3 SIMPLE ALTISSIMO TIPS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2018
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In this video, Scott shows you 3 simple altissimo tips that will greatly improve your tone and consistency or help you get your first altissimo note.
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P. Mauriat 67RX Influence alto sax
Barkley Brazil Kustom Pop 7 Blue mouthpiece
Legere Signature 2.5 reeds
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Re: tounge position. Another idea that might help someone is I found that the throat and tounge position when you start to say the letter Q. Your tounge is up high in the back of the throat, and the articulation of that initial sound is like a high pressure valve. The air is built up behind the back of the tounge and gets released with a lot of speed, which helped get the reed vibrating to sound those notes. Ymmv.
“Q” is a much better explanation than “E” in my opinion
I hit my first altissimo note. Thank you so much
🤟🤟🤟🤟 congrats!
Wow, you are one of the first sax teachers on TH-cam I’ve come to and you’ve helped me improve so much. Thank you 🙏
Happy to hear that!
This helped me get my first altissimo note, I’ve been doing overtones forever and I finally hit a g
Congrats!
Excellent advice Scott
I have to say you have the most solid altissimo guide for alto. Although I’m better at tenor this did help because I live in a saturated area so I got to be hot on alto too
Thank you!!
What area do you live in?
Great advice that works!!
Thank you so much for these tips 🙏🏽
This is what i needed... Thanks!!
Thank you Scott. I needed this info, I have been playing for years and no one has explained this to me like this. You are an excellent teacher.
Glad it was helpful!!! 👍👍👍
Reading this as I'm about to board a plane. When I get back home will try it and if it works I'm joining your course ,..altissimo has alluded me for years and haven't heard this advice before cheers!
Hey Davo! Have a great trip. Yeah, if you are struggling with altissimo, you should definitely check out my Sax School course on it : Ultimate Altissimo - It will have you screaming out those high notes in no time at all. Step by step, and note by note.
Amazing 👍👍👍 thank you so much for this lesson 🙂
finally after watching every video about altissimo i can get it consistently. thanks
Brilliant and fast video! Thank you!
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This was really helpful.
Thank you Man!
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always giving good tips, thanks ♪♫
Thanks for that video Scott I can't wait to go and give it a go. & p.s. Your videos are so helpful & informative thanks again
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Thank you master !!!! It works
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Good video Scott, thanks !
Oh and I love the term furp! 😂😂👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks!
My sax tutor right here!
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WHOAA! Scott Patrick I am a BIG Fan of yours! You have made my day! I have been in need of help with my embouchure or whatever is to happen inside my mouth regards to Altissimo Notes.
I have never been able to "Crack" the secrets of hitting my Altissimo range and has been such a mystery to me on Tenor or Alto Sax. I appreciate you sharing your secrets. Are there any other special Hints or Clues that you are willing to share regards to further practicing? Thanks in Advance! 🥂
No chop chop series for altissimo?
Please Scott I need it
Hi Scott! I hope you're well. You mentioned the 'e' position, and to raise your tongue higher, but where is the tip of your tongue? Above the mouthpiece, below the mouthpiece? Also, thanks for clearing up that the embouchure has to be more firm.
You are right about tounge position but there is a bunch of tones when I blow front F on my tenor
Thanks for the tips!!! I’m pretty good with Altissimo but I was wondering if you could do a video on split tones/multiphonics? There’s no video that goes in much depth
Thanks! Yeah, I'll put that on the list.
Dude I like am nailing all the way up the horn. Always had an issue with g g# and a. Plus being accurate is a breeze now. Literally one night if this I’m nailing some pretty complex altissimo runs. I guess I just needed a lil help. Where and when I grew up they avoided anything over f#. Even in college they just avoided it. Now it’s more common to teach this stuff. It really should be part of standard saxophone training.
Literally I was able to hit F# and G after doing the tongue technique but the rest are a mystery but I'll keep working, thanks!!
Once you get the G you are on the way. Try going to the G# by just changing your fingers from the G, don't try to start it by itself. Work your way into the notes.
@@ScottPaddock thank you so much I will try it tomorrow!!!
