[Hornlist] Re: Mouthpiece buzzing

[Valerie WELLS]

Being a little on the obtuse side, I resisted the whole notion of buzzing, 
because I just couldn't see the point.  I had the privilege to have a lesson 
w/ Wendell Rider in July & he took me thru the paces with buzzing the 
mouthpiece using air only to gently slide, glissando style up and down a 
step or two from second line G.  Nothing big, dramatic, just slowly & gently 
up & down with air while resisting the urge to "lip it."  I was "fuzzy" on 
why I was doing it, but I've persisted with the hope that I'd eventually 
grasp the concept.  It's been a month now that I've spent just a few minutes 
a day buzzing & I'm starting to see, feel & hear benefits from it.  It 
helping me get the "feel" of finer control of the air stream & it's effect 
on pitch & tone.  I tend to be too "lippy" & the gentle slow buzzing using 
only air to raise & lower the pitch gives me another tool to develop better 
tone.  Hmmm....  Does this make sense to anyone?   ~Valerie, balanced 
embouchure student

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