The Easiest Way To Learn Altissimo on Sax
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2019
- This has been a long awaited tutorial by a lot of you. There are a million altissimo register tutorials on saxophone but I gave my 2 cents on the subject because who knows, maybe this could be the one video that helps at least one person. Heck yeah heck yeah. Brother brother brother. Woo.
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I don't know if your gonna be like a band director or something but you're one of the best sax teachers and jazz teachers I've seen and your funny as hell
Thanks man! I’d like to be a professor one day if the CZcams thing doesn’t work out!
Saxologic ever thought of doing both?😳
"Hey Professor Saxologic, have you ever thought you were using your reeds not only backwards, but also upside down?"
Literal facts
@@Saxologic You really should! You would be a great teacher! I would have really loved to have had you as a teacher.
Talking about altissimo:
“I gave my 2 cents about the subject”
Pun Intended?
Yep
I don't get it
@@SLokutaR little late, but I think he’s talking about how intonation can be measured, measured in cents. So say I’m playing in altissimo but I’m two cents sharp or flat, that kind of cents
@@mayarooskitena185 ... its just a very very old American expression... my 2 cents worth...it sort of means ..my tiny little opinion... for what its worth.. etc (nothing to do with intonation percentage).. my small contribution etc
this is one of the best sax lessons ever. I used to have a friend who carried his trumpet mouthpiece in his pocket everywhere.. at all times..he played it when driving .. all the time (used to drive us nuts) .. and he became a killer player.. as he understood how to produce sound.. and pitch notes ..and he loved to play... thanx for posting this
After months of trying to play my first altissimo note, I haven't had any luck until I watched this video. I hit G, A, and C today. Great advice, literally everything you said in this video was correct, and helped. Thanks so much!
I’m so glad to hear that man!!!
I was able to reach altissimo G, G# and A this week! I am obsessed with your channel btw, thank you so much
G and G# are two of the harder notes
@@shishbish9489 depends on the horn, for example my G just pops out while my A is hard to hit. Tuning also varies on the horn.
Jonathan Morrison on my horn F# and G are the hardest by far. I can get up to C# no problem but F# and G are still a challenge (my sax doesn‘t have the high F# key so I‘m „forced“ to use the altissimo F#.
Me to
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I watched this, practiced where he took his mouth peice off and then learned how to play altissimo in a day
ShabbaDew Heckkkkkkkk yeah!!!!!
I've been playing sax since 2011 when I started 6th grade. For some reference of the skill level I got to, in high school I once received a perfect score for a solo at state Solo & Ensemble. I did not study sax in college (I majored in architecture) but I played most every day in marching band, pep band, concert band, and eventually jazz band. Through all of that, up until today, the only altissimo note I'd ever been able to manage was G. I'd tried many times with fingering charts and with help from my private teacher (back when I still took lessons), but nothing ever seemed to work for me. I'd even questioned if it was my sax rather than me that was making it impossible to find this fabled extra range. Well today I was recording a sax solo, and I realized it really wanted to go up to A, and I knew I couldn't play A, so I started the old altissimo fingering charts again and spent about 10 or 15 minutes looking at those and trying and failing to get anything higher than a G to pop out. Then I went to CZcams, and that's when I found this video. Saxologic, I must thank you. After following along with your video, trying to follow along with the impressive mouthpiece work (I could only get down about a minor third cleanly, so your full octave was very cool to hear), and trying to think about just aiming high and reaching for the note rather than trying a bunch of weird embouchure stuff... it started to work! My muscles started acting on their own and I heard a note squeak out that wasn't a total flub nor was too low, it was my A! After a little persistence I was able to figure out roughly what my mouth needed to be doing to get it coming out cleanly and for longer lengths of time. After that I was so thrilled I went to tackle B and I was able to get that one functioning too! I had to kind of clip them together in post, but I was able to use them in the solo I was recording and they don't sound half bad. So thank you so much for teaching me the one thing I could never figure out. Sax on.
Ultra instinct 🤘🤘
this worked 1111x times better for me than other tutorials, and as a self-taught saxophonist I bow to you
Bro wtf, it took me about 10 minutes and now I can hit C altissimo. This was so concise and easy to follow. Thank u so much dude!
This makes me wish I still had my sax. I had an alto YEARS ago (I mean like 2006) but I lost it in a storage unit that got auctioned. What it was doing in storage I will never know and I kick myself for that. It's just not my main instrument so I guess I never thought, I NEED to have that sax on me. I play keys, guitar, and bass mostly. But I always wanted to have a wind instrument that I could do something passable on. Oh well.
KIBanshee9 you can still get back into it. I play guitar as well but to me, there’s nothing more rewarding than the sax...and I love the sound!
