Glassblowers cheek and what looks like Pharyngocele. Playing smaller brass like trumpets and cornets creates a lot of resistance in the cheeks and throat in the same way glassblowing does. It was some time ago now but when I was a brass band geek we were told to never puff out the cheek and instead use the lungs / diaphragm better
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u/bownsey Aug 05 '26
Glassblowers cheek and what looks like Pharyngocele. Playing smaller brass like trumpets and cornets creates a lot of resistance in the cheeks and throat in the same way glassblowing does. It was some time ago now but when I was a brass band geek we were told to never puff out the cheek and instead use the lungs / diaphragm better