BTW - The pentatonics patterns course is great. I'm going through it and really enjoying it. I like the cut to the chase method of getting to where I can play rockin' solos. Thanks bro. Well worth the price of the course.
I played alto sax in high school band back in the '60s, and although I never had lessons, decades ago I stumbled across Sigurd Rascher's "Top Tones" book, but could never figure out how to do more than a couple overtones on the low Bb. From the '90s I slowly learned by trial and error in weekly church worship band rehearsals to do simple improv on alto and then tenor. Last year (at age 65), I found Jay's pentatonic courses, and committed to practice at least 15 minutes every day. I also took his advice on doing just a bit of overtone work in each practice session. After about three months, it just started to click and I started finding the altissimo notes. However, it's taken patience for a year to get to where I can now RELIABLY play all the altissimo notes on Jay's fingering chart and I'm getting close to actually using them live. It's basically the brain, the air flow, and the inner mouth muscles and tongue figuring out what they need to do to produce each note. For me, the proper positioning of the tongue along with that high intensity puff of air from the diaphragm to get the reed vibrating the overtone immediately is key. Practicing the overtones daily will help your body figure out what needs to happen for those higher tones. It's definitely NOT biting. And the correct hardness of the reed for the mouthpiece is also an important factor. Right now I'm having the most success on my tenor with a Vandoren V16 T7 mouthpiece and a Legere 2 1/4 reed. For daily altissimo practice, I love the consistency of the synthetic reed. So don't give up! You can crack the code!
@@bettersax Thanks, Jay. Your courses, regular videos (you went the extra mile with that Rigotti reed video!), and the Anytune Pro+ app for slowed down repetitive rehearsals of challenging licks have revolutionized my practice time. It's taken months for me to learn your Amazing Grace improv tiny piece by tiny piece, but when I first heard it I said "I need to learn that!" Through that piece I've learned fingering habits to facilitate clean playing of faster licks that I wish I'd learned decades ago.
Im kind of knew to the saxophone scene but.im getting better a lot faster that expected. Do you think with your experience that I should go for a better mouthpiece
I just got a sax yesterday and have been having so much fun learning. I have been soaking in so much info from so many different people, and they are all great. Your stuff seems to be on another level though. I already signed up for the beginner course and the crash course (got the pentatonic scale memorized and looking forward to the next video) and I can see myself getting really stuck in and getting better. Keep up the great work!
I hit altissimo G on the tenor for the first time while watching this video for the first time!!! Thank you so much for the insight! Been trying for over a year.
I owe you a debt of gratitude for this,I`ve been pinching for 30 years,always knew it was not correct b/c the overtones weren't present...I practicing according to your instruction here...need to get the "plaid" out but it`s coming..thanks again man..
Wow. What a great video. I've struggled with these high notes for years! This video really simplified and clarified what I need to do differently! Thanks so much. I'll let you know how it works out for me.
Thank you for this video. I’m a professional clarinettist, needing to improve my sax skills for an upcoming show. Finally got the feeling in embouchure needed for altissimo after watching your tutorial 😊
Just found your channel. This is a good lesson. I stumbled on this method. I wish I had figured it out earlier. Anyway, another key "trick" for me was finally figuring out how to get my throat position correct to speed up the air column for hitting the overtonez/altissimo notes. I found using the throat position you get when pronouncing the letter Q. Getting the back of your tounge high in the throat with the initial attack, then the lift in the tounge immediately after initiating the sound: "ke-yew." As opposed to saying the letter K. Same attack, but the back of your tounge drops for the "ay" sound. The air column slows down. Just like holding your thumb over the end of a garden hose, the tounge position in "Q" creates the restriction to speed up the air column. The front of your mouth stays open and allows for a good embouchure without pinching.
