Does your saxophone speak an octave too high? Try this!
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- This is a simple exercise that I learned from one of Joe Allard's students. Mr. Allard called this 2 to 1 (2nd partial to fundamental).
Try this if your notes have been speaking higher than you intend them to, or just as a tone building exercise.
Sometimes, we have to approach the saxophone as a machine that wants certain things. It's not terribly musical, but it will help us to be so in the future!
Happy practicing!
Thank you very much! I've been playing alto sax for a while but now as a sophomore in HS I've gotten a lot more involved by joining band at my school and this really helped me how to play overtones!
Rock on! Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.
Good teacher
Interesting to learn that this is a problem common to many clarinet players. I'm having this problem too and had formerly played clarinet.
Oh most definitely. The voicing (volume/shape of the cavity inside the mouth and throat) is a good bit smaller on clarinet. I'm generalizing for comment brevity but that's the gist.
I can't thank you enough. just not too long ago I made the switch from clarinet to alto saxophone, and I have not been able to play any low notes AT ALL. after you described the singing part of it, and the warm-up, I've been able to play worry-free. Thank you so much!!
I am so happy to read this! I have been so busy that I missed your comment. How has your playing been going?
lol I’m also a clarinet trying out alto sax
wow will try tomorrow
How did it go?
Tysm tysm tysm!!!!!!!
Hey! You're welcome. Let me know how else I can help!!
Hi! So whenever I do mine (I just switched) it’s only the D that comes out high..the e and F are fine it’s just D- any tips?
i just switched from clarinet to alto saxophone and my notes are still coming out too high, even after i try these exercises. do you have any other tips?
Yes! Long story short, keep it up with these exercises. Coming from clarinet, it is very likely that you are voicing too high. watch my whole playlist on tone production. It's a bit nerdy, but the ideas there will almost surely help. Best of luck!