Practicing Overtones: Tips And Tricks
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
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Overtones are among the most important sound exercises to do on saxophone. But many aspiring saxophone players encounter problems playing them. In this video I'm sharing tips and tricks that I found can help a lot on the way to master your overtones. These tips & tricks come from my own experiences with practicing overtones for the last 10 years or so as well as from teaching my students.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:51 The crucial first step in practicing overtones
02:17 Don't cheat by tensing up your embouchure
02:44 Don't change your embouchure
03:09 Form vowels
03:39 Don't practice your overtones for too long
04:37 Trick for first b-flat
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Which overtones are difficult for you to play? Let me know down here!
Thanks for the tip that it's not about the embouchure, I'm achieving clearer and more relaxed overtones now!
Glad to hear that Alex :)
Thanks Thomas, this is a really helpful and well produced video. I've been struggling with the 2nd D overtones for several weeks now; it's not consistent, sometimes I manage it but other times it takes several attempts. Interesting that you consider it difficult. Great video, thanks again.
Hi Robin, thanks for your comment, I'm glad the video helps!
Excellent teaching.
Thanks for your comment James!
Great video. How about D3 the fourth overtone from low Bb. Any trick to achieve that? Thanks
Hi Ken, glad you liked the video! Unfortunately there’s not a great trick for the d‘‘‘ that I know of, but you can also play the d‘‘‘ as an overtone of g‘‘. This should be a bit easier than playing it right away as an overtone of bb!
@@ThomasHaehnlein all good and thanks for your prompt response
Open the palm D key momentarily while hearing, and shaping your throat to sing, that high D
@@robertzantay5923 Thanks!
I'm having trouble with G#2 the second overtone from low C#... I'm currently able to get it by slurring from G2 as an overtone of C, but it is not very stable. Any help? I play alto. Thanks again for your very instructive videos.
Hi Nestor, hm one thought I'd have is to check if you have any problems with the low c# in general (meaning if the keys are properly sealing). If so, can you play the a half a step above the g# as an overtone of d'?
You might want to include the reason we play overtones.
Hi Robert, I thought about doing more of an intro to the whole topic, also what overtones are etc but since there are already a few other well done videos out here on UA-cam on this, I decided to do something that I didn’t find in the other videos and leave out what has been done already