plz help!
2006-10-02 12:42:08 · 6 answers · asked by T-WZZLE 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
i husband and daughter plays as well hold your mouth and grip the piece and breate from your diaprham and blow take the mouthpiece offf the saxs and pratice
2006-10-02 12:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by God's chosen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice practice practice. I started alto sax 4 or 5 years ago, and have been playing ever since... I tell you, the first year or so, you'll squeak and be airy and you just have to practice. ALOT of the tones come from throat and tongue movement, allowing certain air to pass through, it's a very hard thing to master. Especially the 3rd octave F and F sharp, some saxophones can't go up to F sharp, some can. Those and probably the Low B flat will be your hardest, they were my hardest! High notes: Contract your throat, tighten it up. Low notes, open it like you were trying to swallow a watermelon. And get your lips and cheek muscles real tight so air won't leak out. That comes from alot of practice.
Hope this helped!
2006-10-02 12:47:07 · answer #2 · answered by General X 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all in the ambashure (can't remember how to spell it) - the way you hold your mouth. Similar to a clarinet (also a reed instrument), you've got to keep control of the air flow, bottom lip firmly over your lower teeth, upper teeth firmly planted on the mouthpiece, but don't clamp down too hard or you'll close off the air flow over the reed and seal around it with your lips. Keep your cheeks somewhat rigid, don't let them blow out or else you can't control the airflow. Also make sure your reed is sufficiently softened up before beginning. Hold it in your mouth for a few minutes before putting it on the sax, to soften it up.
2006-10-02 12:50:39 · answer #3 · answered by raiden 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to adjust your grip on th mouthpiece, if possible get some one to show you. It will take some time to get it everytime. Its not so much as a blowing action as it is locking you lips around it and blowing wind over the reed so that it will play a note. You can do it.
2006-10-02 12:51:49 · answer #4 · answered by KunaiMurai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you have all of the pads keys are pressed down. Practice long tones with a metronome.
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2006-10-02 12:45:33 · answer #5 · answered by Roland G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't smoke and rest your lungs.
2006-10-02 12:44:26 · answer #6 · answered by kamsmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