5 FINGERINGS FOR ALTISSIMO G ON TENOR SAX
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2018
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In this video, Scott shows you 5 fingerings that can work for your altissimo G on tenor sax. Because this is one of the most inconsistent fingerings in the altissimo, Scott shows you all of the possibilities. Hopefully one will work for you!
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P. Mauriat 67RX Influence alto sax
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Very nicely done Scott ! I use your 2nd fingering but it is not the easiest one to get ! Shall try your 1st fingering, did not know about this one ! Thanks for sharing your experience ! Very useful 👌👌🎷🎶
The first one is my go to. As you heard in the video, the second one can take me into squak city. It's funny, on alto my G fingering has worked for every student on every horn. On tenor it's a gamble of which one will work. The good thing is that there are so many of them to choose from :-).
That´s true !! This morning, on my Selmer tenor sax, I was playing an altissimo G# which sounded a bit out of tune (low) and found out a new fingering that solved my problem, just testing myself. Almost all musicians have their own fingering !
DUDE. Finally got my Altissimo G to pop easily with your first fingering! Thank you so much!! I had been just straight up hitting a wall with a fingering that probably just doesn't work so well for my horn. This is awesome!
Scott
Thanks so much having struggled for so long your clear options really helped - option 1 was perfect on my Yamaha 62!
That second one worked instantly. I've been trying to get this not out for literal AGES. YOU ARE A GOD!!!!!
Scott, THANK YOU for playing tenor 😎
Amazing Scott. I nailed the Altissimo G with your first fingering. Great work buddy
Thanks man this is a great reminder for me. Haven't played a tenor for long while, got one today and couldn't hit my altissimo G. Glad I found this, now i've got to go back to work!
WHAT!!!! I'VE TRIED A MILLION TIMES BUT I NEVER KNEW THAT FIRST FINGERING AND IT FREAKING WORKED!! you just made my day!
Nice one!!!! Concise, to the point and very helpful. First fingering worked best for me. Thanks.
very useful Scott thank you so much !!!
Thank you for the straightforward answer 👍🏽
Hey - works for me. Brilliant. Thx Scott.
Finally hit it!!!!!!!!! Thanks Scott
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Thanks for that lesson. The first fingering you showed works great on my Custom Z.
Thanks for the video! The fifth option - with the high B, bottom side key and high F# key - works best for me on a Selmer Series III 🎷
Thank you so much I’ve been getting so many tips on how to play altissimo and I knOw how to do it so when you explained the first fingering it worked easy. All the other recommended fingerings didn’t work so thank you thank you!!
Glad it helped!
Many thanks for this. 5th one, your student’s worked best for me on Trevor James Signature Custom.
thanks for this wonderful video
first one worked great. awesome Scott.
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Finally played my Altissimo G for the first time! Thanks! #subscribed
The 1st and 5th fingerings are the only ones that work for me.
same
After years I just did it. Thank you. Now to work out Altisimo A!
Awesome! Congrats. Once you get the G, moving to the A is relatively easy.
The first fingering worked. Thanks!
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Thanks a lot! I've achieved the altissimo G with your first fingering. I can play another altissimo notes, but the G always was a trouble for me.
Note: if the altissimo G sounds slightly out of tone (between F# and G), is possible to correct it adding the E or F key (at least, it works on my saxophone).
Now I'll can play the solo of Smooth Operator (Sade), it has an iconic altissimo G in its final part.
Great video, Scott. Greetings from Santiago! 🇨🇱
Congrats!! Yeah, when it comes to altissimo fingerings, there are no rules. Use whatever works the best on your horn, and that might change on a different horn.
Thanks so much! I just bought a new tenor, the old one, I used to play the high F and F# key to play the high G with ease, but tge new tenor just wasn't having any of it! But the B with the F# key works great!
Never hit high g before today. Thank you!
First, I should add for any of your viewers that read this comment that I found that hitting altissimo G is much easier to do when I'm standing up to play rather than sitting. With the previous fingering I used - the high front F and the bottom F# key or third one you teach here - I couldn't hardly ever get it at all while sitting.
The first real breakthrough for me on it - after just being able to hit it - was learning that if I stand I can hit it much more consistently and actually hold it out. It was still difficult to articulate - as in stop and start again - and I couldn't add vibrato to it at all, though. I also often had to play or grace note into it for a song I'm learning right now. As in very briefly hit the high F# first then hit the G. It also was pretty thin sounding compared to my high F and high F#.
Until today when I watched this video...
Scott, thank you so much for it. The first fingering you teach in this video, the one that works best on your horn and mouthpiece combo, seems to be best on mine too. I'd never heard of using a high B plus the F# key to get it, and was shocked today when I tried it and heard how much more full and stable it sounded. With that fingering I can hit it right away without having to play up to it, I can articulate it, and I can add vibrato to it now even.
I'm totally stoked as it is a note I've struggled with learning to hit consistently for a year-and-a-half now or so.
Thank you so much for posting something that seems magical to me after having struggled so much with it.
