The Most Powerful EMBOUCHURE Tip (For A KILLER Sax Tone)

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  • @GetYourSaxTogether
    @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @aadorminey
    @aadorminey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I have been playing for years with the incorrect embouchure, shredding my bottom lip. This video changed my life. 😭Thank you🙏

  • @rebok58809
    @rebok58809 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this! I just started playing 6 weeks ago, and couldn't figure out why I sounded spitty (maybe hissy) and wasn't getting clear enough sounds. This worked instantly!!

  • @billpatterson8997
    @billpatterson8997 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great advice, Jamie. Another thing that helped me was to tilt my head down slightly in relation to the mouthpiece. (See Steve Grossman, Jerry Bergonzi and Dexter Gordon in your examples.) This caused me to lessen the "bite" of my upper teeth and lower pressure on my bottom lip. The more relaxed position improved my tone and caused the lower notes to pop out with ease. I still have control, but the tension is gone.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeh, see my nod vs crane video from a few months ago.

  • @keyboard8173
    @keyboard8173 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was always told to put my bottom tip over my teeth and tighten the sides of my mouth - but this is super helpful! I’m gonna make doing this a habit🎷

  • @mikesaxclar
    @mikesaxclar ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This does work and it shocked me! I picked this up from a different one of your videos, being a clarinetist (majored on it in college) this was intuitively very wrong but it's so right, less lip pain for sure, don't think it changed my sound much but it sure is easier to play in tune on my horn. Really shocked I can get in the altissimo with this and it actually helped with that.

  • @elansturtz4974
    @elansturtz4974 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    woah! i’m about two weeks into learning sax, this was a game changer! thanks man!

  • @montesfam5
    @montesfam5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jamie, Thank you!, Thank you!, Thank you! I remembered this from a while back in one of your lessons and always kept the goldfish pucker lips in my embouchure. It absolutely works. It helped me tremendously in preventing the air from escaping on the sides. It takes a while to properly attain it but the results are worth the practice and the end result is like you said "A killer sax tone"🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🤓

  • @sovereign142
    @sovereign142 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent, I have just started sax after learning clarinet. This has shown me exactly the difference

  • @LalangNuguit
    @LalangNuguit ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much! I'm totally a beginner. And this helps a lot. ❤

  • @86larsonrd
    @86larsonrd ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'd reinforce the role that the corners of the mouth are playing. What I've come to realize since switching to this approach is that clamping the muscles at the corners is your support, allowing you to keep the parts in contact with the reed soft.

  • @recordclassicalmusic
    @recordclassicalmusic 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    HA HAAA! That thumbnail was just perfect! Thanks for sharing.

  • @solomann940
    @solomann940 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thanks for the lesson

  • @usmc2309
    @usmc2309 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hello, I have a question for you. Does the reed touch the bottom teeth? And do the top teeth touch the mouthpiece?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No and yes. 👍🏻

    • @usmc2309
      @usmc2309 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GetYourSaxTogether Thank you very much.

  • @suzannewainwright9344
    @suzannewainwright9344 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant as usual!

  • @ridingafantasticwave
    @ridingafantasticwave ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Meant as a compliment. Hilarious as in fun to watch and to learn from!!! Please carry on....

  • @pavelpatsenkov
    @pavelpatsenkov ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, Mr Anderson, it's works!

  • @DoktaSlide
    @DoktaSlide ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After playing for three years, my tone wasn’t improving so I’m now goldfish bound. All of a sudden, I’m driving a powerful Ferrari that’s hard to control. Yes, I can hear the improved tone but it’s so demanding. My embouchure is so weak and it requires more air. Get that lower lip lower on that reed man … it’s a race to the bottom. Now -to develop the strength and air control to master it - I’m now feeling hopeful! Thanks Jaime - how does one go about getting you that cup of coffee?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว

      Keep at it! Thanks so much for the great comment. Very much appreciated
      Buy Me A Coffee (PayPal not accepted)👉www.buymeacoffee.com/GetYourSaxTogether

  • @joseceraia
    @joseceraia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So simple is it ,

  • @Tommyfordmusic
    @Tommyfordmusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey, could you do a video using different embouchure techniques showing the effect of that on tone please?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว

      That stuff is kinda scattered through all these type of vids.

  • @joseguillermoespinozaarce
    @joseguillermoespinozaarce 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gracias por hacer estas lecciones yo vivo en Costa Rica. Y cuesta mucho tener lecciones de Sax en Pop y Jazz

  • @ChrisZemdegs
    @ChrisZemdegs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks very much!

  • @samanthabajomo6427
    @samanthabajomo6427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And advice to get better at playing low notes D and below specifically whenever I try those notes it starts out high then fixes but I want to be able to get it right of the bat I can hit all the low notes down to b flat but it takes a couple tries to get it to sound right

  • @ekhoromeo
    @ekhoromeo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great lesson! New to thw sax world.. i always assumed you were supposed to be slightly biting the mouthpiece piece?

  • @MaxVian77
    @MaxVian77 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video. I would find very useful a focus on embochure adaptation in order to lower middle D and E, that are tipically sharper.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For one thing you use your throat not your embouchure to adjust tuning. Try play your middle E with your low Bb key down as well. That will flatten it.

    • @MaxVian77
      @MaxVian77 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GetYourSaxTogether Great suggestion! I'll work on it!