You are by far the most helpful instructor that I have found here on RUclips so far. Thanks so much for your work and knowledge sharing, your videos help me immensely. I owe much of my duo's success to your digital mentorship! I'm starting to get my altissimo out thanks to this one! :)
I’ve been playing saxophone for a long time maybe 50 years professionally, and I recently changed from a hard rubber to a metal mouthpiece and suddenly I can get all the Altissimo notes but I couldn’t connect them until I did what you suggested of learning the front keys as opposed to the Palm keys. This allowed me to immediately connect all the notes from high E to the C above that. Now I need to check out the more in tune fingerings. thank you so much, great stuff!
My State University Professor would not help with this lesson. It was up to me to develop this altissimo register on my own. Now, thanks to this short Vid... I can now get altissimo register. You're the rockin' guy! Tom K
I MUST TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD LESSONS! BEFOR,WNEN I WAS YUNGRE I PLAYED ON PIANO AND FLURE.WHEN I WAS 33 YEARS OLD I VE BAYED MY FIRST SAX B@S -GERMANY.AND I UNDERSTAND,THAT TENOR SOUND IS MY SOUND! AND I GO FOREWORD,TO BE BETTER DAY BY DAY! YOU ARE AN GOOD TEACHER!THANKS AGAIN!
I have several of the Better Sax courses and practice them daily. These are some of, if not the best courses for building solid core skills. I consider myself an intermediate level player and I still get a ton of great workouts from the pentatonic and improv courses. So I have to believe the info in this video and on the the worksheet will be helpful as well.
than you so much! I wanted to learn that, because reasons, and found this course, downloaded the pdf, and hit a high Bb, and I think c on accident with the g fingering. really helpful, earned you a sub.
Thank you very much for the video. I especially appreciate the last tip, ie. to work on something else and be better at it first. Horse before the cart. However, this Altissimo bugger is driving me crazy. As soon as I drive past the F#, I hit the ceiling, and I wanted the G and G#. Various fingering charts I tried ended up with indifferent results. The reason is explained in this video. Because I am so attached to the Palm keys to hit the F#, to suddenly change all that finger positions for G and G# become a chaotic event. The author's suggestion to abandon the Palm keys and use the front keys makes much sense. It is a paradigm shift, but I believe it is a worthwhile investment.
Thank you for sharing this video. I've been playing alto saxophone for 3 years and a half. I bought a tenor and I think it's easier to play altissimo notes on alto than on tenor. Actually, the notes sound higher than the note I try to play. For exemple, when I try to play a G, I play Something much higher, as I'm playing my alto. :)
thanks, within a short amount of time I have achieved being able to hit e-f (sometimes f sharp and g) whenever and being able to get to a weird in between a and b flat through scale.
As usual a very helpful and well explained lesson Jay. Don't know how you managed to publish it in the middle of Thanksgiving celebrations. If that ain't called dedication, I don't know what it is :)
I realize I'm two years late to this party, but... The one thing I find very helpful, that you didn't mention, is being able to "audialize" the notes you want to play. That is, you should be able to hear, in your mind's ear, the notes you're trying to play. Even with the fingerings, altissimo notes don't just pop out. You have to know what the note should sound like, and be able to adjust your embouchure and throat to make it speak. The long tones help train your muscle memory to be able to reproduce it on demand. (disclaimer: I've played or ~29 years, but I'm still just an amateur)
@@BrunoNeureiter Listen to the pitch in your head. It's the MOST important thing when singing or playing a brass instrument, it's slightly less important on woodwinds, but since altissimo deals with harmonics you really wanna imagine the pitch in your head (or audiate).
Don't know how long you have been doing youtube videos, but wished I would have had these videos prior to being a music school drop out. You're videos are awesome! Even though I don't play anymore, I watch and enjoy them.
Make sure you add to these kind of explanatory videos that the keycombinations C/B/Bb and QF (opens just as far as when using high Fkey seperately) and the lowerhand combination to Bbkey are working properly. Any minor disfunctions in those combinations will hold you back in reaching a good result.
i have a tenor and alto sax. i can get up to a G with ease on my tenor but on alto its harder for me. I can do it yes but its quite hefty to do. I also seriously cant get to a G# or above so this video certainly will help me improve. Thank you!