That's probably because of the angle of the mouthpiece when you are sitting vs. standing. Try sitting and adjusting the angle a bit, push your sax out with your right hand thumb and see if that helps you get it when you're sitting down.
Scott Paddock Thanks for the reply here, Scott. I did try adjusting the angle of my horn as you suggested I do, and it did make a difference. I’m still able to get it out easier when standing, but what you suggested helped. Thanks!
Thanks! This is the best explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
I love you thank you!
On my Buescher Aristocrat III the front F + bottom side key works best but only without the octave key. And thanks for your tutorials!
Yeah, those old school horns take a little extra loving to get those high notes out.
thanks man! this helped a lot!
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awesomely .. mate tanks
This was great thank you for making this video! #subscribed !
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thank you!
Octave + B key with High side F# key was the hot ticket on my Yanagisawa T901 with Theo Wanne Gaia 2 and Legere 2.5. Thank you!!!!!
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Thank you so much😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
thanks broo, it was very helpful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍
Glad to hear that
Thanks soo much. I was waiting for this one because I play the same brand of tenor like you. Really appreciate it.
Wish u will be willing to show the other altissimos like u did with the alto sometime 😊😊😊👍👍👍
Hey Dave! Try the 1st one. That works great for me. As for the other altissimo fingerings, I use the exact same ones on Tenor as I do on alto. So check out that video again and try those fingerings on your tenor, they should work! I play alto more than tenor, so there may be some better fingerings, but I prefer to keep the fingerings as close as possible so I don't have to think about different fingerings on different horns.
I tried them. They work really well. Thanks much Scott. 👍👍👍
TY ALOT I finally could find a fingering that works on muy saxophone you have your like and a new sub :D
Great! Yeah, that G can be tough to find a good fingering.
The B key with the high F# key works really well on the Yamaha Custom Z. Thanks Man!
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Your fingering is great on tenor, thanks!
Thanks! It can take a lot of tries to get that G fingering figured out on tenor.
Nice video... Thanks, Scott.. I'm playing a Mark VII... or a King Super 20 Silversonic... will try these on both...
I love those Super 20s! One of the 5 should work for you :-)
I play on a king super 20 except I don’t believe it’s a supersonic... I’m not sure I’m not an expert. The listing said it was from 1989 but someone else researched the serial and said it was 10-15 years older
Thanks, Scott! Here’s one I just figured out to move between G and G#:
(ok) 1 - 3 - - 6
Just add side C to play G#! :)
Yep! On a lot of G fingerings adding the side C key will raise it to a G#
Many thanks for this. Your preferred fingering worked for me, and your 5th one (your student's) works even better! None of the fingerings I could find in charts were working at all so this video has been a Gods send. Same goes for many other altissimo notes on my tenor above G. Have you done any videos or info to cover any of those? Liked and subscribed :)
I'm really comfortable on altissimo on tenor, but I would never teach anyone my fingerings. haha. I use the same ones as I do on alto, and they are far from perfect on the tenor, but I can make them work with my breath support and embouchure. I do that, because I play those notes effortlessly and don't want to have to think about different fingerings on each horn. However, the G fingering I use on alto sounds a G# on tenor, so I had to find an alternative.
Hi Scott, thanks for this video. I use the first fingering (B with the high F sharp) this one pops out pretty steadily. I am playing a P.Mauriat System 76 2nd Ed. Tenor
Hey Timo! Yeah, that's the one that works best for me too. I play a PM 66RX.
First one worked for me.
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Your student is a genius
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Hey Scott. Thanks for describing the 5th fingering, that works best on my Eastman 52nd street tenor. Do you suggest using the R middle finger or R ring finger to press both the side Bb and F# key?
B key with bottom side key and f# worked best for me… huh 😂
Thank you!!
I couldn't have played altissimo on alto and learned by your videos (others didn't work for me) also your approach to concept is the best thank you.Now you've helped me with the tenor too.Do you have any other videos for higher notes?
B+ high F# worked best Yanagisawa TWO2+otto link supertonemaster 7 .Other didn't work so lots of practice needed..
Glad it worked for you! I need to do some more altissimo videos.
Your first fingering worked right off the bat.No squeak or delay,instant response and I wasn't even warmed up.A little cents flat though but long tones should solve it.Thanks !
Awesome! Practice octave jumps between the high G and altissimo G. That will help get it in tune. In the beginning it's usually just a matter of getting the breath support correct.
@@ScottPaddock Thanks,Scott.Octave jumps are going great.But besides this,can you please tell me if you know a fingering for altissimo G# that goes just as smoothly ?
@@Jorvaskrr For G# I use: 1 3 / 1 side C Eb
@@ScottPaddock Thanks.Will see how it goes.
thanks
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Hi Scott. This works perfect for me. Do you have tips for the altissimo A? I am struggling to get it stabel.
I use 2 & 3 in my left hand..... 1, 2 & 3 with my right hand. So basically a D with the first finger in the left hand up. Some people only use 2 & 3 in the left hand and nothing in the right hand.
