Valve Euphonium
Monday, September 12th, 2011
What are some techniques to get a clear (no fuzz) tone on a marching baritone?
I played euphonium last year and now i am currently marching with a baritone and i cannot play it without fuzz. I frequently empty spit valves and no one can give me any tips. HELP! please?
Check your air support first. Make sure you’re sitting right (edge of the seat, feet flat on the floor and shoulder width apart, sitting tall as if someone has grabbed your head and is pulling up). if you’re standing, PROPERLY stand at attention. Make sure your air intake is good (filling the lungs from the STOMACH and not the SHOULDERS). Check to see that when you blow, your abs are engaged and your air stream is consistent and strong (focused).
You need to practice freebuzzing and buzzing on the mouthpiece. It’s all explained in physics but the main thing you need to know is, sound works it’s way from the inside out. Your fingerings don’t mean a thing unless what’s going on at the mouthpiece is good; what’s going on at the mouthpiece won’t mean a thing unless you have the right air support; etc.
When you play a note, you SHOULD be buzzing the EXACT SAME pitch. As brass players, most players think there’s only some partials to worry about (i.e. embouchure has 4 positions: loose, tight, tighter, and painful). This is completely not the case. You need to be buzzing the correct pitch AND finger the right note. You can check by playing a note (keep it simple: open F, or G if you read treble clef) on the horn and slowly remove the mouthpiece while still buzzing. If it’s not the same, buzz the correct pitch and slowly put the mouthpiece back in (while fingering the right note). The sound should be MUCH more full and open. You can double check with an electronic tuner (Korg sells one for like 20 bucks..It’s WELL WORTH IT).
This goes for ANY type of playing you have to do (not just long tones). If you can buzz your music and your fingers can move, just put it together and your sound should be huge.
If that doesn’t help, you might have a leak in your instrument or (depending on how well the instrument has been kept) slightly mis-aligned valves.
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