Ok so I'm still having problems. I'll give you some context:
I was able to reach altissimo notes since a few months ago. Alone, I could reach up to an A, no problem, and if I tried hard enough, I could reach all the way up to a D. So a couple months ago I had figured out that while altissimo notes on their own were pretty easy, incorporating them into my scale patterns somehow made them ridiculously hard, near impossible for a matter-of -fact. This is what initiated my desire to improve my altissimo.
So I watched a plethora of videos, including both of yours, and I got tips including these ideas: open up the throat, move the tongue position up, use a bunch of air pressure, tighten the corners of your mouth, and from some, SLIGHTLY put pressure on the Reed, and practicing overtones. Whenever I practice altissimo a lot and actually get the notes out (with my old habits), my bottom lip started to give me pain by the end of the day's shedwork, which indicated to me that I was likely putting too much pressure on the reed. So I was trying all different kinds of combinations of the things told to me in these videos, just trying to avoid using as much lip as possible. I have experimented with my mouth position on the mouthpiece, too, and I have even been practicing whistling in hopes of improving my tongue positioning.
My long tone exercise I always start the day with involves overtones. Each note, I will crescendo from as quiet as possible to the loudest I can in one breath, one consistent and slow crescendo. Then the next breath, I do the same thing, except decrescendo from my loudest to my softest. Then I go up an overtone and do it again. So after doing this for a couple months, and already having a strong diaphragm for a year or two, according to my private teacher, I've come to understand that I very likely have what it takes in terms of air support and tongue position, with the whistling in mind. In regards to tongue position excercises, I also take the mouthpiece on its own and go from a concert A and go downwards in chromatic intervals to the octave below.
So a few weeks go by doing this stuff, and I realise I'm still getting nowhere in terms of the problems I was having before. I apologise if this was extremely wordy, but it's been a while and I STILL DON'T GET IT. If it helps more, I am an alto player, I use an Otto link (not custom), tip opening 6, with the Otto link ligature, and V16 size 3 reeds. No matter if the reeds are too thick or thin I still get the same problem.
So what is the problem, then? You ask. So the issue is partly what I said about the scales in the beginning. The overarching problem is when I try to do certain things in altissimo, it jumps all the way down to notes IN THE STAFF, and by then, I can't even get it back up. For example, I try an altissimo A (fingering 2, 3, and octave key), and it wants to jump all the way down to C in the staff. I then try from the C in another breath (same fingerings) all of the tips I've heard from the videos, and NOTHING happens. It just stays the same, and it's just so frustrating.
This struggle is actually pretty consistent if I try to tongue a note in quick succession, like the break in the anime Cowboy Bebop's "Tank." Except the difference is I don't even try it remotely that fast and I still get the issues
I guess the only question I can ask, Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered by this issue, is what can I do?
Hey, ok, let's try and tackle a few of the things you mentioned.
1. If you practice altissimo for more than 5 minutes at a time your lip will hurt and you will no longer be able to consistently get out high notes. It's a lip killer so only practice in small doses.
2. Add your 123 in your right hand to your altissimo A and it will be much more stable 12/123. With just the 12 you are going to get a rasp and pop down into the lower register all the time.
3. When you are trying to go from regular register to altissimo, whether you are jumping there or getting there by playing scale wise motion, use your tongue. Slurring into altissimo is soooooooo much harder.
4. I put out a video about getting your altissimo more functional check it out: th-cam.com/video/GEvVILXvJq4/w-d-xo.html
@@ScottPaddock alright thanks man! I'll try those things out
@@ScottPaddock hey man I've been practicing some of these things for a few months and I've gotten great results from them! Now I get altissimo out a lot more consistently and now I am trying to incorporate it into scale patterns and other parts of my practice. Thanks a lot!
Question: I found out it is much harder for me to succesfuly play altissimo range with a synthetic reed (legere). Is it true that a cane reed is better for that? Or is there a different embouchure for altissimo range with a synthetic range?
Most people find the opposite of that. The synthetic reeds usually make altissimo a little easier, and they are way more consistent. I play a Legere Signature 2.25
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Thanks Scott.
