I cannot thank you enough for this! I've switched from clarinet to tenor saxophone and for months I haven't been able to adjust my embouchure. I had problems with sore lips, intonation. All that bcs of applying the same principle as on the clarinet. OMG! This way the lip is more fleshy and lets the reed to vibrate more freely!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😄😄😄😄
Hello Todd, I must say i'm truly appreciative of this video. I watched your video a few days ago and I started to implement what you have taught here and my sound is naturally bigger. It is less stressful to play the the notes spot on and my horn just sound sweeter. Thanks a million for the tips shared here.
From a high school trumpet player learning tenor sax as a secondary, I feel like this was very informative and helpful. My muscles figured it all out once I got the mouth positioned correctly on the mouthpiece. Great video, thanks to this my tone sounds better than expected already!
Thanks so much! I used to know how to do the embouchure technique, but I couldnt afford a sax to practice with, and wasnt able to rent. Now I have a sax, I forgot everything. Thanks for teaching me again! :)
Thank you. This really helps. It allows me to reset my mouth position to the same place and gives a consistent starting point each time. Really simple and useful.
Thank you so much for that first sax lesson. I've always loved to learn how to play this instrument. and with this first lesson, I hope it correct my habits before it forms. again, much thanks
Finally! Thank you for the great advice! I'm starting to learn to play my alto saxophone and I haven't been able to find someone who could properly teach me the proper way to position my mouth on head of my sax, and then, I found you my dear friend! Really, thank you for everything! Now my difficulty in blowing notes as been minimized a lot! Even my girlfriend who played Clarinet was trying to explain to me but she wasn't able to specify. She is returning and I'm starting to learn the sax so I can play with her as a love duet to enhance our relationship. Thank you man I will be forever in debt to you! 😀🙂
Consistent practice over the full range and long tones will help you to produce them. At the beginning of the year I set a goal to practice deliberately for a minimum of 2 hrs daily. Most days I do two hours and sometimes 3 or 4 hours; I have not missed a day practicing since 2018 began. High notes, middle notes and low notes are coming out more beautifully than before.
That's some serious dedication you have!! I recently got a cheap sax to try and learn with (decided to save up for a decent one while I learn), but having stupidly thin walls I've been a little chicken about practicing incase neighbors thinking I'm murdering one of my dogs lol! I've ordered a mute in hope it makes me a little quieter, although kind of wish there was a way to only get sound through headphones as I'm usually awake all night and hate that I can't be using that time to practice without risking noise complaints lol! I just hope once I'm a little less self conscious about how bad I probably sound that I can be as dedicated as you! Good luck with your hard work and I'm sure you sound great already after so much practice :)
Emzy HippoZimmer funny that was one of the reasons I quit saxophone years ago. And now I have my house and neighbours are far so I’m free to be as loud as I can. Just bought a sax to get back into it. One word of advise. Do not take a long break such as 1 year or more. You literally have to restart almost from 0 again. Not only the sax playing but also the ability to read music fast.
Thank you Todd, Thank you so much. At 59 I got a used Alto and with 2 videos I made a few sounds. This is so awesome. I think I am going to love this. Bless you Brother and your good heart that shows when you instruct us. Have a wonderful Holidays with family and friends and Stay Safe
Thanks for the help 😁 I needed this video because I switched from flute to sax which is completely different. My teacher handed me the sax and expected the best from me so now I knew I was doing something wrong. Thanks a lot for the help! 😊
I played sax a younger guy in high school and in local funk bands. But, I haven’t played now n over 30 years . So, some my old band brass section had breakfast and decided to just break our horns out again , just to hang out have some fun...hopefully. But one problem I’ve always had was to fold my bottom lip over my teeth. You can imagine what that does to the inside of your lower lip...big problems! So, this time I intend to start the right way. Thanks for the tips!
Your bottom lip should fold over your bottom teeth a little bit since you need to use your jaw to keep a firm embouchure. Just don't roll it over too much.
