How to Play Tenor Saxophone : Playing a Chromatic Scale on the Tenor Saxophone

[samfrizell]

worst teacher ever

[jlmwolves]

Oh my god, that was horrible. Terrible intonation, couldn't even reach the low C correctly, and the vibrato on the high C just sounded terrible. I only played tenor sax in middle school and high school, but I could do a better job than this guy.

[xxFuzzyMonkies123xx]

These are the wrong fingerings, a C# is all open, no keys pressed, jeez... I play turbot saxophone and I've only been playing for 2 years and I even know this stuff and this guy is like 40 something...

[TheNikecrazy123]

@xxFuzzyMonkies123xx there are multiple c# fingerings. i have played that thing for one year and i know that. not to be rude or antyhing.

[wim35769]

Never heard of the side f#? This is for certain NOT the right fingering.....

[MrJazzSaxophone]

@wim35769 Its for trilling

[fadoodle100]

@wim35769 i think it's the alternative fingering

[wierd0chick]

thats a pretty tricked out neck strap, i only have the one that litterally goes around the neck, havent see the one with the arm yet.

[bamafan686]

my saxophone is made different from others its a 1976 design made by Conn in 1980 check out my vids i have the E Flat and B Flat scales with arpageos..

[rosski47]

Honestly, this video got me into college.

Thank you expert village.

[estesoyojajaja]

@rosski47 how do you call in english that devise the old guy is wearing to hold his sax so it does not fell down?

[bamafan686]

@estesoyojajaja its a neckstrap i play tenor saxophone.

[Thebladeofforgivenes]

uhhhhhhhh hes just making the chromatic scale more complicated

[jazzperformance]

why is the print over the screen????

I wanted to watxch excatly this, and...

[galaxyblinds]

needs some work on his intonation !!

[RJA10001]

this is the one that OOPS

[ranexion]

Okay,now everyone can play the scale...

[ipodgenius1x1]

i learned chromatic on alto in grade 6, self taught, and apprently i was right, not very hard? I lie c and d blues scales the best!

[GuessStudios]

hillarioius

[crishugo2004]

nunca he tocado un saxo...la esplicacion es muy directa..pero ....Porque claquean tanto las teclas...? buen sonido y la clase muy concisa ...pero me disturba algo....gracias por el video

[Marcushajo]

Brilliant! Thanks!

[wannabroosky22]

I wanna connect a piano to a saxophone, and make each piano key open the appropriate valves on the sax.

[SWAGGTUT]

what i did was used a transposition chart with my sax fingering chart. I relabeled each note according to what it is on the piano and this helped me alot. the notes on the tenor are a wholestep lower than the piano. So C fingering on tenor sax is Bb on the piano, D fingering is C, E fingering = D, F fingering = Eb ETC

[wannabroosky22]

What I never understand is Why all these wind/brass instruments don't just stay together in one key with the piano. Why are they all scatteredly transposed?

[evilpanda92]

@wannabroosky22 becuase it just is =p

[sneezeoncats]

@wannabroosky22 it's because to make most instruments in the key of C makes them sound terrible. There is a saxophone in C but it sounds atrocious

[scottjop656]

@sneezeoncats Actually... thats not true at all. The reason for reed instruments is it makes it easier for the musician to play in an 'easier' key rather than know a bagilion fingerings where as the composers have to know the transpositions. Now brass instruments are in different keys basically to fit a composers desired sound. now that sax in C ur talking about? probably was just a prototype gone wrong.. i mean correct me if im wrong! im not here to throw insults around. just educate!

[warren52nz]

Get a MIDI keyboard and hook it up to a timbral unit (like the Roland U220) and you can play just about any instrument on the keyboard.

[RJA10001]

@wannabroosky22 that would take alot of work but you could probably pull it off

[TheRetroSax]

@wannabroosky22 Haha, That sounds awesome lol

[bamafan686]

@TheRetroSax intonation needs work.

[austin23456789]

I'm going to take band next year and I really want to play the sax

[SuperBandgeek1994]

oh it is super fun!

[RENEGADEROCK1]

i know this and this is my first year of band too

[knnyttex]

This is my second year playing saxophone and i am still having trouble on the cromatic scale

[SuperBandgeek1994]

practice sliding from the C to Eb! I have been it band for almost 4 years and it has helped me alot! it hurts but it works.

[bum91493]

omg the palm keys from high d, dsharp, E, and F are hard for me

[soadforever2000]

the c key and e flat r confusing to me cause i play oboe too and its in reverse other than that this scale is pretty easy

[ccszm001]

the tenors not that heavy im pretty sure you dont need that whole bari bra thing.

should of done optional fingering on the f sharp...then there wouldn't of been a doodle.

[comicreaper]

he mentioned in another video why he uses that now instead of the neck strap

[Ingellina]

nice job :]

[69jazzfan]

thank you so much

[Alastair6]

Wow!

[1108boy]

it's just so complex..

[jazzperformance]

Is the alto sort of the same for which keys make which notes? - I know it's smaller of course

[granitePillar]

the fingerings are th same so yeah

[comicreaper]

i saw a guy in another video say that you do play it the same don't take my word for it but that's what he said.

[jazzperformance]

Great: I always wanted to know which note was what. Asked my f'r once on the clt but he didn't seem to understand. I don't have a saw but I want to know how to make the notes anyway.

