CSD Buzzing Exercises

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Buzzing Exercises

Colin Dorman

Pre-Warmup Buzzing
Buzzed notes are indicated by circles with Xs inside.
The pitches indicated in this exercise are approximate.

   
All glissandos should be smooth and buzzy, and ONLY GO as high and low as a good buzz can be maintained!

       
  
 
gliss
. s.
glis

gli
gliss s.

ss.
. glis
Hold 4-8 seconds Gliss up 4-8 seconds
Gliss down 4-8 seconds Gliss up and down 4-8 seconds

Scale Studies

 
Tuner pitches are indicated with square noteheads.

      
Try to blend your buzz into the tuner's note.

         


A sample five note scale. Since fingerings are irrelevant, start on all comfortable notes.

          
Both 3, 5, and 8 note scales should be done.

       
    
The whole notes are the drone - ascend slowly! Try arpeggios as well!

Lips - Mouthpiece - Horn


This exercises is based on a Caruso exercises by the same name.
This exercises is designed to both strengthen the corners and generate awareness for the lip tension/air intensity
combinations for middle and mid-low register notes.

Do not exceed a 3rd-space C while free buzzing, but feel free to go as low as you are able to.

Non-circled Xs are free-buzzed notes.


Continue this pattern with different intervals on different notes.

   In the horn 


Remember not to go higher than C!

       
Free buzz Mouthpiece buzz

(lip bend) Continue this pattern


starting on different
notes

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