| Ed -- I'd be interested in seeing your reply to this as well. I've been a proponent of Vizzutti's approach for some time.
Personally, I agree on the lip buzzing as well. Yes, the lips DO buzz, but I think focusing on the buzz really does something averse to the sound. I've got several middle school students who have just begun on trumpet and their band teacher have them doing all manner of buzzing exercises. I work to get their focus off the buzz and the sound seems to open up tremendously.
So I'm curious, too. This always seems to be a bit of a tough subject with so many different mindsets out there regarding embochure development. Would you have anything to add???
Rich |