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STRATEGY

KEY POINTS

  • Breathing and buzzing are the two most important things.

  • Sit balanced with your knees under your hips.

  • Breathe in with an "oh" shape.

  • Fill up with as much air as you can.

  • To make lips buzz: say "oh", then "oo," then squeeze the imaginary tube while blowing lots of air through the lips.

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  • Things to watch out for:

    • Smile

    • Puffy cheeks

    • Air pockets

    • Lips over teeth

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Working on that lung capacity...

TROUBLE SHOOTING

NO BUZZ, JUST AIR: Put lips closer together, imagine squeezing the tube more firmly.

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THIN, PINCHED SOUND: Lips are pinched too tightly together and/or you are not passing enough air through your lips. Loosen your grip on the imaginary tube and blow faster air.

 

STOPPED TONE, BUT BLOWING HARD: Your lips are completely pinched together. Relax your lips by fluttering them.

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FIRST NOTES

To get higher: grip the tube more firmly and blow faster

 

To get lower: relax your lips and
blow slower

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F = open

Eb = 1

D = 1 2

C = 1 3

Bb = open

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ARTICULATION

Changing between notes by just moving fingers or adjusting
embouchure = slurring

 

Starting the note with the
tongue = tonguing

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Say the word "toe" 

Keep air flowing between
notes (no blowing spit wads)

Things to watch out for:

"wooing"

 "pooing"

tongue coming past lips

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