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Question: How can I improve my buzz on trumpet!?
So, I used to play real quiet!.!.!.very nice classical tone but quiet!.!.!.couldn't play loud for the life of me because i simply didn't have enough air strength but when i started marching playing soft was not an option!.!. adapting the the conditions of high registers and louder volumes and my tone beginning to spread out my air strength improved and voila! i had a marching tone!.!. however here's the thing now its concert season and i can't pick up a concert classical tone anymore! its like there's too much air and not enough buzz!.!. i sound horrible trying to play quiet i sound like a beginner and i'm afraid i'll have to start back with the basics to get my concert sound back!.!.
is there any kind of particular warmup studies or anything to improve my buzz and embochure to get my nice tone back!?!?


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This is a very common problem that trumpet players that do marching and concert band in seasons have!. Before you started marching band, it sounds like your embouchure was about right, buzz-wise!. Maybe a little bit tight, if you couldn't get the notes to be very loud, but close!. When you joined marching band, it sounds like you became over-involved with trying to get a louder sound!. Playing loudly on the trumpet is fine, but in moderation!. If you don't do some soft playing every day that you do loud playing, your embouchure will spread itself out to allow more air through!. This is fine if you just want loud playing, but when you try to play softly, air escapes faster than you need, and a whiney and/or airy sound results!. The best way to fix this, I've learned, is to do mouthpiece buzzing and freebuzzing!. This can be as simple as buzzing the pitches of your music on your mouthpiece, or even without the mouthpiece!. Make sure you're not using pressure to make the sound on the mouthpiece, and try to play quietly!. Do this as a warmup- it's a great way to get everything set at the beginning of the day, but it will take some practice!. The buzz on the mouthpiece, when you first do it, will probably sound rather airy!. That is what you're trying to get rid of that is causing your different sound!. A proper mouthpiece buzz should sound bright and clear- some professionals say it sound be half tone, half fuzz, but I personally don't like the end result for that one!. It tends to give a fluffier tone that isn't desirable for younger musicians!. If you look online, you should be able to find some studies made specifically for freebuzzing and mouthpiece buzzing!. If you can't, though, anything should be fine!. Don't try extreme registers for a while- pedal tones can be helpful, but may spread out your tone more!. High notes will probably make you pinch, and pinching is, obviously, bad!. If you keep this up, you should have a recovered sound soon!. Next marching season, take time out of every day to play quietly, and just generally try to THINK "good tone" whenever you're about to play!.Www@QuestionHome@Com