This has the breathing technique I have been looking for, that does not exist on any other beginners quide (like how to inhale while playing). Most tutorials just brush it of saying "just breath while taking a pause, just like when talking". But the actual info of openeng jaw, and breathing under the reed, is the thing I have been searching for. Just bought my first sax, and it will be mailed to me soon. I intend of learning by myself, but might take some classes if I don't advance enought as such. Thank you for the video, and cheers from Finland!
Thank you so much! My saxophone has been sat under my bed for 17 years and I decided to attempt to take it up again but I just couldn’t get any sound. This is brilliant!
Hi! Believe it or not, I HAVE NEVER EVEN TOUCHED a saxophone! But REALLY want to learn! And I thought this was an AWESOME lesson on Embouchure! Thank you for sharing!
I just want to say how nice it is to listen to a guy who sooo genuinely wants to help beginning sax players. You have a great way of explaining embouchure: step one, step two.... And I really appreciate how close you have your camera and that it's angled a bit so I can see a lot of your mouth. I'm a classically-trained sax player who is beginning jazz so I'm reworking my entire embouchure. Would you say that your embouchure is more a jazz embouchure or classical? Thanks. Best wishes.
Keep the classical embouchure! You don’t want to destroy a beautiful clear sound? Playing jazz has nothing tondo with that! You really want to sound lime that? Just saying..
@@HuubClaessens Thank you for replying to my comment. I'm interested to know more about what you're suggesting. If you have a website, yourself, or if you know of a player who does, whose playing you admire for his/her embouchure - playing jazz - I would be very interested in watching/listening to them from your perspective of re: classical vs "jazz" embouchure. (On the other hand, please feel free to post here again with more about your thoughts on this topic.) Thanks again.
Wow! thanks. I played for 10 yrs, but then stopped for 12. When I when and went to picked back up my sax, my muscle memory for pitch control was there, but wasn't getting very consistent sound and my lips were killing me. I had my bottom teeth almost centered on my bottom lip, moving it back via your technique cleaned things right up, but I also figured out that I could also go about the same distance off to the edge of the inner part of my lip and get a very similar consistency. Great for if you wanna give your lips a break...
I had my first lesson tonight. Things I learnt... 1. My saxophone wasn't broken, it was just me! 🤣 2. Keys, B, A, G and F 3. I have a thing called a diaphragm and 4. Dance Monkey is gonna take me bloody ages to learn! 🤣 🤣 X
Hi Todd, Great video. I still have a little bit of confusion about the tonging. having trouble keeping that mouth shape while tonging efficiently at the same time.
Thanks. I was having trouble with notes around low g on the alto jumping up an octave or sounding uneven. I tried this method and straight away it started to help. I guess my jaw was too tense if you know what I mean. I relaxed it and those problem notes sounded in the right octave 👍
I cannot thank you enough for this! I've switched from clarinet to tenor saxophone and for months I haven't been able to adjust my embouchure. I had problems with sore lips, intonation. All that bcs of applying the same principle as on the clarinet. OMG! This way the lip is more fleshy and lets the reed to vibrate more freely!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😄😄😄😄
Todd, I learnt something from you. Thank you very much.
Hello Todd, I must say i'm truly appreciative of this video. I watched your video a few days ago and I started to implement what you have taught here and my sound is naturally bigger. It is less stressful to play the the notes spot on and my horn just sound sweeter. Thanks a million for the tips shared here.
Thanks Todd. Very helpful advice.
I don't know why Im watching this at 2am when I fully well know if I even try blowing down my saxophone right now I will get kicked out of my flat
Same
@Dmoll the struggle is real brother
From a high school trumpet player learning tenor sax as a secondary, I feel like this was very informative and helpful. My muscles figured it all out once I got the mouth positioned correctly on the mouthpiece. Great video, thanks to this my tone sounds better than expected already!
Todd, you are the man! Thank you, took me one year to find this. My sound changed completely. Viewing from Acosta, Costa Rica!