My hats off to you sir! I was watching your altissimo lesson last night and something clicked when you mention about whistling . Well this morning I took my mouth piece and started my daily driving. My car is my best place to learn specially for the annoying sound of a mouse piece. Sure enough I tried to apply the tongue trick and after about 15 minutes later the Miracle happened. I couldn’t believe it. I am a newbie … been playing for about a year plus. Thanks again. You are good in explaining.
maaaan am I happy to have found a feeler doing a tutorial today you cant imagine how hard I'm thanking God rn that you simply exist fr fr
I´amazed! 20 years playing sax as a hobbie, and after the first glance a t you video, now I'm getting de A, B and C altissimo. Now I' can't stop. You are a magician!
I love the introduction, and it's really spot on. Hitting these notes was always one of my goals. Here I am 2 months into picking up my horns again after 20 years and I'm on the way of being able to start to get control of them. Sure, as you said, it will take refinement, but it really started to click once I finally figured out the trick to it.
What I'd really like to thank you for is you're the first video, or at least the first one I saw, that too the myth out of this, which was the biggest help for me.
Then finally here, I'd just like to add that for me, getting these overtones happened in a really "odd" place, it wasn't where I expected it to be, and it felt it was an offshoot of more of the lower tones on the mouthpiece exercise than going high. But, like riding a bike, once I knew it was there I could repeat it, and so far it's been working.
IMO not an expert and I've only been playing again for 2 months after 20 years off.
I doubted this would work for me, but it did. Thanks a lot man! This was very helpful for me to get altissimo f# and g.
You have a very good sense of humor. Keep up the good work!
Your mouthpiece approach is what finally made it click for me. Thanks!
Almost unbelievable. After doing this for 30 minutes I got my FIRST altissimo notes A, Bb and C# !! I am a long time player, but never got altissimo out. Impressed!
but what if you cant whistle 😪
Learn!!!!
I’ve been trying to learn how to whistle my whole life and it JUST WON’T WORK
Bob Ross some people just can’t whistle, which sucks but it was just a metaphor for how your brain can tune and discern pitches without a severe amount of effort. Hopefully you’ve got the altissimos down by now, but if not, keep at it and you’ll get it 👍🏼
@@Yes-kf2mm I mean I think anyone can learn to whistle it might take 5 months, but people can learn how. Like I learnt how to snap this year for the first time in my whole life when I was 17, I spent 2 hours straight trying to snap none stop and after that my snap wasn't even good, but I did make a snapping sound.
@@Saxologic I first scrolled down to read the comments, i saw this guy telling that he cant whistle, first i thought "yea, singing in whistle register isn't all that easy and not many people can do". I can make whistle noises with vocal cords, so i thought it was that. So i watched the video, and waited for the moment where you start to whistle, but boy them lip whistles. Nice tip tho! new to me. I have played sax for couple of years. (adult age hobby). xD
Maann! Right words about learning in general. "Just feel it". I've always had felt something about this but couldn't put my finger on it. I think breaking it down works after feeling it but not before. Thanks for making it so cleaaaar
I just finished a hour long video on the applicable anatomical intricacies of your throat, tongue, larynx, breathing, etc., to achieve altissimo notes. Blah!! .. your video is much easier and way better. Simple, makes sense, and really effective. Yeah. Thanks!!
Thank you, i am 11 years old and I play 1st trombone in my middle school marching band (though I was in 5th grade!) I have unlocked my range on trombone in about 9 months since playing and within 5 months 3 weeks of playing alto sax i hit altissimo.
Game changing video. Fantastic. you have removed the intimidation and given us a simple way forward..
Hi Nathan and to anyone else watching, wanting to reach the altissimo register. This video validated that i had already reached the register. I was making a high squeaky sound (B7). And i tried the mouthpiece only exercise. From an A, i could go up to Bb (only one half step) and down to D (4 whole steps). And with some struggle i can tell you that. So it’s not a whole octave. But now i can play (also with a bit of struggle) the altissimo G, G# and A. And probable all the others. Haven’t had time to try them out. The way i did this, was to move my tongue very close to the reed, and move my head just slightly down. This made the sounds come out. Hope it helps anyone.
Such a great, amazingly simple explanation of how to develop altissimo. I never put much effort into voicing down tho, but that's probably a great way to strengthen your embouchure to make the altissimo notes pop out.
One of the nice part of this video is that your neighborhood is not crying to be quiet when you play altissimo :)
Bro.. I have watched many youtube channels but man, your videos are very funny and informative and very easy to learn..
The bike analogy is absolutely perfect for describing altissimo. Nice vid, my guy.
