Ok, I`ve heard a few things about different sax tones and stuff, and don`t have a clue what your talking about. The only terms I know are vibrato and growling and smearing, or thats what I know I can do. (well, a little smearing not much) I`ve heard things about split-tones and stuff, so can someone explain please? overtones to, cause I thought they were altissimo but they`re not then what omg Im clueless

Overtones are sounds that are part of a note for example when you play a C the overtones are C, G, C1, E1, G1, B flat 1, C2....etc. This is why a C sounds so natural over a C major chord, because all those tones (overtones) are being produced, you just cannot distinguish them from one another, what you hear is a C. Fortunately with a saxophone we are able to play the overtones. On a saxophone you can finger low C and by manipulating your throat muscles (try not to tighten your embouchore although it`s difficult not to when you start to get really high) you will be able to produce a C one octive above or C1 G1 C2 E2 G2 B flat 2, C3....etc, you can see the pattern. You can play the overtone series using Low B flat, low B and low C fingerings. Being able to play the overtone series (in my opinion) is crucial in being able to play effectively and in tune in the altissimo register. A perfect example was when my professor played an altissimo C then took her fingers off the sax then started randomly hitting the keys, all the while maintaining that C, this was to prove that altissmo is the manipulation of throat muscles, the fingerings just help us get there. For more about the overtone series and altissimo register pick up the book "Voicing An approach to the saxophone`s third register" by Sinta and Dabney. There are other good books out there about the altissimo, but I recommend this book because if you move on to college saxophone more than likely you will be required to buy this book. whew
Split-tones or multiphonics (I think I said that right) are fingerings on the saxophone in which you can produce 2 or more notes at the same time. Play a low B and lift up your ring finger (D key) you should be able to produce a multiphonic. Its just like overtones, you have to manipulate your throat muscles in order to do it. Unfortunately I have not really experimented with this, because it is not a really common thing for a saxophone to play. Maybe someone else can give you more advice on this than I can, but at least I can define it for you a little bit.

Good luck
CJ

thanks I printed that lol

I do have top tones for sax, but I havn`t looked at it much. Perhaps I will now though.