2:07 got me feeling some type of way
Same
XD
Just starting to play alto sax and I really like how you've explained the embouchure technique. Thank you, Carolina
Playing saxophone for marching band this coming up school year, very excited! This helped very much, thank you.
Omg same
Well done! From one instructor to another, well done!
Great lesson, it can be so easy to rush right in trying to get stuff happening and overlooking the fundamentals.
Thank you for this video! My sixth grader has been struggling to make his tenor sax sound right and this did it!!
Best explanation of embouchure on RUclips! (From a beginner point of view trying to make sense of it all) Thanks!
BEST EMBOUCHURE tutorial!!! thank you sooo much!!!!
Thanks so much! I used to know how to do the embouchure technique, but I couldnt afford a sax to practice with, and wasnt able to rent. Now I have a sax, I forgot everything. Thanks for teaching me again! :)
Thanks, just got my Sax and tried the technique and it worked, Cheers
Your teaching is clear and quite helpful! Thanks a lot !
Thanks, great instructional video.Clearly explained and demonstrated.
Thank you the video really helped my daughter
Thank you. This really helps. It allows me to reset my mouth position to the same place and gives a consistent starting point each time. Really simple and useful.
Thank you so much for that first sax lesson. I've always loved to learn how to play this instrument.
and with this first lesson, I hope it correct my habits before it forms.
again, much thanks
Omg when I tried it it actually did sound like a saxophone thank you😂😂
This is the first video that’s helped me understand how to make a good sound! I kept having spitting sounds from my reed. Thanks!
I just started Band and you helped me a lot thanks 🙏🏼
lol..... Do not forget stance! lungs are key to get the air through the bend...
I thought your demonstration of embouchure was really excellent. Thanks so much
Finally! Thank you for the great advice!
I'm starting to learn to play my alto saxophone and I haven't been able to find someone who could properly teach me the proper way to position my mouth on head of my sax, and then, I found you my dear friend! Really, thank you for everything! Now my difficulty in blowing notes as been minimized a lot! Even my girlfriend who played Clarinet was trying to explain to me but she wasn't able to specify. She is returning and I'm starting to learn the sax so I can play with her as a love duet to enhance our relationship. Thank you man I will be forever in debt to you! 😀🙂
Thank you so much for sharing, it's helping me to get the better sound.
Consistent practice over the full range and long tones will help you to produce them. At the beginning of the year I set a goal to practice deliberately for a minimum of 2 hrs daily. Most days I do two hours and sometimes 3 or 4 hours; I have not missed a day practicing since 2018 began. High notes, middle notes and low notes are coming out more beautifully than before.
That's some serious dedication you have!! I recently got a cheap sax to try and learn with (decided to save up for a decent one while I learn), but having stupidly thin walls I've been a little chicken about practicing incase neighbors thinking I'm murdering one of my dogs lol!
I've ordered a mute in hope it makes me a little quieter, although kind of wish there was a way to only get sound through headphones as I'm usually awake all night and hate that I can't be using that time to practice without risking noise complaints lol!
I just hope once I'm a little less self conscious about how bad I probably sound that I can be as dedicated as you!
Good luck with your hard work and I'm sure you sound great already after so much practice :)
I think I need a new mouthpi- *LONG TONES* everytime we play long tones my band directed has to put that on the screen and yell it omlll
Emzy HippoZimmer funny that was one of the reasons I quit saxophone years ago. And now I have my house and neighbours are far so I’m free to be as loud as I can. Just bought a sax to get back into it. One word of advise. Do not take a long break such as 1 year or more. You literally have to restart almost from 0 again. Not only the sax playing but also the ability to read music fast.
@@vitorfernandes651 I think thats just you
This was so helpful thank you
any one here in 2019
yep. just borrowed a sax from an instrument lending library and this is gonna help a lot!
No, not here
Yeah I'm here. I was in 6th grade when I watched this 😂 it was every helpful
i am borrowing a sax from school
Fuck you
You're the best saxophone players I've ever seen
your demonstration was of great help
Thank you soooo much for this video. I’m just starting out and this was very helpful.