I think the main problem with altissimo is that many people try to get those altissimo notes out immediately after they learn high f and f#. They dont try to refine their tone with the high notes and make them sound clear and nice. All the points you made in your video are very solid and amazing. What I mentioned at the top is what I'm seeing with my high school
Hi Jay. Thanks for the great lesson. How about putting up the score for your into lick? I really like it? On your website in the members are would be fine! thanks.
hey man! thanks for the instructions. I'm trying to hit altissimo E using the f key but pressing down button #3 covers the top octave hole. I'm able to hit altissimo F# easily though. What do you think is the problem?
Hi Jay, Thanks for the great video! Behind the download link you included at the end, there seems to be only a page with fingerings on it, but not a work sheet which you mention in your video. In there a chance to get this work sheet? Thanks in advance. BR, Michael
I tried so many techniques in my playing days almost 20 years ago and could never hit altissimo register notes. My main issue was difficulty hitting high E & F using alternate fingerings. I could only ever get them with the palm keys.
hi. thanks for the information G. (by fingering) Better please tell me where you can find the fingering of 3 and 4 actors on the tenor saxophone. thank.
For me it's also depends on the condition of your saxophone and what reeds are you using. Sometimes I hit the G in tenor but I don't know what is the A B but I know the C D E in 4th octave
I'm playing 1st alto on this tune called Roman Notes, and there's a part where it goes to an altissimo A. No matter what I do, I can never seem to get even close to an altissimo G/A. Hopefully this video will help!
Hi, I've got a Tenorsax Selmer Mark VI (SerieNr. 164XXX), and the fingering doesn't work to play high G. I am familiar with sharp f, but I use the "Alto-fingering " on my tenorsax. Do you have any suggestions for me to try other fingerings? Thanks and many greetings from Switzerland!
Without reading so much comments here below in one ore more where possibly this is already pointet out I recomend strongly to adjust front-F-buton on the saxophone in the way that while pressing it (by index finger of course), the high-F-key is opening just a tiny little bit wich is bringing out high G very much easier. There for one might have to change the fingerings for high E(+G#little finger), F, F# a bit. I got this suggestion from Eugene Rouseau´s book "Saxophone high tones" as well as from saxrepairmen around here (Zürich).
why teachers cannot be just like you? you are not trying to impress with BS like many do, there are those who try to be funny but they are not, and there are those showing that they know so much, they may even know perhaps but who cares they are not here to show off they are supposed to teach. anyway there something about you that is simple an genuine and just fits you to be my kind of teacher. thank you
I don’t have any attachment keys on my saxophone which is a tenor but this would still work with the front fingerings you’ve shown? I’m going to have to experiment with that
Old video, but I’ve been practicing overtones and recently managed to get up to Altissimo G! I can usually hit it without even building up to it, and J can tongue on the note or play long tones on it! I’ve been attempting higher notes like G# or A but i’ve really been struggling after G, he says G is a hard note to hit so I’m confused why I’m unable to hit G# or A. Anyone have any tips other than practicing more overtones?
Hey I’m trying to download the worksheet but I’m having trouble navigating to the part of the website that has that, I’m currently on the page that has 8 quick altissimo tips and altissimo fingerings one which indeed has the fingerings but neither has the practice worksheets
Please show what finger you lift on right hand to get high G. Are you using a hard reed. I have to use the middle C to get anything On my 1958 VI. Help
BTW - The pentatonics patterns course is great. I'm going through it and really enjoying it. I like the cut to the chase method of getting to where I can play rockin' solos. Thanks bro. Well worth the price of the course.
