How true is that there are players that get the mouthpiece into the neck until the bottom so that they can loosen their jaws to have a rounded and bigger tone, I tried to do it but if a tighten a little bit the mouthpiece then I play too sharp
Some players do do that yes. I used to myself, but "grew out of it" I suppose . You usually have to pair it with very soft reeds to be able to comfortably lip down as much as you need to.
Thanks for the comment. In general lipping down means to drop the jaw. Lipping up is more or less tighten the jaw. That is the simplest way to understand it, but can be way more in depth and nuanced.
Thx for the video. My question is when i play a "b note" on a tenor sax should the tuner read "a" ? if i put the mouthpiece on far the b note is an "a" on a tuner. if i put the mouthpiece on just halfway a "b note" can be a "g#" on the tuner. is there a standard way here or whichever way i like?
When you play B you should see B on the tuner if it is in the key of Bb which is what your tenor is in. Each mouthpiece will fit on the neck differently. You should put the mouthpiece on the neck about half way and then tune to your G or G sharp and F or F sharp, and then the octave version of both. These are generally notes which are sharp on saxophones. Generally the player keeps the horn in tune, as is mentioned in the video. So to answer your question, your mouthpiece goes on, you start tuning, if its flat on the notes i mentioned, push the mouthpiece in, if its sharp, pull the mouthpiece out. Once you have the G and high G in tune, you need to work with your mouth and throat to keep the rest of the notes in tune. Hopefully that was sorta kinda clear lol
Sorry, TH-cam never notified me of your question. If it is a tuner that is for C instruments then the 'B' note on tenor should show up as 'A' on the tuner. That what possinly is going on.
Hmm interesting. I have used overtone matching more for tone development and voicing control. Didn't even think it would be viable to tune with overtones since you need to alter the oral cavity and air column. I always need to do quite a bit of voicing to get the overtones in tune... but haven't don't this in awhile. Will have to try! Thanks for the comments.
I’m a professional oboist, and I use it to tune my reeds. Works great with 1st, 2nd and 3rd harmonic (octave, fifth and octave again). Above that, the overtones are naturally out of tune (equal tempered tuning). Make sense what you say! Thanks for sharing the videos... awesome material. Success in your career! All the best
Awesome, thank you so much. Lately someone said I was playing a bit flat, that was like slapping me in the face😮 I need to get this in order...
Glad it helped!
Awesome video man! I will definitely try this out on my horn.
Thanks so much Jonathan!
By the way, do you change embouchure for classical and jazz?
I definitely use a slightly different embouchure when playing classical vs jazz.
How true is that there are players that get the mouthpiece into the neck until the bottom so that they can loosen their jaws to have a rounded and bigger tone, I tried to do it but if a tighten a little bit the mouthpiece then I play too sharp
Some players do do that yes. I used to myself, but "grew out of it" I suppose . You usually have to pair it with very soft reeds to be able to comfortably lip down as much as you need to.
Thanks!
Can you explain what you mean by "lipping up" or "lipping down"? What do you actually do with your embouchure?
Thanks for the comment. In general lipping down means to drop the jaw. Lipping up is more or less tighten the jaw. That is the simplest way to understand it, but can be way more in depth and nuanced.
@@KevinBene Thank-you! The video was helpful.
Thx for the video. My question is when i play a "b note" on a tenor sax should the tuner read "a" ? if i put the mouthpiece on far the b note is an "a" on a tuner. if i put the mouthpiece on just halfway a "b note" can be a "g#" on the tuner. is there a standard way here or whichever way i like?
When you play B you should see B on the tuner if it is in the key of Bb which is what your tenor is in. Each mouthpiece will fit on the neck differently. You should put the mouthpiece on the neck about half way and then tune to your G or G sharp and F or F sharp, and then the octave version of both. These are generally notes which are sharp on saxophones. Generally the player keeps the horn in tune, as is mentioned in the video. So to answer your question, your mouthpiece goes on, you start tuning, if its flat on the notes i mentioned, push the mouthpiece in, if its sharp, pull the mouthpiece out. Once you have the G and high G in tune, you need to work with your mouth and throat to keep the rest of the notes in tune. Hopefully that was sorta kinda clear lol
Sorry, TH-cam never notified me of your question. If it is a tuner that is for C instruments then the 'B' note on tenor should show up as 'A' on the tuner. That what possinly is going on.
I prefer to tune the overtones with the real notes, than I’m sure that the horn is entire balanced!
Hmm interesting. I have used overtone matching more for tone development and voicing control. Didn't even think it would be viable to tune with overtones since you need to alter the oral cavity and air column. I always need to do quite a bit of voicing to get the overtones in tune... but haven't don't this in awhile. Will have to try! Thanks for the comments.
I’m a professional oboist, and I use it to tune my reeds. Works great with 1st, 2nd and 3rd harmonic (octave, fifth and octave again).
Above that, the overtones are naturally out of tune (equal tempered tuning). Make sense what you say!
Thanks for sharing the videos... awesome material. Success in your career! All the best