Improving Your Saxophone Tone: Long tones

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  • Опубліковано 11 лис 2016
  • Dr. Robert Young discusses a quick tip to improve your tone on the saxophone. If you do these long tone exercises everyday, you will definitely see improvements in the quality of your tone.
    Feel free to leave comments below and share with your friends.
    www.robertyoungsaxophone.com

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  • @dahalofreeek
    @dahalofreeek 6 років тому +75

    "The first 45 minutes of my practice time." Man, I am ashamed at how little I practice.

    • @Logan-qi4nx
      @Logan-qi4nx 6 років тому +15

      Generally speaking, the amount of time spent practicing doesn't matter. 10 minutes of focused, constructive practice where you're making good habits is far better than an hour spent playing too fast and out of control.
      For me, I'm trying to "segment" my practice session into sets of ten. First ten minutes, I play 3 full-range scales the best I can. Next 10 minutes, I focus on only two measures of a complicated piece.
      Next, I might relax for 10 minutes and goof off. The next 10 minutes, I try to improve. It doesn't have to be an hour of grueling practice.
      It's really that easy.

    • @CARROTMOLD
      @CARROTMOLD 4 роки тому +1

      @@Logan-qi4nx Alright cool so I can practice 30 seconds extremely focused and be fine?

    • @MrDamojak
      @MrDamojak 4 роки тому +1

      @@CARROTMOLD depends on what you want to achieve tbh

  • @casabdemusica
    @casabdemusica 7 років тому

    Great Job

  • @tumwinerwekanika8375
    @tumwinerwekanika8375 2 роки тому

    Bless you

  • @evelynecoulon9027
    @evelynecoulon9027 4 роки тому

    Thanks for sending me a pdf of the long tone exercise which is very useful. Best, Evelyne

  • @elliotlytesax1477
    @elliotlytesax1477 6 років тому +10

    Sir I am humbled to be privy to your tutelage. Thank you for sharing!

  • @fivebyfivesound
    @fivebyfivesound 5 років тому +3

    Extremely helpful. Thank you!

    • @robertyoungsax
      @robertyoungsax  5 років тому +1

      Corey Mark thank you for tuning in. I’m glad it helped!

  • @moirosalina
    @moirosalina 6 років тому

    thank you

  • @pjhayes100
    @pjhayes100 5 років тому +3

    Great lesson/exercise. Will add it to my routine practice sessions. Thanks so much.

  • @MisterstereoOso
    @MisterstereoOso 6 років тому +3

    just retired and am learning to play, this is great advice/demo..i shall be doing it from now on..thank you so much Dr.Young.

  • @shivankgupta7548
    @shivankgupta7548 5 років тому +5

    You are a lifesaver! I had a solo in my concert yesterday that wouldn't have sounded the way it did without this video. The A key had just been bothering me for so long! Just one question: I have noticed that the fabric actually slows me down and it becomes harder to play faster. Do you keep the fabric on permanently or just when you have slow pieces? And what about a piece that is Andante and Allegro?

  • @mathieumaminirina2607
    @mathieumaminirina2607 7 років тому +1

    thank you (y)

  • @AnDang249
    @AnDang249 4 роки тому +1

    Please do a video about practicing dynamic 🙏🙏

  • @johnchristakis5877
    @johnchristakis5877 4 роки тому

    Thank you for the tips.
    Could I please get a PDF file for the long tone exercises?

  • @rreganjjohnn
    @rreganjjohnn 6 років тому +4

    Hi,Doc I get a rumbling almost growling sound at the back of my throat when playing long tones. will this hopefully disappear?

  • @ifidiWEphod
    @ifidiWEphod 4 роки тому +1

    Please I need assistance on how to create a practice plan for myself.
    Thank you

  • @Yourbosskid
    @Yourbosskid 7 років тому +20

    haha I was looking at that metronome thinking "man the intonation on that horn is messed up!" before I realised it wasn't in tuner mode haha

    • @robertyoungsax
      @robertyoungsax  7 років тому +4

      yessir! for parts of the video I think I had my tuner turned off. The metronome was indeed on.

  • @diegocastaneda2326
    @diegocastaneda2326 4 роки тому +1

    hi,i have this really painful back pain for playing the saxophone and i'd love to know which sax strap harness do you use and recommend? I'd really appreciate if you could tell me,thank you in advance!

  • @shankarmanbajracharya2700
    @shankarmanbajracharya2700 5 років тому

    Thank you !
    Namaste from Nepal 🇳🇵🙏🙏🙏🇳🇵

  • @chriss1152
    @chriss1152 7 років тому

    what if your a beginner how would I go about this

  • @ethanwetzel6954
    @ethanwetzel6954 7 років тому +3

    Could you do a video on scales and patterns?

    • @robertyoungsax
      @robertyoungsax  7 років тому +3

      Hello Ethan. Thank you, I will have that in the works in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

  • @andylopez0731
    @andylopez0731 7 років тому +4

    Great video, if I may ask, what kind of mouthpiece and reeds do you use?

    • @robertyoungsax
      @robertyoungsax  7 років тому +2

      Xavier Lopez currently I play on Daddario reeds and Selmer mpcs

  • @steady1985
    @steady1985 3 роки тому

    Do i need to vibrate the sound while practicing?
    What about breathing?

  • @flaviotapia4548
    @flaviotapia4548 6 років тому +1

    Man, could you make a video o classical tenor sax, long tones, vibrato and all that stuff? Please!!!
    Thanks master

  • @ziggysway
    @ziggysway 7 років тому +4

    Thank my sax teacher told me to work on my long tones. What is that white gage meter on your sheet music board?

  • @justnicks4595
    @justnicks4595 6 років тому +1

    That like dislike ratio O-O

  • @jamescps8799
    @jamescps8799 3 роки тому

    Problem is my reed is not consistent.... :(

    • @jamescps8799
      @jamescps8799 3 роки тому

      @Keanan now I don't use reed geek, it's all about practice can bring good results.

  • @I_M_Nonno
    @I_M_Nonno 5 років тому

    Why the vibrato?

  • @reliiigion
    @reliiigion 3 роки тому

    45 fuckin minutes????

    • @Karvol123
      @Karvol123 Рік тому

      You want to get good or not? The amount of practice one has to do to get good is insane. I'm struggling.

  • @lawipod
    @lawipod 4 роки тому

    Ughhh my dad got me a saxophone for Christ mad and I hate it!! It’s so boring. He always make me play it👿👿👿 ughhh I wanted a Nintendo switch!!!!