Thanks for this one Jamie !!!! I’ve been chomping at the bit to get some altissimo fingerings and the ability to hit them with as little squeaking on them as possible …..
Back in the 60s, I was playing alto, and my idea of altissimo, not from being taught by anyone, was to open up all the left hand palm keys, squeak and control the pitch by embouchure. Nice that you give an acknowledgment to Sirvalorsax.
Jamie is either a mind reader or it’s a complete coincidence because I was actually able to hit altissimo notes for the first time last night. Still need to put in hard yards to maintain and hit them when needed but it was a mini breakthrough. And I only have Jamie to thank. So thank you Pro Saxophonist Jamie Anderson 😊
I Just did the "jjjjjjj" thing and the tongue thing and the rest of things and finally I could get a beautiful high G after months of struggle. So don´t miss this tutorial and a big thanks to Jamie. Also the rest of the sax registers sound so beautiful after doing this stuff and some overtones...
I just started working on altissimo about a week ago on tenor and just *finally* got a front-f altissimo G out (by adding the G# key). Now, all of the sudden, higher notes are starting to get more accessible. But that first G was "elusive" to put it nicely. Also - my apologies to all of the dogs in the neighborhood - lol.
That G and G# for me are still weird. I finally got G by not using the octave key, and G# is still weird. Then, funny, a harder reed and both come out fine but the higher notes are harder. Long story short, I think those notes need a setup (tract reed bore) that play well together. Imo cheers
@@GetYourSaxTogether I'll look for the dark art chapter in From the Inside Out. It seems reed strength is determined by the mouthpiece and vocal track and air support, but I need to reed (haha pun) more about it.
Finally a different way to approach and apprehend the dreaded and yet amazing altissimo. I love the idea to explore all the notes we can come up with on a single fingering. I like the idea to insist on the "squeeks" instead of avoiding them and then get the help of the piano or tuner to fine tune it. Of course ! I can't wait to try that.
I cant wait for the embouchure piece!! There are totally conflicting opinions on it. Some pros say it must be relaxed - but you need to apply pressure to reach altissimo. Its bewildering !! As a newish player (15 mths in) I also find Tenor altissimo is far easier than Alto. Thanks, Jamie. Love your lessons Graham
Very original approach. A testament to your creative mind and your courage to make a mistake yourself for the whole world to see. It is truly motivating. :-)
I've been stuck on alt G for years. Recently started using Legere reeds and find it much easier to hit the high notes. Tried the side Bb and Fork F, and BAM alt D started popping. Thanks Jamie! Now to fill in the rest😯
Nice! I'd been having issues with the G, too. It was frustrating. I could easily hit it on also keding the 1 3, 1 3 fingering. And I was able to hit other notes in tenor with relative ease. other notes were easier to hit. I'd been using only the fork key. I did find that adding the side Bb helped along with making sure my reeds were strong enough. But i still wasn't able to hit it 100% of the time on all of my setups. I've found using the left first finger (B) and right hand high F# sharp key (not the trill key) to be much easier. I can hit it almost all the time with that fingering. Try that if you're still having issues I still wanna work in the Fork/side Bb fingering as it sounds a tad fuller. But B/high F# is a good substitute in the meantime Best of luck!
Great video! I love how encouraging and helpful this is! And it's a different strategy than other videos I've tried. Can't wait to try this when I get home tonight! Thanks!
Update: I got a lot of squeaks and some nice, controlled altissimo notes. The only problem was that I kept laughing every time I got a donkey note and thought about this video! 😀
You are an awesome sax teacher and thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I can get altissimo F F# G A and B but not very good and most of time out of tune. Thanks for proving to me that this can be done on any mouthpiece cause I were thinking of getting another mouthpiece.
Wow - no altissimo whatsoever before today (not for lack of trying), and now I'm like Lenny Pickett over here 🎷Seriously, though, I can now play altissimo C, D, and F consistently in just a few minutes! Thank you again, Jamie! Dropping down is coming - I can hear the notes wanting to come out, but they sound all multiphonic-like so far.
