Long Notes with dynamics This is the same as above except that the notes start quietly, increase in loudness then decrease, or else you can start loud, get quiet, then loud again.If you don’t have enough time on your practice session you can use a whole tone scale, in which case the next time you practice start on a Bb. If you have not yet learnt all the fingerings for the chromatic scale you can use a major or minor scale. Go back to the B and repeat the process up to top F (or the highest note you have learnt), or higher if to practice altissimo.Repeat on the next note down chromatically until you get to low Bb (or the lowest note you have learnt).Play a B (1st finger left hand lower register) and hold as long as possible without losing the note or getting out of breath.Use a keyboard or tuner to check intonation if you like. Basic Long Notes: Try to keep the note as straight and steady as possible, no wobbles, hiccups or vibrato.Once you have got a decent core sound, you will benefit from the more advanced saxophone tone control exercises below, which will help you with getting more flexibility and expression into your sound.
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Tone exercises are not the most exciting things to play, and it’s important that you concentrate on the sound you are making, so it’s a good idea to take a break or practice something else once your mind starts wandering. Imagine the sound as a long straight horizontal cylinder with a vertical disc at the beginning and end Neither the start nor end should be louder or quieter than the rest of the note. When the note is stopped with the tongue, it should be a clean precise stop. When the tongue is released from the reed you should imagine a clean start to the note, as if singing either a “tu” or “du”. In all the following exercises the sound should be started and stopped by the tip of the tongue on the tip if the reed, the throat should be open (as if yawning) so that there is always air pressure in the mouth and throat – see Diaphragm Breathing. This sounds very boring, but it will pay off whether you are after a particular sound. You need plenty of focussed long note practice.You need the right instrument and mouthpiece for the sound you are aiming for.
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There are two main ways to help you get a great saxophone sound: Most saxophone players aim for a sound that is either what is accepted as a good sound for a particular style, or else a unique and personal sound, sometimes with a combination of the two. This kind of practice may have some slight benefit, but unless you are concentrating on what you are practising, you will be missing most of the real benefit and not achieve real tone control. Some people find long note playing so boring that they are unable to concentrate and so they just play long notes while thinking about something else. The usual answer is “practise lots of long notes”. I am often asked what is the best way to get a good tone (or sound) on the saxophone. More about the differences between tone & sound here. If you can control your tone, you are on the way to developing a great sound. An expressive (and possibly personal) sound that is built on a solid foundation of a good well controlled tone. Or adding effects such as growl, airyness etc This can be a specific vibrato, changes of pitch, dynamics and articulation.
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People (including myself) do use the terms interchangeably.
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Improving your saxophone tone (or sound) for more expressionįirst of all you may wonder why I say saxophone tone or sound. All the tone exercises on the site and lots more Buy Now Taming The Saxophone Vol I - Tone Without Tears.