I played alto sax in high school band back in the '60s, and although I never had lessons, decades ago I stumbled across Sigurd Rascher's "Top Tones" book, but could never figure out how to do more than a couple overtones on the low Bb. From the '90s I slowly learned by trial and error in weekly church worship band rehearsals to do simple improv on alto and then tenor. Last year (at age 65), I found Jay's pentatonic courses, and committed to practice at least 15 minutes every day. I also took his advice on doing just a bit of overtone work in each practice session. After about three months, it just started to click and I started finding the altissimo notes. However, it's taken patience for a year to get to where I can now RELIABLY play all the altissimo notes on Jay's fingering chart and I'm getting close to actually using them live. It's basically the brain, the air flow, and the inner mouth muscles and tongue figuring out what they need to do to produce each note. For me, the proper positioning of the tongue along with that high intensity puff of air from the diaphragm to get the reed vibrating the overtone immediately is key. Practicing the overtones daily will help your body figure out what needs to happen for those higher tones. It's definitely NOT biting. And the correct hardness of the reed for the mouthpiece is also an important factor. Right now I'm having the most success on my tenor with a Vandoren V16 T7 mouthpiece and a Legere 2 1/4 reed. For daily altissimo practice, I love the consistency of the synthetic reed. So don't give up! You can crack the code!
Sounds like you’re getting the reward for sticking with it over the long term.
@@bettersax Thanks, Jay. Your courses, regular videos (you went the extra mile with that Rigotti reed video!), and the Anytune Pro+ app for slowed down repetitive rehearsals of challenging licks have revolutionized my practice time. It's taken months for me to learn your Amazing Grace improv tiny piece by tiny piece, but when I first heard it I said "I need to learn that!" Through that piece I've learned fingering habits to facilitate clean playing of faster licks that I wish I'd learned decades ago.
Im kind of knew to the saxophone scene but.im getting better a lot faster that expected. Do you think with your experience that I should go for a better mouthpiece
As always - an excellent tutorial on the subject! Finally starting to get those high notes. Thanks Jay, it really helps.
This has to be one of the best tutorials on altissimo and the high G given here works like a charm on my alto. Thank you, Jay
I just got a sax yesterday and have been having so much fun learning. I have been soaking in so much info from so many different people, and they are all great. Your stuff seems to be on another level though. I already signed up for the beginner course and the crash course (got the pentatonic scale memorized and looking forward to the next video) and I can see myself getting really stuck in and getting better. Keep up the great work!
I love your lessons, ever since I fell in love with the sax, I have followed your classes. Thank you for all your advice. 😊
I hit altissimo G on the tenor for the first time while watching this video for the first time!!! Thank you so much for the insight! Been trying for over a year.
I owe you a debt of gratitude for this,I`ve been pinching for 30 years,always knew it was not correct b/c the overtones weren't present...I practicing according to your instruction here...need to get the "plaid" out but it`s coming..thanks again man..
Jay, you are a dear man with the heart of a true teacher.
Overtones help tremendously with throat position etc and pre hearing the tone helps as far as being in tune. Great lesson Jay!
Wow, a whole new world opens up with these high E and high F fingerings, great. Thanks!
Many thanks for this video! It unlocked my alto saxophone for me!
This is the best video on altissimo I have seen. Great work Jay!
Thank You Dan.
muchas gracias! me sirven mucho tus clases!! Excelente forma de enseñar!
Bro u r the best you have always helped me when I needed help and I play better every time I see ur vids thanks alot
Wow. What a great video. I've struggled with these high notes for years! This video really simplified and clarified what I need to do differently! Thanks so much. I'll let you know how it works out for me.
Great lesson, thank you so much! 😀
The lessons have helped so much
I enjoy every lesson. Many other tutorials confuse me alot. Thanks for your patience I really value your expertise.
Thank you for this video. I’m a professional clarinettist, needing to improve my sax skills for an upcoming show. Finally got the feeling in embouchure needed for altissimo after watching your tutorial 😊
Just found your channel. This is a good lesson. I stumbled on this method. I wish I had figured it out earlier. Anyway, another key "trick" for me was finally figuring out how to get my throat position correct to speed up the air column for hitting the overtonez/altissimo notes. I found using the throat position you get when pronouncing the letter Q. Getting the back of your tounge high in the throat with the initial attack, then the lift in the tounge immediately after initiating the sound: "ke-yew." As opposed to saying the letter K. Same attack, but the back of your tounge drops for the "ay" sound. The air column slows down. Just like holding your thumb over the end of a garden hose, the tounge position in "Q" creates the restriction to speed up the air column. The front of your mouth stays open and allows for a good embouchure without pinching.