I managed the strangled donkey and rusty fox whistle. But seriously, I can see the 'from the top' method working. Has to be better than waiting for the G3 that never comes. Thanks again.
Hello Jamie, Thx for this new plain approach . Without having watched this tuto, I made -by chance yesterday , after weeks of tries- a High A6 on alto without efforts (setting : mouthpiece Selmer S90 and reed : Van Doren Java 3.0). I have been trying your classic method ( tongue, larynx, glottis position) for days and days without success . This new way on the altiss. issue pleases me much more. Thank you very much for helping sax players. Jp
Thank you Jamie for this video! The altissimo register has been a MAJOR source of frustration for me because I feel like I should've been able to play these notes a loooong time ago, but all I ever get is pure Donky and squeaks. I've only worked on the G note, and I was getting the D Donkey and the high D. If I really bite down I'd squeeze out the note above the D, but I'm still struggling to get the dang G to come out. If I cheat and just vent the front F key open, I can get the G. But thanks for the encouragement that I need to continue to embrace the squeaks until I can break into the attic from the roof. I'll continue to work on this.
@@GetYourSaxTogether Today was a breakthrough! My G finally just hit, and guess what, I immediately was already up to a high C. Thanks Jamie, this has been like 2 years of frustration in the works.
Totally working! I have been working on various fingerings the past couple of months and getting good results but this approach goes over the roof to get up there easily. Thanks again for invaluable input. I’m using a fibereed which seems to be more responsive in this stratosphere.
Hey Jamie, thanks so much for this. Been getting great results this afternoon with my SA80 II/Otto Link 6/Java 2.5 - Altissimo D and double G coming reliablyn(ish :-) May even unleash at a gig soon! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to big announcement!
Hi Jamie, I did this, not expecting anything as I have never done Altissimo before. Did the first fingering, front f, side b flat and octave key, got altissimo G and and possibly D, it was very high. Must be the help of the total tone mastery class I am currently doing.
Thanks for this Jamie, really helpful. For the first time I'm getting these out consistently. How about covering the great solo in Thorn in My Side one Sunday. Sending coffees. Des.
Thanks! First time I've successfully (controllably) hit altissimo! On beginner gear for my tenor. Could also do it with my alto on a C* but had to switch to a Venn 2.5 (I normally play a Vandoren blue box 3.5 for classical/church sound). Fun but neither the chamber orchestra or church want to hear it! :-)
I found getting a mouthpiece reed combo that was slightly challenging helped on my tenors tone and accuracy but the yanigisawa beginners tenor mouthpiece is pretty easy to play. Any jumbo Java mouthpiece will let you get above 3rd b but between the second f# to the b is unstable, but on my alto I hit everything easily with a vintage selmer s80 refaced by Larry Teal. I’d say the Jody jazz are the most consistent mouthpiece I’ve used top to bottom besides occasionally finding a selmer mouthpiece that hits. I’m sure there is others but those worked for me
Cool man. It's important just to find a wet up you're comfortable with and really get to know it. Usually you have to make SOME kind of compromise though!
Great video man!! LOL!! As for the Yamaha, I have a couple videos on the 4C and the 5C. Uhmm yeh it's not the reed or the mouthpiece. I'm noticing that your embouchure is super tight for this mouthpiece and you are actually biting off the sound. I use a lip-out technique. You talk about this in your "how to sound good on sax" embouchure section around 5:17. LOL!! Relaxing the embouchure is one of the most challenging things because it's really counter intuitive. Think more of playing double pianissimo with the Yamaha for the upper harmonics with a lip-out embouchure.
Sirvalorsax is amazing. Great videos. I loved seeing Jamie, with his tremendous talent, being challenged on alto. Encouraging, rather than discouraging. As an idea, I’d enjoy a collab video in which Sirvalorsax guides Jamie on alto.
