How to Improve your Single Tonguing on Saxophone

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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
  • Quick video today. I've been meaning to make a funny reaction video with a friend to some mind-blowing saxophone players. That's taking a while, so here is a video in the meantime. Hope this helps you!
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Комментарии • 167

  • @lealtosaxist1117
    @lealtosaxist1117 4 года назад +140

    4:12 you and that bird were spitting facts

  • @bhuvankala8011
    @bhuvankala8011 4 года назад +61

    Some of these professionals on RUclips utilize some complex music vernacular when talking about improvement on the saxophone, I'm glad that there's Saxologic to explain these things more efficiently and a lot more simply

  • @jacobstevens6286
    @jacobstevens6286 2 года назад +26

    I’ve been playing sax for about 6 years now and I’m a highschool student. I have been struggling lately with tonguing quickly. Part of me thinks that my tongue simply won’t move that fast. This video did help a bit though. Thanks!

  • @macmuggo5459
    @macmuggo5459 4 года назад +37

    Don’t have a saxophone, tried it on my guitar. It didn’t work. Unsubscribed.

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +14

      Keep trying it. It will work. Your tongue has to develop a callus for your strings!!

    • @macmuggo5459
      @macmuggo5459 4 года назад +6

      Saxologic This reply hurt my tongue. Subscribed and then unsubscribed again.

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +8

      Mac Muggo, No pain no gain

    • @yanda395
      @yanda395 4 месяца назад

      Jimmy hendrix would approve of tounging the guitar

  • @scomdnz9
    @scomdnz9 4 года назад +30

    I wish my backyard was far enough from my neighbors to serenade the birdies without bothering them.

  • @BigMacTasty
    @BigMacTasty 4 года назад +123

    2:07 when you take that first sip of McDonald’s sprite 🤤

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +14

      LOL wasn’t expecting that

  • @acdgamer7292
    @acdgamer7292 4 года назад +14

    I find it crazy that you're so young and yet so helpful to so many people. I mean, you're creating your own resources! You're so far ahead of most people who became music teachers. I'm almost in college and I can't even imagine doing this kind of stuff right now!

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +5

      I appreciate it man! It all happened so fast and I’m just riding the wave haha

  • @unpopulargammer9009
    @unpopulargammer9009 4 года назад +136

    Your alto sounds like Coltrane’s soprano

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +41

      Whoa I haven’t heard that before lol

    • @BrunoNeureiter
      @BrunoNeureiter 4 года назад +4

      Come on it's not as bad

    • @guidemeChrist
      @guidemeChrist 4 года назад

      Rude

    • @robkunkel8833
      @robkunkel8833 4 года назад +2

      That is a strange .... compliment? ... comparison? ... metaphor?
      I would never compare one accomplished musician with another unless I had a point to make. Wonder what it was?

    • @unpopulargammer9009
      @unpopulargammer9009 4 года назад

      Rob Kunkel I was merely observing the similarities in the tone.

  • @EvilNyanGrunt
    @EvilNyanGrunt 4 года назад +33

    Me, never having touched a saxophone in my life: ooooOOO Saxologic uploaded, time to go study up on my tonguing techniques

  • @diegochapela-perez2499
    @diegochapela-perez2499 4 года назад +68

    I was just practicing my tonguing when this popped up. Thanks!

  • @jocelynm3900
    @jocelynm3900 4 года назад +4

    Thank you so much! I am a classical flautist learning saxophone and I could not figure out how to soften the articulation for the life of me! It was driving me crazy 😤

  • @The_Blackjay
    @The_Blackjay 6 месяцев назад

    I've been playing sax my whole life, and have never had a teacher explain as well as you do. It will take lots of practice on my end to stop hammer tonguing. Sincerely, thank you for this video!

  • @NyanPoptartCat
    @NyanPoptartCat 3 года назад +4

    I have been struggling with the "thud" for months, since I started playing again after 20 years. I've done little more than work on embouchure and articulation, because I believe the rest of it is irrelevant until you get into good mouthpiece habits. Today I took your advice, and FINALLY I had the breakthrough I've been waiting for. I even started to do some double tonguing! I can't thank you enough.

