Hi Greg – could you talk about what causes the double buzz, and how to keep it from happening? I’ve got it happening now, playing the slurred-thirds 16ths from Bb to D (on the D’s). I hold the D, and it’s still there.

1. I don’t *feel* fatigued. (But perhaps fatigue is the cause nevertheless?) And my tone is good otherwise – i.e., when I play…[Read more]

Hi Greg:
On this page

Allegro Eb Exercises

…all the exercises are recorded a half-step below the notated music. They’re all in concert C instead of Db. (I haven’t checked the following pages.)

Cheers!
Gary

So I’m now coming along nicely in the process toward consistently playing without closing off/tensing my throat – and the sound is opening up, the effort is lessening. Yay! But this morning I found a variation on the backswing that is working amazingly well for me:

Take a good breath, sing a nice, resonant open “awwwwwww” and while doing so,…[Read more]