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Re: Buzzing while playing in the ensemble

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2018-08-29 07:13

Ok, I'll take a stab at this.

I tend to be an emotional player, so I realize when under "battle conditions," you can find yourself playing in ways that you would not in a room by yourself with just a sheet of music and a metronome. So it is possible that in the excitement of the moment you over do something. When my students get a "buzzy sound," it is because they are using too much pressure against the reed with their lips/jaw vs. the amount of air they are pressing against the reed. You have to realize that it is always a balancing act between the amount of energy used in your embouchure vs. the air that is needed for the dynamic you are playing. That would mean that when you do play loudly, be conscious of the physicality of your lips/jaw (and don't even think jaw by the way), and hear what happens (in rehearsal of course) if you back off that energy.

Oh and a real basic rule of dynamics in ensemble playing is: when the group is playing softly, you should hear everyone else and NOT yourself; when the group plays loudly, you should hear yourself more than your neighbors to the left and right.

.................Paul Aviles

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