  • @Ted_DiSanti
    @Ted_DiSanti 4 года назад +9

    Me trying to apply what you said at 1:16
    Alto: I guess I can do that, no big deal... I could get used to this
    Soprano: Easy as shit! This horn was made for this
    Bari: Surprisingly not that difficult
    Tenor: Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

    • @oh_love4117
      @oh_love4117 3 года назад

      Lol i thought I was the only one who thought tonguing on the tenor sax is hard af

  • @DeogratiusJrMichael
    @DeogratiusJrMichael 4 года назад +7

    damn... i realized i still have a lot to learn

  • @AcevedoDMA
    @AcevedoDMA 4 года назад +6

    Great video! I do a lot of single tonguing studies for my students in lessons and in masterclasses to teach crispness and build speed. Your book sounds similar to what I have students do, so I decided to purchase and will try to incorporate it into future masterclasses. I will make sure to shout out your page every time I present it. Thanks and keep it up!

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +3

      Thanks so much man, I appreciate that!

  • @YannisManesis
    @YannisManesis 4 года назад +4

    1:35 my hens and chickens every morning

  • @RasplinYT
    @RasplinYT 4 года назад +1

    Knowledgable likeable and a legend. Who wouldn't sub. Quality content as always Saxologic!

  • @hannahherrmann4921
    @hannahherrmann4921 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for this because nobody ever explains how to tounge better when they tell me to!

  • @darraghmccarthy6961
    @darraghmccarthy6961 4 года назад

    Why is it so peaceful with him playing music out in the garden with the birds lmao

  • @petermcdonald4957
    @petermcdonald4957 4 года назад +13

    Only a true legend makes a 135 page book on exercises for the full range for the Alto Saxophone and places it at $9.99
    Also, is there a physical copy?

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +4

      Working on the physical copy!

  • @happii_2603
    @happii_2603 4 года назад +21

    haha funny, darude sandstorm articulation
    very cool

  • @axeledwards2737
    @axeledwards2737 4 года назад +9

    Thanks, I actually wanted to start improving my tonging when u posted this lol. Also I know u play smash so you hyped for Min Min?(out of curiosity who's ur main?)

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +4

      I’m neutral about it. I’m actually disappointed they didn’t improve online :(

    • @evanchristman6110
      @evanchristman6110 4 года назад +1

      Saxologic but who’s your main tho?

  • @aarontaylor1201
    @aarontaylor1201 4 года назад

    Legend. Really trying for that crisp detached sound and this video pops up in my subscriptions

  • @barendscholtus1786
    @barendscholtus1786 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for this, I'll practice scales with different articulations from now on.
    I like you backyard btw

  • @Patrock404
    @Patrock404 4 года назад +1

    Your tone quality always amazes me!

  • @denominator208
    @denominator208 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for all of your work, Nathan. I just bought your ebook and it looks fantastic!

  • @paulinoluna3621
    @paulinoluna3621 3 года назад

    Thank you so much i just started playing sax 9 weeks ago for my middle school band and this helped me soooo much

  • @Jordan-ll5eq
    @Jordan-ll5eq 4 года назад

    Lol I thought I was the only sax player that looked into clarinet techniques thanks for the video!

  • @aadithyamanoj8543
    @aadithyamanoj8543 4 года назад +3

    Well it's good to know that I have some more benefit from playing clarinet

  • @Lucasinglesax
    @Lucasinglesax 4 года назад +17

    What book is the passage you played at the beginning from?

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +9

      Voxman Selected Studies

    • @otydal6973
      @otydal6973 4 года назад +1

      @@Saxologic That was this years 9-10 district solo, something tells me the sophomores taking lessons with you drilled it into your head lol

  • @mrsaxman3602
    @mrsaxman3602 4 года назад +2

    Tonguing staccato will always be the bane of my existence! It drives me batty cause I can never get it consistently no matter how much I damn practice x3

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +2

      Don’t lose faith!

    • @ekunsa
      @ekunsa 3 года назад

      My daughter is about to be thrown away from Music school because of bad staccato

  • @mahteef
    @mahteef 4 года назад

    Wow dude! My subscription worth it with each upload. On god we gonna get you to 50K 💪

  • @bookwormdeluxe328
    @bookwormdeluxe328 4 года назад +11

    My teacher once tried to teach me how to double and triple tounge but I never fully grasped it😂.But with this video and the tips you tell I’m starting to practice how fast I can single tounge and I think I’m gonna get to a point where I can tounge just as fast as somewon who can double or triple tounge 🥳

    • @Saxologic
      @Saxologic  4 года назад +4

      Double tonguing is going to save you, I definitely wouldn't shun double/triple tonguing!

