Embouchure Resources
As you begin practicing your brass instruments, many of you will find that the most difficult part of the process is getting the right pitch. Below are some links to drones of D, Eb, and F. You can play these as you practice to get a better feeling as to whether or not you are matching the pitches. You can right click on the links and select “save linked file as.”
Drone in Bb
Drone in C
Drone in D
Drone in Eb
Drone in F
Drone in G
Drone in A
Also, below is a great set of resources on the embouchure.
Wikipedia article on the embouchure
There is an amazing set of clips of Arnold Jacobs, former tuba player with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and renowned brass pedagogue, discussing the embouchure. This set is not necessarily geared towards the beginner, but there is a lot of great information and insight to be gained from it. It’s worth the 8 minutes!
Below is a video (also featured in a post from last semester) from the United States Army Field Band.
Finally, we went through this method in class and you can use the sheet that is linked to access Bruce Pearson’s article on how to teach the embouchure.