Right - I’m gonna frickin nail it like SVS on that godamn 4C!! Actually, that would be a cool video - you give me an altissimo lesson! You know my email info@getyoursaxtogether.com- let me know if you’re up for it! ☺️
Wow great lesson here I always thought there were a crazy amount of fingering for altissimo but these are simple now I need to get a better mouth piece ! And harder 3 using a rico 2 and Jupiter mouth piece but I’ve no idea what the tip opening is but is quite thin
This is a fun aproach takes away the strain. I had the altissimo G for quite some time and now I could add a quite strong C and D, an unstable A and an still more unstable high Fsharp. But going downwards it is mostly the donkey. It is fun, though not so much for my dogs and the neighbours.
On my Alto with a Jody Jazz Jet, java 3 Vandoren Reed, I can get to Altissimo C but above that is a squeaky nastiness 🤪. I find playing a melody in Altissimo has helped my sound across the Sax. There is a great example on Alto in Utube of Sam Smith's I'm not the only one played by , Daehan Choi. His Altissimo is wholesome.
The only notes I can get out at the moment are donkeys and I watched your regular video and this one and I still can’t get them out what should I do other then keep practicing? I have never even heard a Squeaks that high ever when I was playing. I don’t know what to do.
I’d love to see a video where the saxes from the instrument family play the same lines in terms of concert pitch so we can hear the difference in timbre between them. For example comparing the lowest notes of the tenor to the higher notes of the lower register on baritone, etc.
I have a problem. It’s not with altissimo it’s with Tonguing. Whenever I play a note it has a “ta” sound. Witch is what I have been playing like for years. But I was wondering if that’s the right way to do it. Because whenever you play I never hear that sound. It sounds like there is no articulation and you are always slurring. Can someone help me out? The sound of Tonguing is much more prominent when I play and I can never get it as quiet as you.
Most people have the opposite issue! I can assure you I’m tonguing pretty hard. Try to just tickle the reed, not close it against the mouthpiece tip rail.
Wonderful video. My problem is my throat, my tonsils (still have mine), my tongue, when I raise and lower larynx, would block of the sound like a big piece paper in a vacuum hose, and make me feel like I'm choking, when trying to do altissimo. Yet, I don't have this problem anywhere else on the horn.
Forgive me but I don't understand the fingering chart. I'm working on the last 2 pages with my tenor and I don't understand why there are so many fingerings. I thought you mentioned only 3 but I see six. Can you explain it to me?
Jamie, I try always to keep as much lip, and as little teeth, as I can under my reed. From what I see and hear, you do this too. But I'm having a lot of trouble getting altissimo out of my horn without putting some amount of pressure (sometimes a lot) on the reed from my teeth. Watching you here, it looks like you might be doing that too. Can you clear this up for me please? Oh, and is a LaVoz Med Soft reed too wimpy to do this? Thanks for the great videos.
what a great alternative way to go about this Jamie - spot on! What would you say is a useful altissimo range to be able to aim to play? I notice that lots of altissimo fingering charts go up to about Altissimo E....but what is your altissimo range that you would actually use in a gig?
@@brianrackley7429 ok but you are still going to have to finger those notes somehow ...if I want altissimo A....I'm going to finger 2+3 left hand and 1+2+3 right hand (say)......what would you do under your system?
My current barrier is the second octave of altissimo. I top out around double G/G#. I have to be adding needless tension or something, but idk where/how.
I should go back to stiffer reeds. For awhile last year, I was going supper soft, like. 1.75 Legere AC, to play around with a super bendy sound on a 7 tip opening. But I couldn’t play loud and I couldn’t touch altissimo. I think I’m back to reality now, playing 2.25 AC.
can someone tell me what thes are and what theyre used for? my school is small enough that my director (theres one for the entire district) isnt well versed in woodwinds, just enough to teach them how to play. he plays trumbone.
@@GetYourSaxTogether it's really that simple? I was thinking that, but I wasn't really that sure. I want to learn how to use it in practice, especially jazz. Thank you.
