Playing the saxophone - Bright or dark tone | CafeSaxophone Forum @Ves Glad you are improving and finding it easier now, me too I think I have it down now, the tonguing anyway Plus some sort of vibrato Could all be wrong but won't find out until I get a teacher or post a clip on here which I might do if anyone has time to listen to it and critique That'll
Playing the saxophone - What exactly is subtone? | Page 3 Ghost tonguing doodn tonguing for me are usually referred to when playing a series of notes, such as a swing phrase, and I'd use the tongue to prevent a note from fully speaking; e g a line like be-dood-'n-ba-be-oo-bop But in this case with it being used to describe subtone, I would leave the tongue on for the duration of a longer note
Playing the saxophone - Low notes squeak at the very beginning of the . . . - moving the jaw or chin while tonguing can also cause a squeak at the beginning of a note I'm not sure how long you have been playing, but let me share a technique that was helpful with my beginning sax students to be able to play and control the lowest notes: Blow lots of air and play low G with a big full tone and quickly slur down to low C
Playing the saxophone - Tonguing and vibrato Well, start by tonguing the beginning of each phrase Am I correct to posit that you typically don’t tongue at all, but instead rely on a breath attack? Have some Fun with Phrasing Practice a phrase you know Now articulate it randomly but mindfully Break it into subgroups of notes, and lightly tongue the first note of each subgroup
Playing the saxophone - Tonguing and vibrato | Page 2 In ghost tonguing, for example the tongue is resting on the reed, yet still allowing it to vibrate Light tonguing is a degree more than that, where the reed stops, even if just for a couple of milliseconds As you move toward stacatto, the tongue simply stays on the reed longer
Playing the saxophone - Single Tonguing Speed Hi guys, I've been having a really disheartening issue with tonguing speed For the past year I've realised that I can't tongue very fast - born with a wide tongue! My teacher thinks I've got the potential to take my playing to professional level and study at a conservatoire, but is an below
Playing the saxophone Problem with tonguing stopping the note Hi all, After more than a year of self-learning sax, which is my first musical instrument ever, I'm still having trouble with tonguing, so I'm interested is this common problem with beginners Anyway, it happens to me frequently that when I tongue (preferably soft legate, but it mostly ends
Playing - Double tonguing | CafeSaxophone Forum I think double tonguing is a technique that is hard to learn I think you almost need a classical setup I've gone in the other direction For ten years ago I learned how to "ghosting" Is an important articulation in jazz, blues and rock Your tongue should cradle the reed while you you're playing a note whithout affecting the pitch
Playing the saxophone - How fast can you tongue? I want to do a survey about tonguing speeds, I read somewhere that a normal speed would be to single tongue a note (e g C2 = the top C in the lower register) in sixteenths at 152 BPM I find this incredibly fast as a reasonable goal (I certainly can't), what do people here think? Is there