Biting into the Saxophone Mouthpiece? Try this to stop
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- If you think you're biting too much into the top of the mouthpiece, watch this video for a simple test to check and a tip to stop this habit that is affecting your saxophone tone.
Saxophone tone
Biting the mouthpiece too hard
Resources:
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Slightly unrelated, but I’m new to the sax and was having trouble reaching lower notes consistently and pushing my lip corners into the sides of the mouthpiece helped me reach full range with a lot less jaw stress. Thanks for the tips!
Really helpful. I was biting through my mouthpiece patch! Thank you.
I do bite hard, but if i relax it too much my lip position begins moving down the mouthpiece. Thank you for taking time in making the videos and passing on your expertise. Dave, from the UK.
Thanks, Donna. I definitely bite a lot. I'll stay mindful of keeping strong mouth CORNERS.
My bottom lip is raw from practice yesterday. I'm pretty sure that's why my high notes sound squeaky. Great video, thanks!
Thanks JR :)
Yes. I definitely bite down too much, and yes this video helped, because I do often find myself being sharp and I wasn’t sure why. The biting would explain why. Thanks!
Glad it helped :)
this is a great tip! definitely going to look into this in my next practice session
Yes, it helped a lot! Thanks
helped me feel better about getting my sound thanks!
I bite tom much also. This should help. Thanks Donna!
Thank you very much
Some great bits of advice there
You're welcome
So helpful
I do bite to hard . This will help. I been playing 70 years.
7 or 70?
Yes, I do use patches but will try other brands. Will check out if I bite too hard. Thank you
Mouthpiece saver!
When I first started I never liked to use my tongue and in a trumpet fashion clamped down to keep air from escaping.
I'd chew through the protectors in a week.
When I concentrated on controlling stops and starts with my tongue I could relax and the Reed flows freely.
Still bite a little but there's something about the teeth transferring the vibe straight to my brain and vice versa that makes me feel connected to the instrument.
When you say it buzzes your teeth it's cause you're not biting hard enough where your skull is fused to brass with the mouthpiece as a translator.
I just couldn't groove up expensive mouthpieces.
New cheap 3D printed mouthpieces could make me not care.
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Thank you so much for your fantastic information
I'm not biting, I m totally retirement from music teacher i playing Alto saxophone since corona time. I did not got proper guidance for this certain issues I asked many players near by me but they misguided to me
as a beginner used to bite and my inner lip used to hurt,after played without biting
I overshoot altissimo G if I'm biting. Playing it is a useful way to make sure my embouchure is loose enough. Also I will do that Joe Allard thing where you slide down from one overtone to the next, all the way down to the root, bc if you're biting it's really hard to drop down. Also people call them tooth/teeth savers around here lol. I assumed that was universal.
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Just a question about the placement of your ligature. I notice that it's quite forward on your embouchure and seems to touch the vibrating part of the reed. I'd like to hear you about that.
It's the Rovner Van Gogh ligature. I've covered this question before in many comments, but you can go to their site and get more info
I find saying the word " Who" puts your mouth in the right shape.
Ever since I switched from the Larry Teal approach to the Joe Allard approach, I get a much fuller tone
Please give some exercise how to change the bad habit doing to much biting the mouthpiece while playing the saxophone. Thank you so much.
you're probably biting because you are no using your embouchure properly. Check out my Get a Killer Saxophone Tone self study course: academy.donnaschwartzmusic.com/courses/self-study-get-a-killer-saxophone-tone-master-the-process-to-get-a-full-rich-tone-sound-like-a-pro/
I have dented my mouthpiece... now use mouthpads. Helps heaps.
yeah but how do you stop biting up on it
Search my channel for best lip position, but ideally, you should take lessons from an experienced teacher.
WHAT ABOUT THE BOTTUM TEETH ?I BITE SO HARD THAT IT CUT IN TO MY LOWER LIP?LPI? ! ON SAX AND CLARINET?--Help Please
I have videos on Lip Position - search my channel. But honestly, you should really invest in taking lessons from an experienced teacher so you can get personalized help in fixing that painful problem
But Donna, I only have One front tooth, what do I do?
Sincerely,
Glissando ;^D. QuiverLips
Don't know if you're serious, but if you are, just rest it on top of the mpc
@@DonnaSchwartz, it feels Lopsided and I noticed a little wear on the mouthpiece were the corner point of the tooth is. I also feel good about ending sentences with is. I measured a 11mm gap between my one front tooth and the tooth next to the missing front tooth. I made a gold front tooths bridge but that one broke like the real smack-a-rew. I still wear the gold tooths in my dreams tho but not my eye glasses and you probably should keep that part hush hush;D
Please speak slowly when each time you explaine about saxophone, because we are the foreiner , if you have the subcribe on the screen is very good. Thank you very very much.