mouthpieces and junk

    
mouthpieces and junk    23:47 on Tuesday, April 19, 2005          
(macitaliansays)
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yea ur mouthpiece, ligature, and sax efect how your tone is and how well you can hit notes. A pro might be able to do it anyway but im not a pro. I have a series II with a meyer 6, and i just switched from a lig that came with my $15 yamaha mouthpiece when i was a beginner to an Olegature by Rico. My range immediately went up over an octave and i can control the pitches now. I can easily play ppp to fff and play ligit with my meyer on as well as jazz. I also have the selmer c* mouthpiece and i can hardly do any altissimo on that. Not enough control yet. But the new ligature made a world of difference. It is $70 though. I got it on ebay for cheap. THE SECRETS OUT!!


Re: highest note played    15:33 on Friday, April 22, 2005          
(jen)
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a high f#


Re: highest note played    15:33 on Friday, April 22, 2005          
(jen)
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alto... lol forgot


btw    19:33 on Wednesday, April 27, 2005          
(jen)
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btw... i just read that someone thought it went like 8 octaves or something... lmao... it only has about 3 and goes to either an f or an f# depending on if you sax has the key.


umm    21:12 on Wednesday, April 27, 2005          
(Saxplayer)
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they are refering to altissimo, which goes many octaves above the high F#


Re: highest note played    22:20 on Thursday, April 28, 2005          
(vern)
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altissimo notes can only be played well with lots of practice. For the first while you will find that your embechure is out of wack and you squeek more. Your tone mighnt also get worse. Once you are able to play a G (the fourth one, yes that high) you have mastered altissimo, anything above that does not sound good. The highest any written piece of music that i have played of goes to an F (the fourth F). You should not be able to tell a difference in tone quality between your regular range and your altissimo range

The best reeds by far for reaching altissimo notes are Alexander D.C. reeds THEY ARE THE BEST


reeds    15:32 on Friday, April 29, 2005          
(wilson)
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yes, so I have gathered reeds are vital. I usually play on simple Rico Royal 3`s. What strength is ideal for altissimo? 4`s or 5`s?


:O:O:O    20:30 on Friday, April 29, 2005          
(jen)
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thats crazy... ive never heard of altissimo :S lol.... what is that?


highest note    21:42 on Friday, April 29, 2005          
(BleedingGumsMurphy)
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reeds and mouthpieces are the most important part of achieving altissimo. Whenever i play something with a lot of altissimo notes in it, i use a 4 1/2 or 5 (i use 3 1/2 regularly).


re:0:0:0    21:45 on Friday, April 29, 2005          
(BleedingGumsMurphy)
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Jen:
The altissimo register contains any note higher than the normal range of the saxophone (high F).
http://wfg.woodwind.org has some pretty good sax altissimo fingerings.
-Bleeding Gums Murphy


no no    01:40 on Saturday, April 30, 2005          
(macitaliansays)
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i would have to disagree on that one bleedinggumsmurphy. There is no point in being able to play high notes if u have to switch your reed when u have to play high. It`s all about practice. The setup can help though. A pro will play good altissimo with any mouthpiece, sax, reed, reed size. My private teacher showed this to me on my marching band yamaha student with a plastic mouthpiece and a rico 2 1/2 reed. Sounded aweesome.


altissmo notes    14:37 on Saturday, April 30, 2005          
(phillywilly)
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how long did it take for u guys to be able to play altissmo notes well im in 8th greade and im the best in teh school so i want to improve even more


highest note    23:18 on Saturday, April 30, 2005          
(vern)
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reeds dont really make that big of a difference in altissimo, and I usually use use 3, sometimes 3 1/2 but it really doesnt matter because the only reason you increase size is to improve your tone quality, and for some people the best is 3 some it is 4. To have optimal tone quality you have to be at least on a 3. If you are below 3 it just means that you havent been playing very long, or you just dont practice, just make sure you work hard to get to a 3. the best reeds for overall playing are alexander reeds they have 3 kinds I use all 3 i use the classique for classical the DC for jazz and the superial for contemporary or like praise team stuff, but the DC are my favorite


highest note    23:22 on Saturday, April 30, 2005          
(vern)
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I would advise not trying to learn altissimo until you have a great tone quality, and know how to play the sax very well because if you dont already have great tone altissimo notes will sound even worse horrible.


Incredible book with great exercises and fingerings for Altissimo    01:04 on Sunday, May 1, 2005          
(Jeff Wood)
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A few years ago my mentor began passing on the altissimo lessons. Its important to know that not all fingerings work from Tenor to Alto...or from Selmer Tenor to Conn Tenor...very variable. I play a MK VI and the Fingerings in this following book: Ted Nash`s Studies in High Harmonics for Tenor and alto is priceless. I found a copy in an LA music store so it is now back in print. It has multiple examples of fingerings for tenors and separate fingerings for altos.

This process is incredible for learning how to really manipulate your horn. And granted the altissimo register is really a gimmick for moving an otherwise ignorant audience, but cmon...we all wish we could do it Like Lenny Pickett. BTW I have Lenny`s personal fingerings if interested.

This book is priceless and will go a long way in helping you. MOST IMPORTANTLY: GET some professional instruction. You will learn a lot faster, if at all, than alone.

Good luck,


Saxyjeff


   








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