| It's interesting... I advocate buzzing for people but I don't do a lot of it because the my sound is usually 95 to 100% there when I start the day out practicing. When folks have a little trouble getting that full sound right away I advocate musical buzzing on the mouthpiece to stimulate the relevant parts of the embouchure to go to work, not the other way around as some like to do.
My mouthpiece range is the same as my regular range. That is to say somewhere at the beginning of the altissimo register to the low F or so. When I buzz for practice purposes, it's usually a very brief bit to correct an errant slur or two.
One of my favorite things to do as a demo is play "Maria" on the mouthpiece including the obbligato section in the middle of the tune to the high C. I don't much like to go higher than that but I could if I had to. It's all good stuff to do. It's such a gorgeous melody and it's like musical vitamins.
ML |