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 Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:37 pm
Hello!!!
I've been playing the alto saxophone for little more then a year and I am finding that I do not have a pleasant tone. Does anyone have any tips at all that might help me improve??
Thank you so much!
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:51 am
It might be your reed. If it is, you may want to change to a different brand or a different size. If it's not that, then make sure you tighten the corners of your mouth when you play.
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:53 am
longtones. xd
also, use proper breath support from your lungs if you don't already. you want to be pushing from your stomach when you play.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:18 pm
Well, to have a nice tone on alto you need lots of air, the ability to control your dynamics, and musicianship. I hate to say this ,but half of the people in this guild are not musicians. Making music your own and playing with your soul are the only ways to MAKE MUSIC. Otherwise, you are just a robot playing a piece of metal/wood/plastic/polyerethane. Work on getting into the music and your tone should develop.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:44 pm
this is gonna sound really weird but wen i play i think of redwood, like really pretty, hard wood. i think if u visualise the sound as like a color or substance u find "warm" and full and pretty, then its easier to sound good. (@ least it works 4 me)
Edit: or ribbons... sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:54 pm
Chipmunk cheeks!!!
make sure your cheeks arent puffing out when you blow (of course unless you recently got braces)
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:04 pm
Again longtones. Simply play a scale using 3-4 whole note length notes per one in the scale. Relax and keep practicing. It took me 3 years to get a not harsh tone and I'm finding my tone pleasant now after just over five years.
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:24 pm
Probably the most likely reason for this is a reed problem, have you moved up in reed strenghts at all? Your Sax may have a leak in beetween the keypads or there might be something else wrong. How are you using your air stream? that might affect it. Air support was and is one of my worst problems, so that could also be it.
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Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:39 pm
well my band teacher and all of us at South East Guilford High do this. 1) The reed i use is Vandoran or something that starts with a V i don't remember how to spell lol and make sure it is size 3. 2) Blow nice warm fast air into your instrument. And 3) Sit up straight, back against the chair, both feet flat on the ground and then go... lol
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:57 am
Well......
Make sure you tounge your notes, and not huff them out.
Don't puff your cheeks.
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