You are by far the most helpful instructor that I have found here on RUclips so far. Thanks so much for your work and knowledge sharing, your videos help me immensely. I owe much of my duo's success to your digital mentorship! I'm starting to get my altissimo out thanks to this one! :)
+Traven Michaels That means a lot to me. It's very rewarding to hear feedback like that.
i agree... some videos tell its a piece of cake to do altissimo.. but no.. its hards
Traven: I agree.
You should try saxophone academy ( not saying Jay is bad he’s great)
I’ve been playing saxophone for a long time maybe 50 years professionally, and I recently changed from a hard rubber to a metal mouthpiece and suddenly I can get all the Altissimo notes but I couldn’t connect them until I did what you suggested of learning the front keys as opposed to the Palm keys. This allowed me to immediately connect all the notes from high E to the C above that. Now I need to check out the more in tune fingerings.
thank you so much, great stuff!
Great!
My State University Professor would not help with this lesson. It was up to me to develop this altissimo register on my own. Now, thanks to this short Vid... I can now get altissimo register. You're the rockin' guy! Tom K
I MUST TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD LESSONS! BEFOR,WNEN I WAS YUNGRE I PLAYED ON PIANO AND FLURE.WHEN I WAS 33 YEARS OLD I VE BAYED MY FIRST SAX B@S -GERMANY.AND I UNDERSTAND,THAT TENOR SOUND IS MY SOUND! AND I GO FOREWORD,TO BE BETTER DAY BY DAY! YOU ARE AN GOOD TEACHER!THANKS AGAIN!
I'll be doing this soon. Thank you. Very clear.
I have several of the Better Sax courses and practice them daily. These are some of, if not the best courses for building solid core skills. I consider myself an intermediate level player and I still get a ton of great workouts from the pentatonic and improv courses. So I have to believe the info in this video and on the the worksheet will be helpful as well.
+Craig Miller Thanks! great to hear from you.
I tried Altissimo G on Alto and I endeded up reaching a Altissimo C
Well, you hit the next overtone series ;)
Good job tho
Baritone Saxophone for bari I use the leak key as altissimo a🤣 I have a yanigasawa tho
I did too, I think. it may have not been C, but I went higher than I should.
I have a leaky pad that makes my altissimo G an altissimo B
This is such a great resource. Thank you.
Man, I'm loving this! Thanks, so much!
than you so much! I wanted to learn that, because reasons, and found this course, downloaded the pdf, and hit a high Bb, and I think c on accident with the g fingering. really helpful, earned you a sub.
This was a big help! I am playing in Rocky Horror Picture and my parts on tenor are just filled with altissimo notes!
Although I'm a total novice with Alto Sax you have a great way of explaining the methods, thanks
Thank you very much for the video. I especially appreciate the last tip, ie. to work on something else and be better at it first. Horse before the cart. However, this Altissimo bugger is driving me crazy. As soon as I drive past the F#, I hit the ceiling, and I wanted the G and G#. Various fingering charts I tried ended up with indifferent results. The reason is explained in this video. Because I am so attached to the Palm keys to hit the F#, to suddenly change all that finger positions for G and G# become a chaotic event. The author's suggestion to abandon the Palm keys and use the front keys makes much sense. It is a paradigm shift, but I believe it is a worthwhile investment.
Thank you for sharing this video. I've been playing alto saxophone for 3 years and a half. I bought a tenor and I think it's easier to play altissimo notes on alto than on tenor. Actually, the notes sound higher than the note I try to play. For exemple, when I try to play a G, I play Something much higher, as I'm playing my alto. :)
Thanks! depending on reed type that G is coming out unevenly. Practice makes perfect! thanks for all your trainings.