Well it took me 30 minutes to get a glimmer of it out but you really helped me! Thank you so much!
The best video on altissimo ever. Thank you!
Voila le professeur de tous les professeurs!
Voici se trouve le Docteur de musique!
Excelentissimo, Dr. Nathan.
Lohvissimo!
1:25
put it at .25
Best guidance on altissimo by far!!
Love your videos. Subbed
I love your impression of trumpets screaming 😂
AMAZING video thanks, got my altissimo
Great Lesson! Your a good teacher Sir.
I dig it. Just found you. I'm new on alto and tenor. Bought both - teaching myself all of The Weeknd's songs. So, this stuff is quite helpful. If I could, I'd attach a video of me playing the mouthpiece and let you grade it out
I just started learning sax two days ago, and I’ll tell you, a lot of thing carry over from brass. I’ve been a trombone player for about four years, and the number of common techniques between the two surprised me. In less than a day, I was getting whole octaves of range.
In the brass world, we have an embouchure exercise called shawarma that is essentially the same thing. Take out the mouthpiece and buzz, then plug it back in and practice bending the pitch on an open note. So, yeah. Most of music should be intuition.
As a trombone player who recently took up alto, I agree. The embouchure for sax just felt natural.
I m so thankful that you showed me this. Mouthpiece playing
Nice video! Can’t wait to try it
Totally hooked, young man. Summarized some: "I'm not making a watch... I just wanna know what time it is" and, get really, really personal with your mpc, (add neck for flavor). Plus.. its all in your mind... mostly.. except for the blowing part. Good on you, Sir. Go get it. We're all pullin for ya.
thank you so much this was a huge help. I was in my room doing the mouthpiece excercise and my mom was like, "You Ain't doing that squeak squack sh*t! Cut it out." but once i nailed altissimo my mom changed her mind LOL
Bro, you are such a great teacher- I see all these other vids (like you say, about having a 'tight embrochure' and stuff) but it's all just obvious stuff, you're the only one that helps find the 'feel' of it, same with your perfect pitch video.
So I have to ask, when did you start playing? I picked it up about 2 years ago when I was 16 and been playing tenor for a year. Fairly happy with my progress but just seeing people like you shred like mad makes me wonder if I'll ever get there.
Thanks man I’m glad my teaching style fits you :)
Thanks man I’m glad my teaching style fits you :)
@@Saxologic out of interest by the way, are you on discord?
@@alfiecoates168 ikrrr more lessons from him would be nice😅
You are AMAZING! I just unlocked the altissimo range on my alto sax omggggg!!💪🏽🤯🤚🏽
Nohemi Vela glad I helped :)
1111
Edit: Thank you so much for the heart! I love reading the tags on your videos and they always make my day!
Oof the heart went away
:(
I could mail everything above the 4th C. The first altissimo g# up to the C I just had a hard time with. Finally sat down and tried different horns mouthpieces and then voicing my notes and singing them while playing it got easier. Also completely relaxing, the opposite of what they say, got me full scales. At 38 I can finally hit altissimo scales on tenor like Pickett on good days, and I mean all the way up till there aren’t even fingerings anymore. But I will say yes for 20 years I could hit most of the altissimo range at least good enough to throw some nice screamers at the end of my solos etc. but full control in all scales does take some real effort I will say as it’s a muscle memory thing. Now I’m not a hundred percent sax and I have kids and I run the event, I also played soprano for most of that time, I started tenor, seriously and played a bent Bundy Alto with a broken Yamaha 4c for years when I learned sax and could still hit some altissimo. By the end of the year I am confident with the extra practice I can scream it all the way till out of the ears range and be in a bright, tonal, and in tune. I’d say the real secret is those donkey noises and hearing the note in your head. Ya sax players don’t have to associate pitch as much as brass instruments as we get to learn with fingerings determining whether the note is correct. On trumpet a fingering plays three different notes trade off is once we learn outside a classical environment and I suggest the earlier the better and learn chord changes etc. things like transposing become easy and often good sax players are fast at notation. We have an instrument that can play fast due to the design. So focus on the the ability to play the right notes in a way that is pleasant first as it’s what people actually care about. When they listen to you. It’s like watching a great guitar player, the extra high stuff and crazy riffs only work if all the other musical elements are there first. Guys just doing high pitched runs suck if it has no emotion or technically in accurate or under practiced and it not in good places.
I like the bicycle analogy. Sorta figuring this shit out myself today. Good man, thanks!
My cat came in the room very concerned about your video. ❤😂
Great tips. Fun guy. The actual how-to part with the mouthpiece starts at about 4:30 and then i jumped to 8:00 when he puts the mouthpiece on the sax . ill try this tomorrow. Thanks
I need to start practicing again, this really helped me the last time I needed to play G
Now this is epic. Nice video.