Hi and sorry im from Argentina, and my english is not the best, my question is about the exercises, whit one posicion i have to try from the top to donkey? Please sorry about my english an god bless u 🇦🇷🎷
Great lesson as always! Thank you for your pro tip on this tricky part of the saxophone register. When I practice this I tend to work more around the chords and play them through out the register of the horn. I just think it is easier to see if I’m at the right pitch. ex I play a G# maj7 chord up to that G altissimo and so on. In that way I think it is easier to practice to get it in your playing from the beginning. That’s just the way I practice this altissimo stuff😊
For soprano: www.mobetterblues.altervista.org/didattica/pdf/altissimo_fingerings_for_soprano_sax.pdf For baritone: www.mobetterblues.altervista.org/didattica/pdf/altissimo_fingerings_for_baritone_sax.pdf
Impossible to diagnose over a UA-cam comment I’m afraid. You’d have to take a lesson with me for something like this. www.getyoursaxtogether.com/teaching
My biggest frustration is intonation. Even on palm keys, with what "feels" like my correct embouchure, I am almost a semi-tone flat. It just makes anything altissimo just that much more problematic. Some people can drive a stick shift, some people can't. That's just the reality of altissimo.
master you put your teeth under the lower lip and do the check I think with the muscles of the mouth it would be very difficult I have been treated and I have played a lot
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Free altissimo fingering chart HERE!!➡️www.getyoursaxtogether.com/fingerchart
Thanks for this one Jamie !!!! I’ve been chomping at the bit to get some altissimo fingerings and the ability to hit them with as little squeaking on them as possible …..
wow nice
Back in the 60s, I was playing alto, and my idea of altissimo, not from being taught by anyone, was to open up all the left hand palm keys, squeak and control the pitch by embouchure.
Nice that you give an acknowledgment to Sirvalorsax.
Thanks Paul.
Jamie is either a mind reader or it’s a complete coincidence because I was actually able to hit altissimo notes for the first time last night. Still need to put in hard yards to maintain and hit them when needed but it was a mini breakthrough. And I only have Jamie to thank. So thank you Pro Saxophonist Jamie Anderson 😊
That’s awesome!!
I’ve been practicing altissimo for 25 years and everyday is still a new adventure upstairs. This video is hilarious.
🙏
I Just did the "jjjjjjj" thing and the tongue thing and the rest of things and finally I could get a beautiful high G after months of struggle. So don´t miss this tutorial and a big thanks to Jamie. Also the rest of the sax registers sound so beautiful after doing this stuff and some overtones...
Great job!
I just started working on altissimo about a week ago on tenor and just *finally* got a front-f altissimo G out (by adding the G# key). Now, all of the sudden, higher notes are starting to get more accessible. But that first G was "elusive" to put it nicely. Also - my apologies to all of the dogs in the neighborhood - lol.
Nice. Well done!
For me the high G took the longest…. Poor dogs🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That G and G# for me are still weird. I finally got G by not using the octave key, and G# is still weird. Then, funny, a harder reed and both come out fine but the higher notes are harder. Long story short, I think those notes need a setup (tract reed bore) that play well together. Imo cheers
@@therealchiamac it’s a dark art.
@@GetYourSaxTogether I'll look for the dark art chapter in From the Inside Out. It seems reed strength is determined by the mouthpiece and vocal track and air support, but I need to reed (haha pun) more about it.
Finally a different way to approach and apprehend the dreaded and yet amazing altissimo. I love the idea to explore all the notes we can come up with on a single fingering. I like the idea to insist on the "squeeks" instead of avoiding them and then get the help of the piano or tuner to fine tune it. Of course ! I can't wait to try that.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I cant wait for the embouchure piece!! There are totally conflicting opinions on it. Some pros say it must be relaxed - but you need to apply pressure to reach altissimo. Its bewildering !! As a newish player (15 mths in) I also find Tenor altissimo is far easier than Alto. Thanks, Jamie. Love your lessons Graham
Tenor is definitely easier - I know that much.