Thanks for the tips, the one your student did came out with ease. Question though, which fingering you use to comfortably go to the A? I use front F, so would like to smoothly connect those 3 notes: F, G and A on altissimo. Thanks
For altissimo A I use 23 / 123 - so basically a D with your first finger in your left hand up. I've got a course up in my Sax School that takes you step by step through altissimo if you're interested in learning altissimo in a really easy structured way. www.scottpaddocksaxschool.com check it out.
Thank you Scot!!!!! I just got a tenor and altissimo is all different. Your advice helped me get my G out. Thanks Dexter uses it a ton on some of the blues (watermellon man) that I'm wokring on. I've been trying for a week or so and now I got the G going on!!!!!!!!!!!! A zillion thanks!
Glad it helped. That altissimo G on tenor can be tough to find the right fingering... I know it was for me!
@@ScottPaddock Yeah its coming along now! Thanks A LOT. This video made a huge difference - now I can't hit the G. And your vibrato video finally got me to understand and feel what good vibrato feels like (and sounds like!) Hope all is well with you.
Hi Scott,what is the model of your tenor sax?Sounds great.
It looks like a Chateau CTS-90VSM, I have the exact same thing
Hey just bought your course👌🏾. What is the key under the high f# key? Is that for altissimo notes? I never use it.
Hey! Welcome to the Sax School! The key under the high F# key is an alternate F# key called the FORK F#. You finger a regular F, and add that key with your third finger and it will turn it into an F#. It's great for trilling between an F and and F#.
The f and side high f sharp key is the only in tune one on my yanigisawa
Yeah, that altissimo G is a bit different on every horn. Glad you found a fingering that works!
Thank you, got it with 1 and 5, can not hit it with the others. For 3 and 4 I keep hitting an altissimo D so idk
You only need 1 that will work 😀😀😀
I manage to finally pop out the G!! But i used only the front F key tho. Are these fingerings easier to make them pop out coz with the front F only its kinda difficult.
It all depends on how you play and the gear you use. Try them all, and which ever one works the best, make that your main one to use.
On the metronome is that 5 octave or the 6th high G? Love your videos. They the best!
Hey, Thank you! I'm not sure what you're asking. It's the altissimo G one octave up from the high G (123 with the octave key).
Thanks Scott.Really helpful.
Which wireless Sax mic are you using?
I use Shure wireless systems
Hi, I know it's an old video but maybe you see this comment, I have a part where I have to play a G# altissimo, on a tenor, but I can't, is there any way to do it?
Hey, did you check out my other videos on altissimo? This one is more aimed a finding the fingering, but I do several other videos where I show you how to get the note to come out.
For me, on alto: OK, Front F, Bis, and low side key for altissimo G
How to trill from G to G# altisselimo
Thank you
Another fingering is the front f, the lowest side key, and the key right above the d# key
mine wont work for any of them but it is an old tenor, if you could show a video for this for old tenors i would be very greatfull
Hey Caleb, it is more than likely an embouchure or tongue position problem if none of the fingerings will work. Concentrate on getting your tongue up higher to get the air going in your sax in the correct position.
@@ScottPaddock my saxophone just doesn't have one of the keys necessary to play altissimo. So idk what to do to be able to play those notes. also I have a solo that requires the not altissimo G.
Scott..I'm pretty eager to learn..i couldnt afford an instrument before..now I Saved up n bought a soprano..what do you recommend to start on..goal to improv..i can read music but don't know any scales or chords..im taking courses n now I'm learning chord n scales..some input helps if I'm going the right way..
The very first thing you need to do is learn your scales. All music and improv is based on scales so the better you know them the better off you will be. Second, technique studies ... moving your fingers fast(er) and clean. Third, long tones. If you work hard on those 3 things everything else will come naturally.
Scott Paddock thanks..so many..major minor harmonic..time consuming but it will worth it..im putting 2-3 hours per day practice..after work..
Last 3 notes of lady Gaza’s edge of glory please Scott . High e high f high f# ...how ?
Very Helpful since I don’t have a F# key.
In that case, you've got 2 options! Hopefully 1 of them will work :-)
no what key?
( sorry just yoking
Did any of the fingerings work for you?
Strang key enough the only fingering that works for me is the 5th one. (B+octave+side bFlat+f#)
it's very hard to play them on 16 note
Yeah, you've got to get the altissimo range down before you start trying to play those notes fast.
Scott, I have 2 questions:
-1- Just stumbled on this video, and hit the first fingering, and with a little practice I can now blow out my first altissimo note with consistency and nice sound - Thanks! I am practicing a guitar part :-) on "I fought he law (the clash)" :-) and need a G# - any suggestion aligned with your first fingering for G natural (I play a really nice Mark VII) ?
-2- I then reviewed a few other videos and really like your content and dynamic delivery style- can you let me know what is your Skype rate please (here or philippe - at - astie.com)
1-2-3 in the left hand and side C = G#
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