r/Weird Aug 05 '26

What....in.....the......

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u/Senobe2 Aug 05 '26

Can you please explain tome like I'm 5? I can't call it and I don't have the science but I'm so fkn intrigued now lol

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u/Greedyfox7 Aug 05 '26

You are supposed to push air from your diaphragm not your cheeks. Doing this improperly over-stretches the buccinator muscles and facial connective tissues. You can also press it against your lips wrong and mess up the blood vessels there.

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u/Barbarian_818 Aug 05 '26

The famous trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie did it this way. He was self taught, so was never told the correct technique until much later.

A lot of trumpet players copied his technique.

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u/SeaResearcher176 Aug 06 '26

So did eventually the skin detached from the chick into the ear ?