I took legere signature 2.5, based on their own strength chart. Probably still to hard for me.
I'm looking to upgrade to a sax with the best sound quality possible for jazz and blues. What kinda sax do you have ?
I play a P. Mauriat 67RX and absolutely love it!
I am using a Yamaha 4C mouthpiece, I feel like with such a small tip opening I am not getting the vibration I need... does that make sense?
The 4C is a great beginner mouthpiece, but once you've got the basics down, you might want to move on to a more professional style mouthpiece.
@@ScottPaddock just ordered Vandoren v16 a6 mouthpiece. It’s a step up. It was either that or syos.
@@artyaster5380 That's a solid mp! You should definitely hear a big difference. One thing that you should realize, though, often times when you switch to your first pro model mp after using a beginner one for a while, you will squeak A LOT for the first week or two while you readjust to the way the air goes in the sax. So, if you are squeaking more than normal when you switch, just keep at it and do some extra long tones to really dial in the airstream.
@@ScottPaddock that’s great advice. Thanks.
How do you articulate the reed if your Tongue is that far down???
I'm not sure what you're asking. For altissimo your tongue is really high up, not down, but tonguing is the same.
Scott Paddock I guess I still don’t understand how to get my tongue in the right position. Every time I try to play even a front F# it either, furps, or just becomes a very loud squeak.
I can't play higher than altissimo F. The note shoots up really high for higher notes and E and F most times. Please help.
Are you talking about your high F (front/palm keys?) if so you're actually overshooting the note which is kind of rare. Make sure you aren't biting on the reed/mp and don't overflow. Steady fast moving air with your tongue in the EEEEEE position should help you get there.
Why I'm struggling on altissimo g?
When improvising for beg-intermediate..how do you approach a chord. I'm a blank slate, example c7, I usually try to use c triads ex. CEG, then fill in blanks.. but is not always a good practice. Instructor is giving me patterns but u might have some other input that can help..in this case is old school vs new school..anything helps..is just a lot of patience n start filling those blank pages.
Hey! I actually did a video on it. Check it out: th-cam.com/video/Zbv3IK6VscU/w-d-xo.html
that helps..i actually watched it a few times before..but In theory..1357 can be played @ any part of a chord....so when you do start harmonizing..1357 on C7 sounds basic..how do you harmonized it..throw some sharps and flats to make it sound groovy cool? Is it base on what chords come next?
Step #1: Add some chromatic notes. Doesn't matter where as long as you start and end on a chord tone. Using 6 b7 7 is a good start. Step #2: Think of the scale as a mode. So if your chord is C7, start in C7 (C mixolydian... C scale with a Bb) then switch to D natural minor (D to D with a Bb) and make your chord tones D F A C, then resolve it back to C7. Step #3: play something really inside. Like C E CE CE, then move it up a half step C#F C#F C#F and then move it back to CE CE CE... That's called half stepping. Hopefully some of that helps.
Scott Paddock thanks I'll write down n check on it...t.y..
How does this differ if at all if you are on a tenor
It doesn't! The only thing that is different between alto & tenor on altissimo are some of the fingerings. Also, it has been my experience with students that getting your first altissimo notes on tenor is easier than on alto, because you don't have to get your tongue up quite as high in your mouth. But these 3 tips should help a lot. If not check out my longer video on altissimo. It should be one of the first videos that load on my page.
It's easier and some different fingerings
George Monroe but it's mainly technique
Scott Paddock yes i can agree I’m playing tenor and yeah it’s not too difficult
What kind of mouthpiece are you using
Barkley Brazil Kustom Pop 7 blue
What mouthpiece size is best for altissimo??
There isn't a best size for altissimo. It all depends on your sound and the rest of your gear.
@@ScottPaddock even reed strength?
I think harder reeds help with the upper register whereas softer reeds help with the lower register, I play on a 3 and it works fine with altissimo as well as all the way down to a low Bb.
How to play your intro?
markel copprue if u mean the notes its just Bb to C in 4 octaves
Tighter corners seem to lose the vibration in the reed 🤷🏼♂️