Posted by: John
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Date Posted: July 05, 2008
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The concept of "double buzzing" might be applicable, but only after your lips are tired. If this is happening all the time it is not from tired muscles. Josie, did you try my adjustment routine of the chromatic scales I mentioned earlier?
Also try this concept (which others will disagree with) imagine that your lips are buzzing (vibrating or oscillating) on the stream of air and not actually against each other. You don't want your lips to buzz against each other, just on the stream of air. Kind of like the Zen idea of listening for the sound of one hand clapping. You want the sound of two lips buzzing but not touching each other.
Here is a great exercise :: take a sharpened pencil. Slowly place the point into the center of your embouchre just far enough before it stops the sound. Back it off a wee bit and then take turns slowly tilting it up and down to stop the buzzing of each lip. When you stop the upper lip listen to the frequency of the lower lip. When you stop the lower lip, listen to the frequency of the upper lip. The frequency should be the same ( many many many people will find the lower lip a maj3rd different from the upper lip. Try to get them the same. IF they do not match, when you get them to match you will probably loose the top 2 or 3 notes of your range, but if you do the exercise I mention way up on top you will get those notes back in a couple of days.