[afiq132]

uhh tenor sax is a transposing instrument? so Bb is ur c major...i love sax so many type of em my fav is tenor n soprano! >:D

[awkwardkitten]

yep thats true, same for alto, Bb is a g on alto and bari sax.

[sgtr9969]

how come the scales are not the same to the guitars and piano how come when i play C mayor im playing Bb im starting with the saxophone but thats whats confusing me because when i play C mayor like it says in the book wheni compare it with my piano im actually playing Bb

[gamwizrd1]

thats just the key the instrument is made in. its a Bb Tenor. It is two half steps up from concert. Another example is the Eb Alto, its 3 half steps down from concert. so, when a tenor, a piano, and an alto play Bb concert together, the tenor plays its C, the piano plays its Bb, and the alto would play its g. thats just... how it works i guess. you get the same note on all three :)

[tbcass]

It's kind of dumb when you think of it. Why not refer everything to concert pitch and name it such. It would be less confusing.

[theluigiteam543]

A long time ago, something just happened. The thing that sucks about the tenor is that it tunes one major ninth lower than the note written. On that basis, when I started to learn the instrument, I thought I was playing an octave low, when actually the other notes I was playing were an octave high!

[irawrmuffin]

can't you play a c sharp open?

[grudgemaker5]

yes

[Saxyman14]

not in that octave.

[sephirothtoon]

i prefer using the bis key for c# the third key on left hand and all three keys on the right hand it helps to get to the d note faster

[Saxyman14]

Probably not a habit you want to develop.

[FIRELUIGI4]

But it's not in tune.

[Bl4ckM0nkey1997]

NICE!!!

[TenorSaxDogVideos]

The Bb/Bb issue goes both ways. I prefer using side Bb going up, and 1-1 going down.

[bosesamsungdell]

I find Bb easier to play using both index fingers (1 and 1) rather than using the side key, but I do use the side key if the note is written A#

[WoWGates]

same

[brian62793]

that Bb isnt good with intonation

[Fransizzzzzzle]

middle Bb(Bis) key is used for note jumpings from when a note is several notes higher than the first. Side key is for stepwise notes.

[737flyhigh]

Thank you for taking your time I have learned the chromatic scale and gleamed a lot of other tips from you Greatly appreciated

[dublreed]

It is important to teach the chromatic F#/Gb fingering for ascending and descending scales. When playing F# after an F, just add key #11 with the ring finger (a bar key below the 3 RH side keys). Some saxes have only 1 chromatic F# key but on better saxes, the altissimo high F# sits above that. On descending scales, from G, add both the F & #11. Practice F F# G Gb F until you get used to it. Also called the F to F# trill. Try trilling F to F# the regular way and you'll see what I mean.

[yomomasuksmydick798]

i know how too play the chromatic on the alto saxophone

[cptexpando]

Then you know how to play the chromatic scale on ANY saxophone. The fingerings are exactly the same. The OVERALL key (pitch) is different between Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone, but to keep things simple, someone decided call the fingerings the same. So, a "C" on Alto produces a different pitch than a "C" on a Tenor, eventhough it's the same fingering. That's why the written music is designated for "E-flat Alto" or "B-flat Tenor", and so on.

[yomomasuksmydick798]

my friend switched from alto too tenor.the tenor is were you have too play the saxophone sideways.its preety cool.he said the fingerings are the same,but he barely makes a sound when he plays. i might switch too berry because he looks preety cool!!!

[Caneinthehouse]

i play the tenor and ive never found myself playing it sideways lol never knew you could play a sax sideways

[yomomasuksmydick798]

KNOW,I MEAN PLAY IN THE SIDE

[cartmanfan69]

he means play with the sax to the side not stratled

[Caneinthehouse]

oooh i get wat you mean..i never found my self

playing my tenor any differently then i do my alto..and yes

i own a barry,alto,tenor..

[Caneinthehouse]

a C on an alto is a G on a tenor..there is a 4th difference

[cptexpando]

Yes, there's a 4th difference, but you've got it backwards. A "C" on a TENOR is a "G" on ALTO. In other words, to produce a concert B-flat on tenor, you need to finger a "C". (Hence "B-flat tenor sax). To produce the same pitch on alto, you need to finger a "G".

[cartmanfan69]

its the same thing on the tenor just a different key. so it u start on b (i just said a random note) so if u start on b on the tenor you would be one note up so the tenor would be a c.

[RFR232]

I WANT A TENOR SAXOPHONE

[frostbittenfox]

Thank you so much for posting this!!! This is going to be so helpful when I start taking lessons next week!!! :0

[cptexpando]

i hope you're not taking lessons from this guy..

[ChRiSsY966]

oooh.. lol. okies :)

[ChRiSsY966]

isnt c# open??

[darkshadows15]

The C# this guy is talking about on the video is the lower C#. An octave higher, the C# is open. :)

[Caneinthehouse]

you can play the middle C# closed by pressing the octave key

[cptexpando]

You can, but the "regular" fingering for the middle C# is open, no Octave key. The closed fingering will work, but you need to change your embochure, and the sound is inconsistent with the rest of the notes in the middle regiser, and it's a little out of tune.

[buttcrack49]

thank u