I enjoyed that so much. I'm just a beginner and yours is the tone and sound that I am striving to achieve. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Your no vibrato playing is the perfect vibrato playing. I feel like it's almost a force of habit for you to use vibrato and it even bleeds in when you're not playing. Your excerpts without vibrato were absolutely gorgeous, but the amplitude of your vibrato undulations are pushing the reed near its max mechanical excursion point and it produces high frequency artifacts that occur as you perform vibrato. This has to do with reed geometries and how the natural mechanical Q of normal strength reeds flex as they conform to the rails each oscillation. At the peak of your vibrato change, the tip opening grows too great for the length allotted the reed by the rail and thus it produces a gap that produces the hiss associated with your vibrato undulations; as any additional air pressure is conducted through this now small opening for a small period of the oscillation of the reed. Thus instead of it being a variable pitch and dynamic, it also produces a timbral change as a result of mechanically-related artifacts. That is why you hear a high frequency momentary hiss with every undulation of your vibrato. The issue is always more with the gear than the player. I like mouthpieces with long facings (and preferably thick rails) because you can push them way harder volume-wise while sacrificing some response and control, but the tone and being able to be near sinusoidal while playing is perfect. Those were things I learned about mass-damped moving air diaphragms and reeds in my studies. Ported subwoofers also suffer this problem when they have too small of ports, for it causes high port air velocities and produces a "chuffing" sound along with the bass as the subwoofer creates transients. You're a fantastic saxophone player and I wish I had your alto chops. Good stuff
I really need help. My notes in the middle of the horn are too bright. I really want to darken it but am lost. I really want to aim at the sound you have, but it's being very difficult. I used to practice getting bright sound, but I should have been practicing with a darker "pleasant" sound. Thank you.
Yes that's a real challenge. I practice the piece time to time but it's not yet at the level for the public display. When it's ready, I will definitely share!
Very nice ! Thank you !
Thank you. Lots to think about and try.
What a nice sound... I also play a little but can not improve....
Best video on tone and vibrato control.
Thanks for your excellent description on tone production and ending of notes.
I enjoyed that so much. I'm just a beginner and yours is the tone and sound that I am striving to achieve. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Yess thanks for uploading this! been waiting on this. Thanks Mr. Lee
Thanks Mr Lee that was really helpful
Beautiful sound! great ideas and explanations. And a wonderfully produced video!
Your no vibrato playing is the perfect vibrato playing. I feel like it's almost a force of habit for you to use vibrato and it even bleeds in when you're not playing. Your excerpts without vibrato were absolutely gorgeous, but the amplitude of your vibrato undulations are pushing the reed near its max mechanical excursion point and it produces high frequency artifacts that occur as you perform vibrato. This has to do with reed geometries and how the natural mechanical Q of normal strength reeds flex as they conform to the rails each oscillation. At the peak of your vibrato change, the tip opening grows too great for the length allotted the reed by the rail and thus it produces a gap that produces the hiss associated with your vibrato undulations; as any additional air pressure is conducted through this now small opening for a small period of the oscillation of the reed. Thus instead of it being a variable pitch and dynamic, it also produces a timbral change as a result of mechanically-related artifacts. That is why you hear a high frequency momentary hiss with every undulation of your vibrato.
The issue is always more with the gear than the player. I like mouthpieces with long facings (and preferably thick rails) because you can push them way harder volume-wise while sacrificing some response and control, but the tone and being able to be near sinusoidal while playing is perfect.
Those were things I learned about mass-damped moving air diaphragms and reeds in my studies. Ported subwoofers also suffer this problem when they have too small of ports, for it causes high port air velocities and produces a "chuffing" sound along with the bass as the subwoofer creates transients.
You're a fantastic saxophone player and I wish I had your alto chops. Good stuff
Fantastic information 🎉
I really need help. My notes in the middle of the horn are too bright. I really want to darken it but am lost. I really want to aim at the sound you have, but it's being very difficult. I used to practice getting bright sound, but I should have been practicing with a darker "pleasant" sound. Thank you.
Sir please give me guide about
You are pressing upper teeth on mouth piece? How much pressure upper side?
thank you for this video
Here's a challenge, I would love it if you did Chaconne! (Ciaccona from 3 Partitas book, specifically on soprano)
Yes that's a real challenge. I practice the piece time to time but it's not yet at the level for the public display. When it's ready, I will definitely share!
Superb!
Interesting video! Can you remind me of the name of the excerpt for the “air attack v tongue attack” section?
It’s the 2nd movement of Scaramouche by Darius Milhaud.
What is the third piece you’re playing when explaining tapering???
The 2nd movement from Ronald Binge Saxophone Concerto
Your tone is very stable and a full of richness. Would you please tell me which mouthpiece and reed you are using ?
Thank you.
Thanks for your comment. I use Selmer S90-180 mouthpiece and D'addario reserve 3.0+ reed.
Thank you very much for your kind answer.
I anticipate to see more of your beautiful playing of other classic repertoires. Thank you.
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