Very original approach. A testament to your creative mind and your courage to make a mistake yourself for the whole world to see. It is truly motivating. :-)
Thanks dude. 🙏🏻
I've been stuck on alt G for years. Recently started using Legere reeds and find it much easier to hit the high notes. Tried the side Bb and Fork F, and BAM alt D started popping. Thanks Jamie! Now to fill in the rest😯
Brilliant!
Nice! I'd been having issues with the G, too. It was frustrating. I could easily hit it on also keding the 1 3, 1 3 fingering. And I was able to hit other notes in tenor with relative ease. other notes were easier to hit.
I'd been using only the fork key. I did find that adding the side Bb helped along with making sure my reeds were strong enough.
But i still wasn't able to hit it 100% of the time on all of my setups.
I've found using the left first finger (B) and right hand high F# sharp key (not the trill key) to be much easier. I can hit it almost all the time with that fingering. Try that if you're still having issues
I still wanna work in the Fork/side Bb fingering as it sounds a tad fuller. But B/high F# is a good substitute in the meantime
Best of luck!
Great video! I love how encouraging and helpful this is! And it's a different strategy than other videos I've tried. Can't wait to try this when I get home tonight! Thanks!
Update: I got a lot of squeaks and some nice, controlled altissimo notes. The only problem was that I kept laughing every time I got a donkey note and thought about this video! 😀
Glad it was helpful! Check out my other altissimo vids too.
You are an awesome sax teacher and thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I can get altissimo F F# G A and B but not very good and most of time out of tune. Thanks for proving to me that this can be done on any mouthpiece cause I were thinking of getting another mouthpiece.
Anytime!
Always struggled with this until now , loads to practice but you have enabled me to get several altissimo notes thanks
Brilliant!
Wow - no altissimo whatsoever before today (not for lack of trying), and now I'm like Lenny Pickett over here 🎷Seriously, though, I can now play altissimo C, D, and F consistently in just a few minutes! Thank you again, Jamie! Dropping down is coming - I can hear the notes wanting to come out, but they sound all multiphonic-like so far.
Awesome! Glad to have helped 🙏
absolute Genius !! 👌
Thanks 🙏🏻
i am very grateful you are very positive and good musician cheers
Thanks 😊
I managed the strangled donkey and rusty fox whistle. But seriously, I can see the 'from the top' method working. Has to be better than waiting for the G3 that never comes. Thanks again.
Good luck Pat! Stick at it.
Your Total Tone Mastery training got me in the right place to reach the double G. 👏🙏
That’s a serious range!
Hello Jamie,
Thx for this new plain approach .
Without having watched this tuto, I made -by chance yesterday , after weeks of tries- a High A6 on alto without efforts (setting : mouthpiece Selmer S90 and reed : Van Doren Java 3.0).
I have been trying your classic method ( tongue, larynx, glottis position) for days and days without success . This new way on the altiss. issue pleases me much more.
Thank you very much for helping sax players. Jp
That’s awesome!
Great stuff. Over the years of working on this I always found a synthetic reed made it a bit easier to get altissimo notes.
I think some do some don’t in my experience.
Thank you Jamie for this video! The altissimo register has been a MAJOR source of frustration for me because I feel like I should've been able to play these notes a loooong time ago, but all I ever get is pure Donky and squeaks. I've only worked on the G note, and I was getting the D Donkey and the high D. If I really bite down I'd squeeze out the note above the D, but I'm still struggling to get the dang G to come out. If I cheat and just vent the front F key open, I can get the G. But thanks for the encouragement that I need to continue to embrace the squeaks until I can break into the attic from the roof. I'll continue to work on this.
Cool man. Good luck!
@@GetYourSaxTogether Today was a breakthrough! My G finally just hit, and guess what, I immediately was already up to a high C. Thanks Jamie, this has been like 2 years of frustration in the works.
@@hflynnjr wonderful!
would you give us all the Altissimo finger chart for the tenor sax and we can choose
The link is in the description.
Totally working! I have been working on various fingerings the past couple of months and getting good results but this approach goes over the roof to get up there easily. Thanks again for invaluable input. I’m using a fibereed which seems to be more responsive in this stratosphere.