    • @albusdumdledore5919
      @albusdumdledore5919 2 года назад

      @@TanishkKhetan def double tounging my guy

  • @tavrsii
    @tavrsii 3 года назад

    Those are the holiest first 20 seconds of a video that I have ever heard

  • @end1358
    @end1358 4 года назад +1

    Oh wow we had to play that etude in the beginning for all region thats cool

    • @ashlynmitchell7831
      @ashlynmitchell7831 4 года назад

      What is the etude called? I have a feeling it’s a ferling one but not sure

  • @Oi-mj6dv
    @Oi-mj6dv 2 года назад

    Im not a saxophone player but man from scatting like a shizo to tasty solos, my tongie is a machine gun. I wanna pick up this instrument now hahahahaha

  • @stevengu4020
    @stevengu4020 4 года назад +3

    I was practicing that piece too (:

  • @xaviermarican4557
    @xaviermarican4557 4 года назад +1

    Cool fact: I moved from clarinet to saxophone and played the sax with a clarinet embouchure for years before having to completely relearn how to play the instrument. In my experience, moving the mouthpiece angle down to where a clarinet would be is very unhelpful

  • @tibpth.S-ofun.8394
    @tibpth.S-ofun.8394 4 года назад

    Very clear man, direct and helpfull, gotta see you videos again ;)

  • @megalodonpuppet1357
    @megalodonpuppet1357 2 года назад +1

    Your good at sax I'm starting sax in band

  • @buss3796
    @buss3796 4 года назад

    The piece at the start of the song is number 2 in Selected Studies by H. Voxman, 7th line down

  • @spencerkitts8566
    @spencerkitts8566 4 года назад +1

    10/10 sound

  • @rlrihards948
    @rlrihards948 Год назад

    This dude's like a miracle right when I started my "stecatto etude"

  • @TheVoitel
    @TheVoitel 3 года назад

    Can’t talk a lot about it because I do not play nearly well enough. But I came to the understanding that instead of thinking about consonants you should focus on the movement of the tongue. Because whenever you thing about a consonant you will default to moving a lot of stuff, which is not what you want and will kill your embouchure. So what you want is to gain full control over your tongue alone.
    So I suggest: First tongue without mouthpiece and air, try to move only the tongue and keep everything else relaxed. When that works well you can try to add air at different speeds, again without moving anything else and keeping relaxed. Then you can try to add accents and stuff.

  • @victorfigueroa5663
    @victorfigueroa5663 2 года назад

    Thanks great info you are a good teacher God bless you

  • @calvin1414
    @calvin1414 4 года назад +1

    Can you do a video on sax tone?

  • @sperom88
    @sperom88 4 года назад

    Hey saxologic can you make a video about how to play and stay in tune. And what to aim for while trying to play in tune. Especially i couldn’t find sufficient information about the latter on the internet. Thanks in advance.

  • @robertgreen3702
    @robertgreen3702 3 года назад

    Thank you, Nathan, for a most helpful video.🎷😊

  • @helenmanceraromero3201
    @helenmanceraromero3201 4 года назад

    I loveee. A big hug from Colombia

  • @josheverheart7179
    @josheverheart7179 4 года назад

    Yoo, we got a man of nature 😳 thats pretty fresh

  • @jacksbee8809
    @jacksbee8809 4 года назад +1

    does this work for piano?

  • @rociodiaz6693
    @rociodiaz6693 4 года назад +4

    My teacher always tells me I’m too long

  • @hananapine4434
    @hananapine4434 3 года назад

    3:41 heyyy my wind director has us doing this on our scales too!

  • @notkylephillips9360
    @notkylephillips9360 4 года назад

    what a man right here. great content great sound very nice very nice!

  • @sknuts6429
    @sknuts6429 4 года назад +1

    Ah so that’s what that etude is supposed to sound like

  • @NotlebsEra
    @NotlebsEra 4 года назад

    awesome tips bro! Thanks🙏🏾

  • @kevinlopezvillafuerte
    @kevinlopezvillafuerte 4 года назад +1

    Me as a guitarist:
    Interesting 🤔

  • @junflute
    @junflute 3 года назад

    This was actually useful.

  • @georgetucci9443
    @georgetucci9443 4 года назад

    Very good info. Thanks for sharing!

  • @nicholaswise5818
    @nicholaswise5818 4 года назад

    I SHIT YOU NOT I STARTED PLAYING THE MUSIC ON THE THUMBNAIL YESTERDAY

  • @rusty728
    @rusty728 Год назад

    Great thanks

  • @jamesmcleish6990
    @jamesmcleish6990 4 года назад

    Awesome video man, appreciate it

  • @HB-ve4wi
    @HB-ve4wi 4 года назад

    Awesome as always!

