| Embouchures are very personal things. What works well for you might be harmful for someone else. There are marvelous players who buzz constantly - I think I heard somewhere that Herseth buzzed-There are marvelous players to whom buzzing is anathema. There are probably players who tried buzzing and it neither helped nor hindered them. You gotta be pragmatic. If it works, do it. I it doesn't, stop. Its really a mistake to generalize from one teacher or succssful player to all since there will always be an exception. I see these same arguments for pedal tones, the pencil exercise and tonguing all the time and they can never be resolved since all positions are effective. |