Yea! Here is the another great video! Great, double lip embouchure example.. and trying to practice for a while? definitely gonna try, coz i do lot of marks on my mp patches.. lets see if we can fix that. Great video! Cheers from Sofia, Bulgaria!
Stefan Zdraveski Thanks Stefan for the kind words, I definitely appreciate it. What one of my old master teachers in NY used to have us do was practice completely lift and remove the top teeth and lip from the mouthpiece during the breath so as to relieve any and all pressure. After a while you will see that the tendency to keep the head weight on the mouthpiece will relax and you’ll have less biting in. Always something to think about in the journey!
@@MisterBigDave Sounds like Joe Allard. There are great ideas and tips in your videos, I always take something useful from them. Your stream of consciousness style of presentation works for me.
There really isn’t much difference in the end, I would say just practice moving the mouthpiece to get the desired results. Subtone has mostly to do with covering/cushioning, uncovering/less cushioning of the reed with the lower lip. Thanks for watching! Dave
Great tutorial stuff.neck with mouthpiece tone intonation without sax. Facing length and how it affects low tones. I couldn't find anything on line the other day.
scott wood Hi Scott, thanks for watching, in my experiences medium to medium long is usually better at articulating low notes. Short facings have certain advantages in sometimes easier to find a balanced reed but tend to lose out in the flexibility category. Long facings on the other hand can have issues with finding reeds and also other things such as breathy spitty sound tendencies. It still comes down to individual preferences and what works for one might not work for another, but “medium” is IMO the way to go.
I started with double-lip. Four months in, I was jamming for three hours one day and my top teeth gradually cut in to the inside of my upper lip. My desire to continue playing forced me to use normal embouchure so my lip could heal at the same time and viola! No more double-lip, normal embouchure is so much more manageable, controllable and provides better intonation. However if you have some difficulty/deformity outside of the average, then by all means make double-lip work for you. Now... not bitting in middle to higher range is my next obstacle.
Hi Big Dave, nice to see you back at uploading. I have a question. Do you think if opener mouthpieces can allow for more reed variability compared to a classical piece for ex.?
sowhat914 I think it’s still good to have a “few” two/three pieces in circulation for different applications. I used to play a lot of symphonic winds and some orchestral playing. I had specific setups for those separate from my middle of the road more flexible “section” small jazz combo or big band/horn section setups. I do know a few players who stayed on one piece but when you have drastic application switch ups it’s hard to cover them properly with just one piece. So, that said, I think of it this way... I have my go-to “Big Dave” identity sound and style, then I have the other stuff I need to fit the needs of a specific gig.
My top front 4 teeth are missing and I've just started playing. I'm forced to try va double lip embouchure. But think not having the support of those to 4 teeth is gonna make learning really tough 🤔
Hi David, Let me think more about this and I will send a better answer. But, contrary to common belief and widely spread inferior practices, the saxophone really doesn’t require much force or pressure to play well. Yes, double lip might be an option, but I think using a mouthpiece that fits well across the top is another process to consider. How long are you playing? Thanks!
@MisterBigDave thank you for the prompt reply! I've only had my sax a week. I'm hiring it... its a yamaha Yas280 with yamaha 4c mouthpiece. And I'm using a 1.5 Legere Standard Cut reed.
Yea!
Here is the another great video! Great, double lip embouchure example.. and trying to practice for a while? definitely gonna try, coz i do lot of marks on my mp patches.. lets see if we can fix that. Great video! Cheers from Sofia, Bulgaria!
Try mouthpiece patches
Stefan Zdraveski
Thanks Stefan for the kind words, I definitely appreciate it. What one of my old master teachers in NY used to have us do was practice completely lift and remove the top teeth and lip from the mouthpiece during the breath so as to relieve any and all pressure. After a while you will see that the tendency to keep the head weight on the mouthpiece will relax and you’ll have less biting in.
Always something to think about in the journey!
@@MisterBigDave Sounds like Joe Allard. There are great ideas and tips in your videos, I always take something useful from them. Your stream of consciousness style of presentation works for me.
Any information on how to subtone with double lip embouchure Perhaps a full video might be wellworth the effort. Thank you.
There really isn’t much difference in the end, I would say just practice moving the mouthpiece to get the desired results. Subtone has mostly to do with covering/cushioning, uncovering/less cushioning of the reed with the lower lip. Thanks for watching! Dave
Great tutorial stuff.neck with mouthpiece tone intonation without sax. Facing length and how it affects low tones. I couldn't find anything on line the other day.
scott wood
Hi Scott, thanks for watching, in my experiences medium to medium long is usually better at articulating low notes. Short facings have certain advantages in sometimes easier to find a balanced reed but tend to lose out in the flexibility category. Long facings on the other hand can have issues with finding reeds and also other things such as breathy spitty sound tendencies. It still comes down to individual preferences and what works for one might not work for another, but “medium” is IMO the way to go.
I started with double-lip. Four months in, I was jamming for three hours one day and my top teeth gradually cut in to the inside of my upper lip. My desire to continue playing forced me to use normal embouchure so my lip could heal at the same time and viola! No more double-lip, normal embouchure is so much more manageable, controllable and provides better intonation. However if you have some difficulty/deformity outside of the average, then by all means make double-lip work for you. Now... not bitting in middle to higher range is my next obstacle.
Tommy T
Hi Tom, thanks for watching and sharing your personal journey with DL, that’s how we all learn more...
Hi Big Dave, nice to see you back at uploading. I have a question. Do you think if opener mouthpieces can allow for more reed variability compared to a classical piece for ex.?
sowhat914
I think it’s still good to have a “few” two/three pieces in circulation for different applications. I used to play a lot of symphonic winds and some orchestral playing. I had specific setups for those separate from my middle of the road more flexible “section” small jazz combo or big band/horn section setups. I do know a few players who stayed on one piece but when you have drastic application switch ups it’s hard to cover them properly with just one piece. So, that said, I think of it this way... I have my go-to “Big Dave” identity sound and style, then I have the other stuff I need to fit the needs of a specific gig.
Hi, BigDave! Can you record video about modern sound (dave koz, Eric mariental). Tonhgue, lip, throat? Thanks. Sorry for my english
Can u make a video where u demonstrate what tounging technique u use and what various techniques u can use?
My top front 4 teeth are missing and I've just started playing. I'm forced to try va double lip embouchure. But think not having the support of those to 4 teeth is gonna make learning really tough 🤔
Hi David, Let me think more about this and I will send a better answer. But, contrary to common belief and widely spread inferior practices, the saxophone really doesn’t require much force or pressure to play well. Yes, double lip might be an option, but I think using a mouthpiece that fits well across the top is another process to consider. How long are you playing?
Thanks!
@MisterBigDave thank you for the prompt reply! I've only had my sax a week. I'm hiring it... its a yamaha Yas280 with yamaha 4c mouthpiece. And I'm using a 1.5 Legere Standard Cut reed.
I guess Aubra Graves has to play double lip that way ?
Why?