  • @blobby-ur7vn
    @blobby-ur7vn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @GetYourSaxTogether Hi Jamie, Im using this embouchure but what's supposed to be happening with the bottom teeth ? The inside of my bottom lip seems to creep over my bottom teeth as I go higher even though I start with your exercise "fish lips" Should this be happening or is the bottom teeth resting or just close to the reed? thus illuminating any bite marks on the inside of my bottom lip or mouth?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There can be some roll in as you go higher.

  • @adi.sax.ardelean
    @adi.sax.ardelean 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello. my problem is the following. I played clarinet and switched to sax for a few years. I have a problem with sax embouchure. regarding this kind of embouchure what do I have to do with the lower teeth? I tend to collect. do you need teeth on the bottom or just lip hold? I have problems with tuning in the upper octave. I'm a little confused. i use selmer c* mouthpiece and reeds vandoren java 2 green! thanks

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Join my inner circle and I can answer all that stuff. Too complex for TH-cam comments 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Bexinnamon
    @Bexinnamon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Practicing with you after my morning class, hopefully my neighbors won't go mad 😂

  • @karstennplays
    @karstennplays ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s the tune/song being played at 1:00?

  • @crashbangwhallopwhatavideo
    @crashbangwhallopwhatavideo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:00 still me after 20 years 🤣

  • @SoFkwHat80
    @SoFkwHat80 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Saying the word "Who" helps too.

  • @peterpeper4837
    @peterpeper4837 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wasn't Coltrane using double lip embouchure? Maybe cause he started with a clarinet.
    What are your thoughts on the upper lip on the mouthpiece instead of teeth?
    In general I find that embouchure in reality is all about breath control. With a proper breath control the lips and mouth form naturally to the way you describe cause that gives the best sound. All other tensions I see as compensations for a weak breath control.
    With a double lip I found more flexibility to shape the sound.

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeh some great players use double. I don’t teach it but I know it can be really effective.

  • @TailsPrower88
    @TailsPrower88 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the awesome content Jamie!
    A kind of unrelated (but not really) question: what's the song at 1:01? :D

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s a track I wrote myself. Unreleased.

    • @TailsPrower88
      @TailsPrower88 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GetYourSaxTogether Sounds fantastic :)

    • @jovanysolloy
      @jovanysolloy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GetYourSaxTogether Could you share it with me please?

  • @askesylvestandersen1267
    @askesylvestandersen1267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should totally make a sax guide for Michael Brecker’s solo in the song “planet of the New Orleans”

  • @ArceezRC
    @ArceezRC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I hit top notes (B-A-G) and then hold that embouchure for the next note in lower register (F-E-D), I get squeaks. Should I be changing embouchure that much to go to the lower tones?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good question. You might have to change embouchure a little, but more than that you have to change “voicing”, which is the shape of your mouth and throat. Big topic!

  • @ichbinmartin
    @ichbinmartin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will try it on my Dukoff D9. But tomorrow, because now it's night and I don't want to wake up all the neighbors, hehe!

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว

      Go for it!

    • @ichbinmartin
      @ichbinmartin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GetYourSaxTogether Ah, what a mad idea! Now I must buy new glasses to my windows 🤣🤣🤣

  • @baddognobiscuit2
    @baddognobiscuit2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've discovered that I love classical sax. You said this might not be the best embouchure for that. What is the difference

  • @marksharon49
    @marksharon49 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheers for the advice Jamie! It appears that you've had a haircut (or your ears have dropped heh heh) love your sound

  • @vivianastridge2167
    @vivianastridge2167 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am most certainly no sort of expert on saxophone matters. There are probably as many different embouchures as there are saxophonists. Some experts state that there is no such thing as a wrong embouchure others state that their embouchure is the right one. Regardless of all this contradictory information there is one super proficient saxophonist considered by all, a master, who advocates his own version of that he refers to as the No Embouchure embouchure . Jerry Bergonzi however has not offered even a glimmer of enlightenment of his No Embouchure. Do you have any sort of explanation of the situation or could you offer me a link or links dealing with the
    Bergonzi No Embouchure embouchure? I hope you do and thanking you for any help in my quest/

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry, haven’t studied with Bergonzi so can’t help you. I can only imagine that he means do as little as possible with your embouchure, high probably means keep it pretty loose!

  • @tomaszszlapanski5988
    @tomaszszlapanski5988 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice, see Jan Garbarek

    • @tuxsax
      @tuxsax ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea, but then also hear his sound, while he's a monster and I love him, his tone is very peculiar, one of a kind, and not something that necessarily everyone loves. To me it took a while to grow to love him, because of his style, which is also very special.

    • @tomaszszlapanski5988
      @tomaszszlapanski5988 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tuxsax agree! End of the day every one represent own soul of sound, this we love saxophone as best instrument! All the best!

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว

      😎

  • @xaviercoll
    @xaviercoll ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Selfie duck or Fish face 😂

  • @ridingafantasticwave
    @ridingafantasticwave ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're hilarious!

  • @ed.z.
    @ed.z. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish I saw this fifty years ago. I started on classical clarinet and never changed much unless I was smashed. And after a few years it’s not sustainable.

  • @oriolcubeles620
    @oriolcubeles620 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What I wonder is... don't you have to have the lower lip over your teeth? I can't see how you're doing this with this technique...

  • @doyz24
    @doyz24 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So no teeth under the bottom lip at all? Never ever?

    • @GetYourSaxTogether
      @GetYourSaxTogether  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, your bottom lip does still overlap your bottom teeth.

  • @DallasWesleyHutchison
    @DallasWesleyHutchison 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No help for me.