Yeah, I have been getting out several altissimo notes on tenor quite consistently. But not G, though. So this will help. Thanks a lot.
Great video!
Taught me the notes on alto sax.
Great!! Thank you so much.
Front E - 2:44
Front F - 4:08
Front F# - 7:13
Front G - 9:42
Thank you very really help me you are the best mr jay
Me watching this a day before I even start playing tenor
Practice!
I *might* get an alto sax this summer, but I don't even know
Lol same
hey guys switched to bari this year 😗
@@dniym-vw5mp that’s so cool! I’m happy that you stuck to saxophone (:
Thanks!
thanks, within a short amount of time I have achieved being able to hit e-f (sometimes f sharp and g) whenever and being able to get to a weird in between a and b flat through scale.
As usual a very helpful and well explained lesson Jay. Don't know how you managed to publish it in the middle of Thanksgiving celebrations. If that ain't called dedication, I don't know what it is :)
+Thierry Martin Thanks, I'm burning the candle at both ends!
This helped so much I can play high f sharp consistently now and I'm getting close to playing g
Thanks, it helps me lots!!!
For sure it is a project for down the road. I DO do the overtones because it seems very effective improving sound.
I realize I'm two years late to this party, but... The one thing I find very helpful, that you didn't mention, is being able to "audialize" the notes you want to play. That is, you should be able to hear, in your mind's ear, the notes you're trying to play. Even with the fingerings, altissimo notes don't just pop out. You have to know what the note should sound like, and be able to adjust your embouchure and throat to make it speak. The long tones help train your muscle memory to be able to reproduce it on demand. (disclaimer: I've played or ~29 years, but I'm still just an amateur)
Did you mean audiate?
@@BrunoNeureiter Listen to the pitch in your head. It's the MOST important thing when singing or playing a brass instrument, it's slightly less important on woodwinds, but since altissimo deals with harmonics you really wanna imagine the pitch in your head (or audiate).
I completely agree " You have to think that note you want to play on the right pich ",
just like with overtones.
Don't know how long you have been doing youtube videos, but wished I would have had these videos prior to being a music school drop out. You're videos are awesome! Even though I don't play anymore, I watch and enjoy them.
Thanks!
Make sure you add to these kind of explanatory videos that the keycombinations C/B/Bb and QF (opens just as far as when using high Fkey seperately) and the lowerhand combination to Bbkey are working properly. Any minor disfunctions in those combinations will hold you back in reaching a good result.
Ill work hard to just start with This :0 love ur vids :))
Thanks Jay!
Thx for the lesson, really helpful! I finally found m G:)
Я всё ещё ищу и ищу😱🤣
i have a tenor and alto sax. i can get up to a G with ease on my tenor but on alto its harder for me. I can do it yes but its quite hefty to do. I also seriously cant get to a G# or above so this video certainly will help me improve. Thank you!
love you man!
I think the main problem with altissimo is that many people try to get those altissimo notes out immediately after they learn high f and f#. They dont try to refine their tone with the high notes and make them sound clear and nice. All the points you made in your video are very solid and amazing. What I mentioned at the top is what I'm seeing with my high school
*_Leo P Wants To Know Your Location_*
Yeet Inc. good one but he plays baritissimo
Kaleb James it still was a good one
I straight up came from the video of Leo P at the BBC proms
Kaleb James you mean baritone? BarAtissimo is a subway sandwich
Bark Simpson it’s a joke
I just hit an altissimo g and c, thanks for the video!
thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you so much
Thank you.
Thank you sir
Thank you so much I can hit double alt A's now
Thank you sir.
God bless 🙏
Thanks :) My old horn has no F# key and this fingering combo works for the F# (severl do) but not the high G.
thanks a lot !!!
Very helpful
ohhhh niceeeee!
Very very lovely❤❤❤
I love playing D by fingering a G, and blowing to the next harmonic overtone. It's very reliable, and I love the sound.