  • @MaddoxHumphries
    @MaddoxHumphries Год назад

    2:46 is the best frame of the whole video lol
    Jokes aside, this part - as silly as it looks - actually helped me tongue a whole lot better and faster because it gave me a good visual for what should be happening while I tongue.

  • @marvinparadroid
    @marvinparadroid 4 года назад

    Thanks for the tips man!

  • @kickstrument.8310
    @kickstrument.8310 4 года назад

    you are a good dude , thanks for the advice.

  • @thunderninja9819
    @thunderninja9819 4 года назад +2

    How do u move ur toungue that fast when I try to toungue I can’t even move it near that fast

    • @datmangotho9618
      @datmangotho9618 4 года назад

      ThunderNinja6000 Same just moving my tongue saying tatatatatata I’m super slow D:

  • @gusmarrero
    @gusmarrero 4 года назад

    Great tips and will definitely follow.... thanks.

  • @Cooproxx
    @Cooproxx 4 года назад

    This was one of my old lesson pieces..

  • @blackwaterband1405
    @blackwaterband1405 4 года назад

    very nice video

  • @lumiphuu5436
    @lumiphuu5436 Год назад

    finished the video when i realized i play horn

  • @zacharyescobar6668
    @zacharyescobar6668 4 года назад

    i love your videos!!!!

  • @megalodonpuppet1357
    @megalodonpuppet1357 Год назад

    What's that book with the music you played in the intro

  • @ithebeann
    @ithebeann 4 года назад +1

    nice

  • @hezekiahdaggett2179
    @hezekiahdaggett2179 4 года назад +1

    I need a guide on how to master something, anything, even just a simple lick

  • @jamesbanks5597
    @jamesbanks5597 3 года назад

    The highest I can get my single tonguing for a whole minute at 16th notes is 188-120. I can do 140 for a measure or 2. I play trumpet though, don’t know if it’s supposed to be different or not

  • @patrickshea5596
    @patrickshea5596 2 года назад

    I have a problem. 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.

  • @papitoredmusic1
    @papitoredmusic1 3 года назад

    Try some caribbean merengue tonguing. #insane especially Dominican merengue.

  • @__son
    @__son 4 года назад

    Jazz song recommendations for tenor sax

  • @stevent5196
    @stevent5196 4 года назад

    Very nice man

  • @anobesewalnut8yearsago994
    @anobesewalnut8yearsago994 4 года назад

    Nice

  • @Ian-oe9xn
    @Ian-oe9xn 4 года назад +1

    Play yardbird suite in your yard with the birds

  • @rrgaming8248
    @rrgaming8248 Год назад

    No matter what I try nothing works my separation doesn’t get any faster

  • @andreuromeroelias8341
    @andreuromeroelias8341 3 года назад

    Everytime I am practicing this I stumble at the 6th or 7th note, and I don't know how to build up speed/technique in that. I've seen this video so many times and I have also talked with my personal teacher about this but nothing feels like it's helping; how can I improve?

  • @sisi9007
    @sisi9007 3 года назад

    Please, what does slur mean? :D is it like legato? Thank you.

  • @1Blablz
    @1Blablz 3 года назад

    So basically tonguing soznds more classical and slurry sounds more jazzy?

  • @raseshgandhi6702
    @raseshgandhi6702 3 года назад

    Beauuuutiful information
    Thank you so much
    I'm age of 58 begginar

  • @rodrigoandrade1477
    @rodrigoandrade1477 4 года назад

    Hi Men!!! I'm Rodrigo on trombone. Brazil

  • @hafizh28
    @hafizh28 4 года назад

    Try il vento doro

  • @iansmith7186
    @iansmith7186 4 года назад +1

    Does this apply to classical tenor saxophone playing as well?

  • @hania88888
    @hania88888 4 года назад

    my tongue is too slow. what should i do

  • @daniell6557
    @daniell6557 4 года назад +1

    Nice neckbeard Nathan. Keepin it classy ;)

  • @kehdaisy6131
    @kehdaisy6131 4 года назад +4

    I'm famous!

  • @azirodriguez9412
    @azirodriguez9412 4 года назад

    this was uploaded in 4am in my place lol

  • @willipuga
    @willipuga 4 года назад +3

    👍

  • @alguien2172
    @alguien2172 4 года назад

    Casi no te entiendo pero te amo

  • @lfharris893
    @lfharris893 4 года назад

    Nc all district vibes

  • @0acobb
    @0acobb 4 года назад

    nice vid

  • @brentwhorton7777
    @brentwhorton7777 4 года назад

    I wish I had a beard like yours