hey i`m a self-thought clarinetist.... and now i have my own alto sax, so i`m trying to self-learn again.... i can get nearly all the notes except low C and low B.... am i being affected by the clarinet embouchure or what?

n the neckstrap is a bit too short... are there longer ones??? i`m using the one given in a Yamaha YAS-23 ..

** i meant self-taught... i got the wrong word.. =P

try to loosen up on the lips alot, and breath in air slower. atlesat thats what worked for me when i played alto, now i play tenor

thanks... following your tip, i can get it .. but still not solid.... i`ll keep trying =)

my boyfriend is a sax player and has been playing longer than me. but when my band director switched him from alto to tenor he could not get the low notes. all you have to do is loosen up your embrochure, and sometimes it helps by pointing your chin either up or down. but the best thing to do is practise!

hey i play both tenor and alto, and i dunno if it works for just me, but if you lower your jaw, it works for me.... good luck!!!!!

Well, i guess i mean DROP your jaw.. not lower... sorry!

thanks M.A. and natalie..

still practising!! ...

okay, i think she gets it! see, lowering (yes, i say lowering normally) your jaw really does help.

I used to have that problem with tenor, except it was low F and down, which made me a rather obselete player. However, my teacher told me two 1) loosen up 2) This will sound odd, but if you kind`of purse your lips (if you do it off the mouthpiece you can feel the taught muscle) on the mouthpiece I found it helped a ton. But, to tell you the truth, it`s probably because low B and C take a fair amout of building up and experiance to play well and consistantly. (took me three or four years after starting sax to be able to)