After watching this video I hit high G within 20 minutes, I highly recommend this video ❤️👍🏾
Love You , u are wonderful 🎷🎷🎶
Hi Jay. Thanks for the great lesson. How about putting up the score for your into lick? I really like it? On your website in the members are would be fine! thanks.
"Maybe work on Something Else" - That's a brilliant thought. Thank you.
it works!
thanks
hey man! thanks for the instructions. I'm trying to hit altissimo E using the f key but pressing down button #3 covers the top octave hole. I'm able to hit altissimo F# easily though. What do you think is the problem?
Jay I need more understanding on the high front e fingering please help, thanks
Is the octave key supposed to open on the neck when playing front E? I can get the front F but not front E.
No the octave key stays down when you use the third finger in the left hand (G)
Hi Jay,
Thanks for the great video!
Behind the download link you included at the end, there seems to be only a page with fingerings on it, but not a work sheet which you mention in your video. In there a chance to get this work sheet?
Thanks in advance. BR, Michael
Lenny Pickett, anyone? Thank you for the lesson. Very informative.
Hi Great video....any chance you could provide the fingerings for C# up to E altissimo? Many thanks
everyone’s support in the comments convinced me to subscribe 🙌
I tried so many techniques in my playing days almost 20 years ago and could never hit altissimo register notes. My main issue was difficulty hitting high E & F using alternate fingerings. I could only ever get them with the palm keys.
hi. thanks for the information G. (by fingering) Better please tell me where you can find the fingering of 3 and 4 actors on the tenor saxophone. thank.
I had no problems playing altissimo on tenor saxophone
For me it's also depends on the condition of your saxophone and what reeds are you using. Sometimes I hit the G in tenor but I don't know what is the A B but I know the C D E in 4th octave
For anyone having trouble with the g on alto I use the that fingering but I press the front a key also
Does this work on soprano and Bari too? I’m also a tenor tho so this was very helpful
I'm playing 1st alto on this tune called Roman Notes, and there's a part where it goes to an altissimo A. No matter what I do, I can never seem to get even close to an altissimo G/A. Hopefully this video will help!
Hi, I've got a Tenorsax Selmer Mark VI (SerieNr. 164XXX), and the fingering doesn't work to play high G. I am familiar with sharp f, but I use the "Alto-fingering " on my tenorsax. Do you have any suggestions for me to try other fingerings? Thanks and many greetings from Switzerland!
Without reading so much comments here below in one ore more where possibly this is already pointet out I recomend strongly to adjust front-F-buton on the saxophone in the way that while pressing it (by index finger of course), the high-F-key is opening just a tiny little bit wich is bringing out high G very much easier. There for one might have to change the fingerings for high E(+G#little finger), F, F# a bit. I got this suggestion from Eugene Rouseau´s book "Saxophone high tones" as well as from saxrepairmen around here (Zürich).
I just yesterday learned how to play every altissimo note on my alto sax, and for some reason they are all easier than the front E.
why teachers cannot be just like you? you are not trying to impress with BS like many do, there are those who try to be funny but they are not, and there are those showing that they know so much, they may even know perhaps but who cares they are not here to show off they are supposed to teach. anyway there something about you that is simple an genuine and just fits you to be my kind of teacher. thank you
I don’t have any attachment keys on my saxophone which is a tenor but this would still work with the front fingerings you’ve shown? I’m going to have to experiment with that
Old video, but I’ve been practicing overtones and recently managed to get up to Altissimo G! I can usually hit it without even building up to it, and J can tongue on the note or play long tones on it! I’ve been attempting higher notes like G# or A but i’ve really been struggling after G, he says G is a hard note to hit so I’m confused why I’m unable to hit G# or A. Anyone have any tips other than practicing more overtones?
Hey I’m trying to download the worksheet but I’m having trouble navigating to the part of the website that has that, I’m currently on the page that has 8 quick altissimo tips and altissimo fingerings one which indeed has the fingerings but neither has the practice worksheets
Please show what finger you lift on right hand to get high G. Are you using a hard reed. I have to use the middle C to get anything
On my 1958 VI. Help