LOL this video cracks me up. Maybe I'll actually learn altissimmo...nah, one more youtube video
Thank You! I knew there had to be more than keys at work with this sorcery, as I heard Becker wail like that without moving a finger!😏😎
Thank you for this!!
U DONE DID IT AGAIN LOL.. THANKS
I'm hitting altissimo on my 3rd day of ever playing saxophone. But I am a fast learner at most things in life
Great advise!
You are a very good musician
I'm convinced it's your eyebrows doing the actual work.
dude! this helped a lot
yo i was just thinking today when is this kid gonna post and bang he posts lmao
He pretty much said "just do it its not that hard to do" and i helped so much
1111 ...peace & blessings...🙏🏾
Good stuff, subbed ya 😎
I don’t even play sax but I love your videos lol
Nice! Thanks!
Pretty good tutorial gotta say 1111/10 👌👌
It’s been practically impossible for me to hit altissimo G.
I just now figured out it was because of my bis Bb key wasn’t sealing all the way. I can hit altissimo G now 💪
Yep this is a very common problem! My horn is suffering from it now. The easiest most reliable alitssimo G fingering (in terms of sound, not necessarily convenience of fingering) is 1 3 4 Ta
(Ta is the side Bb key)
Your awesome, I am only thirteen, but because of your awesome teaching, I mastered that Mario kart lick in like an hour
youre fifteen now
@@johbentley I am
You're 17 now?
Nice!!
Great video 1111
great video 1111
Just found an interesting quote by David Sanborn from a brief ‘92 Baltimore Sun article. "It's like kind of a physical thing based on your own physiology and your relationship with the horn. It's a lot of trial and error and determination. That's what does it -- because the notes are there."
Love this video 1111
Really great approach bro!
I’m tired of all the complicated explanations out there, not been able to hit above alt. G on tenor for years now!
Your method seems more intuitive to me.
So I understand the choice of concert A as a starting point, but is it what an alto MP defaults to? What about tenor MPs, do they also default to concert A or another note? I guess I can try for myself but it’s just too cold now and I’m comfortably under my blanket :)
Great analogy😂
A lesson long forgotten.
LETS GO NEW VIDEO!!!
Dr. Vanessa Sielert, Director at the Lionel Hampton School of Music (Idaho) wrote her doctoral dissertation on mouthpiece pitch.
lol that light
but also i feel like this video is pretty accurate
Excelent!
so helpful
0:58 “you can’t put altissimo into words, you have to feel it”
*puts phone in mouth*
My Band Director taught me this the exact same way with the whistling and everything
I started playing altissimo notes on saxophone in 3 months of learning saxophone
Thank you
By golly it works 😂
1111
I had a heart but I guess when you edit a comment the pin goes away oof.
Mozart DCI
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Altissimo
For what the tongue is doing in pitch bending, it's more or less like saying "Yuh". It feels like your tongue is pulling the note down, and the embouchure doesn't really need to change at all.
This approach applies to developing range on brass instruments. It's not "building" the range, it's discovering how to play the higher notes and then refining them.
Nice pfp
I play tenor (idk if it makes a difference) and I can play in the altissimo register pretty well but there’s two notes I can’t play, A and Bb. Idk why
@ 10:11 he let the intrusive thoughts win lmao.
Lol must be tuff!! For the people who can’t whistle
yup, idk if u saw my other comment on a different vid but ur totally my icon now
I don’t know if you have seen Jeff suzda’s altissimo tutorials. He does preps to get you used to being able to play the altissimo register and it is almost like your tutorial.
Helped me tons thanks 1111 🤠
I miss you
Pass me a towel cuz i'm sweating, and every day altissimo gets closer to heaven...
1:08 I finally have obtained validation
Me over here just trying to flex my upper cheek
I can get around an octave and a half on the mouthpiece fairly easy, and can do altissimo up to e pretty consistently standalone. However, when it comes to transitioning between altissimo and lower notes (especially down to front f#) I squeak a lot of the time. Any methods to work on this?
PIGTASTIC!
Do small intervals at a time.
Practice Fork F, Fork F# and altissimo G, slurred, continuously up and down. You will find that all of these have a very similar voicing. Now try G to G# up and down slurred. You’ll find that their voicings are different. Feel it out and figure it out. They are on different partials, or overtones. Now try G# and A. You’ll find that they are similar but you’ll find that the G# requires a much tighter sweetspot; less room for flexibility so it’s easier to miss it and squeak. I like to use OK, LH 2, RH 1 for altissimo G#.
@@Saxologic Thanks, I'll try this out. Love the vids btw!