Great Video Todd, very informative. helped, bigtime!!
Thank you Todd, Thank you so much. At 59 I got a used Alto and with 2 videos I made a few sounds. This is so awesome. I think I am going to love this. Bless you Brother and your good heart that shows when you instruct us. Have a wonderful Holidays with family and friends and Stay Safe
Awesome advice. Thank you.
Thank you so very much, this video helped me a lot, Thanks again from India. 😊
Thank you for the lesson
Omg ty so much, i managed to make a sound for the first time in a xaphoon
Ah, I love playing my xaphoon
My favorite instrument, the xaphoon
ah you mean mayonnaise
@@lenabougie7180 It’s actually an instrument btw
*Xaphoon*
complete beginner having my first lesson next week. I'm sure this tutorial will be a good start.. Thankyou
man thank you ive literally been trying everyones technique but it doesnt work but this explains it well and i actually made a sound now!
Thanks, liked your approach.
Thanks best explanation I found as a beginner
Thanks for the help 😁 I needed this video because I switched from flute to sax which is completely different. My teacher handed me the sax and expected the best from me so now I knew I was doing something wrong. Thanks a lot for the help! 😊
I played sax a younger guy in high school and in local funk bands. But, I haven’t played now n over 30 years . So, some my old band brass section had breakfast and decided to just break our horns out again , just to hang out have some fun...hopefully. But one problem I’ve always had was to fold my bottom lip over my teeth. You can imagine what that does to the inside of your lower lip...big problems! So, this time I intend to start the right way. Thanks for the tips!
Your bottom lip should fold over your bottom teeth a little bit since you need to use your jaw to keep a firm embouchure. Just don't roll it over too much.
Joe Blankenship, thank you for your reply. I’ll certainly put it to use as I continue to practice and get re-aquatinted with my sax.
Checked out several vids on sax embochure. This is the best. Superb presentation.
This is by far the best explanation I have seen on youtube. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much. Comments like that inspire me to keep making more videos. I should have some more videos coming within the next week!
One of the best videos I've seen on saxophone embouchure. Many thanks!
Great Job,God bless you
Thanks for your help, it really helps for a beginner like my self.
This has the breathing technique I have been looking for, that does not exist on any other beginners quide (like how to inhale while playing). Most tutorials just brush it of saying "just breath while taking a pause, just like when talking". But the actual info of openeng jaw, and breathing under the reed, is the thing I have been searching for. Just bought my first sax, and it will be mailed to me soon. I intend of learning by myself, but might take some classes if I don't advance enought as such.
Thank you for the video, and cheers from Finland!
Thank you so much this really help me alot
wow, this actually works. I've been playing almost a year and I've been trying to find my sound. this video helped better than any other
That's great to hear Kenneth! More videos to come!!
im probably gonna scare my parents out in the living room because i haven’t played my sax in like 3 years
Thank you so much for your lecture on sax for beginners like me .
Adam Cowlie 😂
So helpful, thank you i'm in 7th grade and just joined band, so helpful thank you so much!
NationPlayz same dude
What school you go to?
How’s band coming along?
MLT_Mango I may join in 9th. This is gonna be rough
Brilliant example.
Sax isn't my first instrument trumpet is so this really helps thank!!
Will it mess with your embouchure in anyway? Because the only thing im good at is at playing high on trumpet
Why did you abandon us! Brass Mob for life
thxs finally got sound. explanation was very good
that was really help me to start in a proper way of blowing.
me too
Sounds wrong 😂🙅🏻♀️
Nathaniel Azarraga that’s what she said
Thank you so much! My saxophone has been sat under my bed for 17 years and I decided to attempt to take it up again but I just couldn’t get any sound. This is brilliant!
This is wonderful!❤
First time ever playing tenor last night. And I'm loving it, I'm a claronet player
Anton Vickrey nice uwu
Natie H stop 😂
Hi! Believe it or not, I HAVE NEVER EVEN TOUCHED a saxophone! But REALLY want to learn! And I thought this was an AWESOME lesson on Embouchure! Thank you for sharing!