Brilliant to hear!
What a refreshing approach that opens so many possibilities. Great comparison with alto. Thanks for the encouragementZ
Glad it was helpful!
Great new approach, will try this next practice session 👍
Cheers Paul.
I'm very much looking forward to trying this out! I'll need to have to wait until the family is away with the dog, though...
You know it!
cool video ! Got a few of the altissimo notes very easily. Thanks !
Fab!
Splendid! my students will be interested to learn this method! Cheers!
Awesome!
Great demonstration video, I love your sense of humour, you make it fun 🤩
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoy it
Hey Jamie, thanks so much for this. Been getting great results this afternoon with my SA80 II/Otto Link 6/Java 2.5 - Altissimo D and double G coming reliablyn(ish :-) May even unleash at a gig soon! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to big announcement!
That’s awesome!
Hi Jamie, I did this, not expecting anything as I have never done Altissimo before. Did the first fingering, front f, side b flat and octave key, got altissimo G and and possibly D, it was very high. Must be the help of the total tone mastery class I am currently doing.
Fab!
Thank to you so mach Mr Anderson! This is fantastic training for embouchure!!!
You're very welcome!
I am intrigued. I'm going to attempt this method on some alt. notes that still elude me in the tempo and heat of performance.
👍🏼
Thanks for this Jamie, really helpful. For the first time I'm getting these out consistently.
How about covering the great solo in Thorn in My Side one Sunday.
Sending coffees. Des.
I’ll add it to the list!
Thanks! First time I've successfully (controllably) hit altissimo! On beginner gear for my tenor. Could also do it with my alto on a C* but had to switch to a Venn 2.5 (I normally play a Vandoren blue box 3.5 for classical/church sound). Fun but neither the chamber orchestra or church want to hear it! :-)
Great job Jeff!
Thanks Jamie! A new approach to get the altissimo notes
You’re welcome Rob.
Fab video! Thanks. I'll try it tonight.
Clear the house first! 😬
@@GetYourSaxTogether 🤣
I found getting a mouthpiece reed combo that was slightly challenging helped on my tenors tone and
accuracy but the yanigisawa beginners tenor mouthpiece is pretty easy to play. Any jumbo Java mouthpiece will let you get above 3rd b but between the second f# to the b is unstable, but on my alto I hit everything easily with a vintage selmer s80 refaced by Larry Teal. I’d say the Jody jazz are the most consistent mouthpiece I’ve used top to bottom besides occasionally finding a selmer mouthpiece that hits. I’m sure there is others but those worked for me
Cool man. It's important just to find a wet up you're comfortable with and really get to know it. Usually you have to make SOME kind of compromise though!
Great video man!! LOL!! As for the Yamaha, I have a couple videos on the 4C and the 5C. Uhmm yeh it's not the reed or the mouthpiece. I'm noticing that your embouchure is super tight for this mouthpiece and you are actually biting off the sound. I use a lip-out technique. You talk about this in your "how to sound good on sax" embouchure section around 5:17. LOL!! Relaxing the embouchure is one of the most challenging things because it's really counter intuitive. Think more of playing double pianissimo with the Yamaha for the upper harmonics with a lip-out embouchure.
Sirvalorsax is amazing. Great videos. I loved seeing Jamie, with his tremendous talent, being challenged on alto. Encouraging, rather than discouraging.
As an idea, I’d enjoy a collab video in which Sirvalorsax guides Jamie on alto.
Right - I’m gonna frickin nail it like SVS on that godamn 4C!! Actually, that would be a cool video - you give me an altissimo lesson! You know my email info@getyoursaxtogether.com- let me know if you’re up for it! ☺️
Wow great lesson here I always thought there were a crazy amount of fingering for altissimo but these are simple now I need to get a better mouth piece ! And harder 3 using a rico 2 and Jupiter mouth piece but I’ve no idea what the tip opening is but is quite thin
👍
This is a fun aproach takes away the strain. I had the altissimo G for quite some time and now I could add a quite strong C and D, an unstable A and an still more unstable high Fsharp.
