Qustion about the violin.?!

Qustion about the violin.?

if you play to violin to long in one day, like 5 hours in one day, does it make your jaw hurt.

just wondering becouse my the left side of my mouth started to hurt, but its gone now.

thanks.

I play the violin myself , and from time to time I have the same problem . Depending on the difficulty of the piece you are working on you or I should say we all tend to lock our jaws. When you practice try to relax yourself , especially your neck and shoulders . I do believe that the whole thing leads to one another.I sometimes force myself to chew a gum just to relax my mouth and not to crunch it. I hope I could help . Good luck and have fun .