I just want to say how nice it is to listen to a guy who sooo genuinely wants to help beginning sax players. You have a great way of explaining embouchure: step one, step two.... And I really appreciate how close you have your camera and that it's angled a bit so I can see a lot of your mouth. I'm a classically-trained sax player who is beginning jazz so I'm reworking my entire embouchure. Would you say that your embouchure is more a jazz embouchure or classical? Thanks. Best wishes.
Keep the classical embouchure! You don’t want to destroy a beautiful clear sound? Playing jazz has nothing tondo with that! You really want to sound lime that? Just saying..
@@HuubClaessens Thank you for replying to my comment. I'm interested to know more about what you're suggesting. If you have a website, yourself, or if you know of a player who does, whose playing you admire for his/her embouchure - playing jazz - I would be very interested in watching/listening to them from your perspective of re: classical vs "jazz" embouchure. (On the other hand, please feel free to post here again with more about your thoughts on this topic.) Thanks again.
Wow! thanks. I played for 10 yrs, but then stopped for 12. When I when and went to picked back up my sax, my muscle memory for pitch control was there, but wasn't getting very consistent sound and my lips were killing me. I had my bottom teeth almost centered on my bottom lip, moving it back via your technique cleaned things right up, but I also figured out that I could also go about the same distance off to the edge of the inner part of my lip and get a very similar consistency. Great for if you wanna give your lips a break...
I had my first lesson tonight. Things I learnt...
1. My saxophone wasn't broken, it was just me! 🤣
2. Keys, B, A, G and F
3. I have a thing called a diaphragm and
4. Dance Monkey is gonna take me bloody ages to learn! 🤣 🤣 X
L4WNY wtf 🤣😭
@@thekiddgvill3 ☺️
Practice fam, dance monkey can still be achieved!
I wonder if u learned it
Thank you! I just got a sax and I can now actually make a sound
Excellent explanation. Thank you and Keep it up ! :)
Instruction unclear:
Passed out at step 3
lol
Rip
lot lot thanks Sir
Helped me thank u!
Thanks! That was very very merger video!
you giving some good advice
Very helpful! Thanks Todd
Thank you for the 🎷🎷🎷 demonstration
Hi Todd, Great video.
I still have a little bit of confusion about the tonging. having trouble keeping that mouth shape while tonging efficiently at the same time.
this is really good actually it helped me a lot it should have more views
I thank you for uploading this video.
Absolutely brilliant - dead simple to learn and gets a fantastic sound - thank you
You're good
Wowww
I'm a beginner following you
fantastic! great advice for the novice sax player
Thanks !!!
Great explanation! Thanks.
this helps me a lot .......thanks
Thank u very much
A very helpful video. Many thanks.
Your the man thank you for that tutorial God bless
Thanks
Hi Todd, thank you very much! I just watched and tried, it helped a lot, I'll follow your advice and do it every day for a week!
Thanks. I was having trouble with notes around low g on the alto jumping up an octave or sounding uneven. I tried this method and straight away it started to help. I guess my jaw was too tense if you know what I mean. I relaxed it and those problem notes sounded in the right octave 👍
Thank you Todd. This was the help I was looking for.
You are very welcome!
thank you!
Damn Connor McGregor is good at the sax
haha nice ;)
Antonio Machado
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Seth Rogen!
Thank you so much for this took me to a new place immediately awesome thank you and for all you great videos
Straight up. Been trying to make a sound for the past couple days and nothing. Lol. But I’m determined to learn the drop dead Saxxy phone
Its a good tip! But my teacher told me whatever embouchure you have that you are happy, good tone and comfortable with it. You're good.
Thank you Alex! Definitely listen to your teacher and keep practicing!
Gracias.
Really help me
Thanks for the tips. I haven't been bringing the corners of my mouth in, so this should improve my sound.
Very lovely