But going downwards it is mostly the donkey. It is fun, though not so much for my dogs and the neighbours.
👍 😂
On my Alto with a Jody Jazz Jet, java 3 Vandoren Reed, I can get to Altissimo C but above that is a squeaky nastiness 🤪. I find playing a melody in Altissimo has helped my sound across the Sax. There is a great example on Alto in Utube of Sam Smith's I'm not the only one played by , Daehan Choi. His Altissimo is wholesome.
Well maybe those squeaks are actually just high altissimo notes!
The only notes I can get out at the moment are donkeys and I watched your regular video and this one and I still can’t get them out what should I do other then keep practicing? I have never even heard a Squeaks that high ever when I was playing. I don’t know what to do.
Hmmm. I guess you need a lesson!
i manage to did, some times 😂, amazing leson, thank you.
🙏🏻
I’d love to see a video where the saxes from the instrument family play the same lines in terms of concert pitch so we can hear the difference in timbre between them. For example comparing the lowest notes of the tenor to the higher notes of the lower register on baritone, etc.
That’s an interesting idea.
Great video Jamie. I like those donkey noises!
Master the donkey, master altissimo! 🤣
Great concept! thanks
Glad you liked it!
I have a problem. It’s not with altissimo it’s with Tonguing. Whenever I play a note it has a “ta” sound. Witch is what I have been playing like for years. But I was wondering if that’s the right way to do it. Because whenever you play I never hear that sound. It sounds like there is no articulation and you are always slurring. Can someone help me out? The sound of Tonguing is much more prominent when I play and I can never get it as quiet as you.
Most people have the opposite issue! I can assure you I’m tonguing pretty hard. Try to just tickle the reed, not close it against the mouthpiece tip rail.
Interesting to see how much the mouthpiece/reed setup can affect the ability to get into the altissimo range on tenor! 😄
Yeh it makes quite a big difference.
The Moment your "Donkey" even sounds like heaven hahaha ;)
🤣
I am here , thanks i needed this
Very philosophical comment!
much needed!
😉
Harrison Birtwistle lives!
😊
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You're most welcome
Wonderful video. My problem is my throat, my tonsils (still have mine), my tongue, when I raise and lower larynx, would block of the sound like a big piece paper in a vacuum hose, and make me feel like I'm choking, when trying to do altissimo. Yet, I don't have this problem anywhere else on the horn.
Hmmm. 😏
Been stuck at the altissimo F# for a while, will try if those fingerings help for reaching the double G.
Cool. Good luck!
Forgive me but I don't understand the fingering chart. I'm working on the last 2 pages with my tenor and I don't understand why there are so many fingerings. I thought you mentioned only 3 but I see six. Can you explain it to me?
You just get 6 options to try out. That’s all.
Jamie, I try always to keep as much lip, and as little teeth, as I can under my reed. From what I see and hear, you do this too. But I'm having a lot of trouble getting altissimo out of my horn without putting some amount of pressure (sometimes a lot) on the reed from my teeth. Watching you here, it looks like you might be doing that too. Can you clear this up for me please? Oh, and is a LaVoz Med Soft reed too wimpy to do this? Thanks for the great videos.
To be honest, Tim, I can only really do these questions justice inside the inner circle. 💁🏻♂️
Capisco.
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what a great alternative way to go about this Jamie - spot on!
What would you say is a useful altissimo range to be able to aim to play? I notice that lots of altissimo fingering charts go up to about Altissimo E....but what is your altissimo range that you would actually use in a gig?
@@brianrackley7429 Sorry but how does your reply relate to my question to Jamie?
@@brianrackley7429 ok but you are still going to have to finger those notes somehow ...if I want altissimo A....I'm going to finger 2+3 left hand and 1+2+3 right hand (say)......what would you do under your system?
So, to answer your question, F is about my typical gig limit but I’m working to extend that up gradually.
