Tuesday, January 6, 2009

"Glissando Buzzing"

Happy New Year!

Over the holiday break, I have been backing up, editing, and rewatching my video recordings from 2008. I always see something new to focus on...

This time, when watching video from recent Keith Underwood classes, I was astounded by the improvement in participants production of tone and intervals (including my own!), after buzzing the intervals to the best of their ability, then creating a glissando by buzzing between the intervals before playing the passage again. The interval quality while playing was immediately smoother with a richer tone throughout each note.

More evidence of the embouchure flexibility and control buzzing can help create!

Try some "glissando buzzing" yourself. Please let me know how it works for you.

Best,
Catherine

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