One of my best friends in college had this done (along with about 12 other piercings) and it was no problem… she even sat 1st chair clarinet in many of the highest level ensembles, plus played oboe in a couple others. The embouchure for clarinet is much more demanding than for sax (I majored in performance for both)… so if she can do clarinet, you can do alto!
As long as it’s fully healed, nothing will happen. However, to get the correct embouchure, you do need to take out the stud and put in a filler.
And just remember to keep it clean!
at first, yes. it will probably hurt a lot, too. If I were to get a labret piercing ( I play clarinet, sax, flute and piano, by the way) I would play in five minute incriments to get used to playing with an extra something in the way.
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Lady Prism
March 9th, 2010 at 9:32 am
1One of my best friends in college had this done (along with about 12 other piercings) and it was no problem… she even sat 1st chair clarinet in many of the highest level ensembles, plus played oboe in a couple others. The embouchure for clarinet is much more demanding than for sax (I majored in performance for both)… so if she can do clarinet, you can do alto!
As long as it’s fully healed, nothing will happen. However, to get the correct embouchure, you do need to take out the stud and put in a filler.
And just remember to keep it clean!
Good luck, have fun!
curious
March 9th, 2010 at 9:32 am
2I think it would be annoying. Play your saxaphone while having something small on your tongue, that would bother me!I play the saxophone, too!
loveshorses2@verizon.net
March 9th, 2010 at 9:32 am
3at first, yes. it will probably hurt a lot, too. If I were to get a labret piercing ( I play clarinet, sax, flute and piano, by the way) I would play in five minute incriments to get used to playing with an extra something in the way.
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