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Getting Started With pBuzz

Learn How to Play pBuzz

pBuzz is the easy to play, fun to learn instrument that children, parents and teachers around the world are buzzing about! Whether you are an educator looking for a new way to teach kids and get them started on their brass journey, or looking to give your child their first instrument and spark a new passion, we have lots of free pBuzz resources to get you started.

This simple pBuzz starter guide shows you how to help kids and learners create their first sounds.

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How to Play pBuzz

Getting started with pBuzz is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Ready to buzz? Here's how to get started when you pick up a pBuzz!

Buzz

Position the mouthpiece in the middle of your lips, create a hole in your lips, and blow air through it. Slowly make the hole smaller as you blow to create a buzz.

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Slide

The moveable slide has six notes or slide positions – 1 – 6 or F, G, A, B, Bb, C. 

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Play

Slide the bell towards you to create a high note and away from you to create a low note!

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Getting Started With pBuzz

Learn How to Play pBuzz

Check out these free pBuzz resources and backing tracks to start making music with pBuzz.

Looking for resources to teach pBuzz in the classroom? UK educators and anyone looking for inspiration can head to the pBuzz Primary Resources page.

If you are a US educator, why not check out our collection of pBuzz Elementary Resources?

Check out the first teacher's guide in the pBuzz Primary Resources series.