaf on one ear!

A bit off topic, i know, sorry!
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Bach NY ML 1943 vintage Bb
Malone/ Bach /Lechner C (put together)
H.Ganter Bb and C rotary
Matthew Parker Natural
Co-principal trumpet Gothenburg Opera and Helsingborg Symphony
Principal trumpet Stockholm Baroque Orchestra

etc-etc · Heavyweight Member Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 2114

Quite on-topic, I believe. It is better to lay it off and at most do a little mouthpiece buzzing, taking care not to get the mucus into your inner ear.