Hey guys!!!
I play tenor sax and I love riffing around and having fun trying to play all those famous jazz and rock and roll sax solo`s. I just won`t feel complete without that growl sound. Can anyone give me some tips????

Try humming while you play, it produces a nice, even growl.

Thanks Silcio

Ok, that way is ok i guess, but it can hurt your throat. Try lightly humming a different note then the one you`re playing, It is easier and will give you a more strident and growly tone. On dance band solo`s and rock solo`s I play with a growl...it`s fun sometimes.

Ok, I`m a seventh grader in jazz band, lead tenor, and how is it possible to hum well you play? Can you explain that to me? But on a different note, if really want your sax to growl get an older sax, they just dont make`um like they used to.

Just hum, then put your sax in your mouth, and experiment with it, it`ll come if you want it to.

How would you know Alex your only like 13. But im sure back in the day all that Sax`s growled huh. and you used to have to walk 15 miles in the snow. Lol dumbass.

What are you talking about? I could growl in 6th grade, the same year I started saxophone. Age doesn`t matter. It`s actually quite easy to hum and play, but it takes some coordination at first, and more skill than you might think to continue humming for awhile. It`s just a matter of practicing.

And having an older sax means nothing actually....my brand new sax that was made recently growls the ugliest (by ugliest i mean perfect) sound....

hay dudes!!! i need som advice....... i play tenor & in order 4 me 2 play the lower notes like low c...(123-123-bottom pinkie) i hav 2 use more wind/air. is that normal?¿

ALEX, I totaly agrey with you, age dosen`t mater, I`m in 7th grage too and I can growl great, I would realy like to further, keep sending mesiges

I thought 7th graders knew how to spell? grage, agrey? Just a thought, look over your messages before you post...everyone makes mistakes, it`s just unpleasent to read ones that have issues with simple words.

Hope I haven`t come across mean or offensive, it`s not that way and if you think it is....go suck a lemon!

Sorry, I forgot to look it over

That`s fine, it`s just hard to read No offence taken i hope.

I don`t take stuff like that in a bad way