My current barrier is the second octave of altissimo. I top out around double G/G#. I have to be adding needless tension or something, but idk where/how.
Yeh it’s tough.
@@brianrackley7429 Thank you! No lie, Jamie's video was what opened up my range, before that I could barely get out a G and an A lol.
Could you do Learn how to play Catch 25 year long version. It has the best sax
I’ll check it out.
ua-cam.com/video/Fx5sTRDhDFE/v-deo.html
Here’s a blink to The catch 25 years Maxi version. Number one sax solo song
Good some progress
Great
I should go back to stiffer reeds. For awhile last year, I was going supper soft, like. 1.75 Legere AC, to play around with a super bendy sound on a 7 tip opening. But I couldn’t play loud and I couldn’t touch altissimo. I think I’m back to reality now, playing 2.25 AC.
It’s all about resistance and what you’re trying to achieve I guess.
can someone tell me what thes are and what theyre used for? my school is small enough that my director (theres one for the entire district) isnt well versed in woodwinds, just enough to teach them how to play. he plays trumbone.
If you’re talking about Altissimo, it’s the notes above hi F on the saxophone.
@@GetYourSaxTogether it's really that simple? I was thinking that, but I wasn't really that sure. I want to learn how to use it in practice, especially jazz. Thank you.
Hi and sorry im from Argentina, and my english is not the best, my question is about the exercises, whit one posicion i have to try from the top to donkey? Please sorry about my english an god bless u 🇦🇷🎷
There are 3 different fingerings to experiment with.
Is your chart working fine for a KING20 (no F# key) ?
Yeah. I don’t have high F#.
Great lesson as always! Thank you for your pro tip on this tricky part of the saxophone register. When I practice this I tend to work more around the chords and play them through out the register of the horn. I just think it is easier to see if I’m at the right pitch. ex I play a G# maj7 chord up to that G altissimo and so on. In that way I think it is easier to practice to get it in your playing from the beginning. That’s just the way I practice this altissimo stuff😊
Sure. That’s a pretty good strategy. 👍🏻
I’m still struggling to find altissimo fingerings for both soprano and bari, pls help
For soprano: www.mobetterblues.altervista.org/didattica/pdf/altissimo_fingerings_for_soprano_sax.pdf
For baritone: www.mobetterblues.altervista.org/didattica/pdf/altissimo_fingerings_for_baritone_sax.pdf
Please, help me Jamie. I can follow you from middle E flat to palm key D but the next is C# and nothing between them...
Impossible to diagnose over a UA-cam comment I’m afraid. You’d have to take a lesson with me for something like this. www.getyoursaxtogether.com/teaching
Спасибо, очень круто :))
Не за что
Altissimo Frustissimo
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My neighbours won't thank me for this later!!! I'm excited, however.
Yeh I know. Lots of collateral damage for real!
I need some scaffolding
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What about the bari?
Yeh, that’s a whole different scenario. I’m not a specialist at that.
For me it was only the donkey noises sadly.
Only the F# came out but that's easy.
Well, tomorrows another day, don’t worry.
I thought it was a good idea to try learning altissimo on soprano, oh boy...
Nightmare, right?
My biggest frustration is intonation. Even on palm keys, with what "feels" like my correct embouchure, I am almost a semi-tone flat. It just makes anything altissimo just that much more problematic. Some people can drive a stick shift, some people can't. That's just the reality of altissimo.
Yeh, sounds frustrating.
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I play 20 years but i cant play clear E,FG
Frustrating isn’t it?
“double g is ridiculous” Tell that to Jacques Ibert
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Oh I see then you can pentatonic lick off those fingerings and do changes…. Nice
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master you put your teeth under the lower lip and do the check I think with the muscles of the mouth it would be very difficult I have been treated and I have played a lot
Ok. 🙃
What a horrible teaching method, controlled squeaks, yuck.
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It’s 7 am can’t try it now such a pity 🥲🥲🥲
Love your lights ! Beautiful image 👌🏻✅🎷
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