Sax Lesson - Stratospheric sax gliss (Dean Hilson - tenor sax)

[saxmalvas]

Muy bueno es

[klasse2bub]

Dean, I could kill someone just to play like you! Thanks man!

[ellisaxman]

Every time I get to where I'm fingering an A I lose it. Anyone got any advice they could give me? I'm not very experienced in using harmonics so that probably doesn't help me.

[noah7500]

wao

[nudist1033]

For those who might not believe the range that a Tenor Saxophone can have, listen to Lenny Pickett from Tower of Power.

He was in that band during the early to mid 70s, and has to be considered one of the most phenomenal Tenor Saxophone players alive.

"Knock Yourself Out" ( from the Live and In Living Color LP Sacramento California 1976) is probably the most difficult T.Sax solos ever performed.

"Squib Cakes" (from the studio LP Back To Oakland) is also very very good.

[LeecherD]

Can this be done on the baritone sax?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

@LeecherD Try it

[SelmerMarkVI66]

Great video! until now i only knew the Eric Marienthal glissando, but these are some nice variations. What is your favorite glissando-moment on youtube? check patti austin in newport, I Played this one over and over again, there is this awesome glissando moment at 3:17

[lalocejas83]

@SelmerMarkVI66 look up roy ayers searchin' cant get that one out of my head solo starts at the 2:38 mark..

[FaveSaxClips]

Wow, my brain exploded when you jumped from regular playing to the next half step up on a different note's harmonic.  Thanks for this tip!

[therenatoz1]

amazing!!!

[Peiselkopp]

Good work.

[rfsgfsdgfdg]

love the beginning lol!!

[harlinwood]

Hey i had a couple of questions. i was wondering whether the type of mouthpiece I am playing on could be limiting when trying to produce overtones? I am playing on a Selmer c* and can play A# C#, And D (using overtones) with relative ease but i have a lot of trouble producing B with the E fingering ( C I can sometimes get). any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. -Harley

[abukamoon]

Great demonstration of the technical aspects of glissando into the altissimo register.

[Carsonsaxplayer]

Great job explaining this concept! I usually start on the D fingering producing the "octave A" tone, but this concept works from the inside out, and is a better idea. With an open mouthpiece (7 star or higher) you can glissando with Dean's "siren sound" up into the altissimo stratosphere!

[Jazzsaxman1]

Good tone

[jim6929]

10* - that's a pretty big opening!

[MTWalker12]

Dean thank you so much for providing a great lesson. I'm at a point in my playing where this will really come in handy. Thanks!

[applebites12345]

this dude is a bad ass

[mrkandyman1911]

dude your awesome.

[OlavoBLFilho]

Very Good Dean! Fantastic Gliss Tenor Sax. Hugs from Brazil.

[i0nPuNk182]

growling and bending notes can be challenging for me but it's so fun!

[petrocef]

What kind of a mouthpiece are you playing? The ligature looks like it might be a Lebayle. I don't know anyone else but myself that played a Lebayle mouthpiece. I don't anymore because I could never get the reeds to seal for very long. What kind of reeds do you use? I enjoyed your video.

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

All your questions are answered in the video description. Thanks

[barisax7411]

what a gorgeous horn man!!! The unlaquered mid 60's mark VI.. probably the best sounding vintage horn you will ever find!!! Good lesson too. It's all about voicing and tonal imagination! Also recommend the palm key overblowing excercies for truly screeching altissimo!

[joanmvf]

i was trying to do that like the video.. changing from A to D# and i cant make it sounds like A#.... can u give me any advise???

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

@joanmvf - Its a prerequisite for this technique that you can play harmonics on your sax. Harmonics are covered in other videos on other channels of youtube so have a look at those and learn that stuff first. I hope this helps.

[dudelololoop]

Thanks man i will try to do that.

[CamTheCat]

Very helpful. For the gliss this is great. Playing scales and arpeggios into the altissimo up to high C# or D (including the chromatic scale) has been something that greatly improved my level of comfortability in the palm keys and altissimo.

[tnornapful]

Awesome Dean, cheers from Honduras. Would you like to come over here for some clinics?, let me know how can I get you to my country

[ChingParr]

that is a beautiful saxophone

[joetighe]

nice trick. dont know many that can do that well. Cheers!

[stevensonswim7]

AwEsoME!!!

[vampcompany]

Awesome Dean, can i ask what sax make is that and what mouth-piece are you using.

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

@vampcompany all the mouthpiece and reed stuff is in the description for the video. Cheers.

[icarusaxO]

Can do it on Alto Saxophone???

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

It works on all saxes.

[melmin251]

cool

thanx!!

[saxorican]

Great stuff, well presented... Thanks

[shadon007]

What kind of sax are you playing on. Must be vintage?

[BigSax1984]

Very cool. I never would have thought about overblowing to the 2nd harmonic during the chromatic run. Thank you very much for posting this.

[popiriki77]

hi dean that lesson whas amazing thank you very much from france!!!

[vudumasta]

Great stuff!

[MrCameronAllan]

How did you make it sound so good?

When I do it, it sounds very... screechy for lack of a better term :[

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

Practice  :-)

[MrCameronAllan]

That and driving everyone else in my house nuts x]

[saxtom1]

very good but i cant do it i play A then then the 2nd harmonic of E flat but when i move on to E that is supposed to sound B it goes back to E. what can i do to prevent that happening?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

As the video says you have to be able to do the harmonics for the gliss to work. You'll need to study the harmonics series first. There are other videos that cover that subject. All the best.

[Dr0Truth]

go onto google. Type overtone seriest saxophone. You should find a list of overtones for each note on the horn. Master them, hone them, and then you can USE them.

[shinzembi]

Dude you are awesome! This is by far and away the best instructional sax lesson I've found on youtube ever. Nicely done!

[raypitaw]

Hi Sir! thank you for sharing ur talent.

[shokkizzle]

Dean,

that was a fantastic demonstration. Very clear and very helpful! thank you muchly.

[synyster52]

what do you mean by plastic?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

Bend the note

[Korean121]

does this only work for tenor?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

I've tried on the alto and it works on that sax. The theory is the same for all the saxes.

[MunfordMusic]

What size reed are you using?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

Mouthpiece, reed and horn details are now in the video description for anyone wanting to know.

[cesarinman]

What type of mouthpiece do you have in this video?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

Im using a 10* Otto Link with a No. 3 Vandoren ZZ and a BG Ligature L28MJ. The horn is a Selmer Mk.6, serial 123XXX. Which puts it around 1964 I think.

[Fatzosax]

I am not sure how many players can do that with your setup, other that good you have the rare gift to be clear and know how to teach. bravo!

[6mmSniper009]

Hi, what mouthpiece are you using? Im getting a selmer reference 54 soon and it looks like you have a selmer paris sax as well. That is why i must know.

[tmurphy941]

Thanks for the very generous help. Please, what is your setup? What is the best mouthpiece and reed for altissimo? Thanks, again. Tom

[WeiseGuy91]

Any help on altissimo fingerings?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

Currently there are no plans to post a video about altissimo fingerings. This subject is however covered on other youtube channels. Try typing "sax altissimo" into the youtube search engine. I hope this helps.

Leo

[WeiseGuy91]

To do this on an Alto sax, would that mean I should take the PDF attachment and change this to Eb key, so A to A in Bb would be E to E in Eb

[BrandonG619]

if played alto sax for 3 years do ya think ill be any good at soprano? is it the same fingerings?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

All the saxes have the same fingerings. You'll need to try a soprano to figure out whether it suits you and you suit it.

[dvnstvn9]

yeah, you just gotta get use to the soprano its not hard, its just annoying trying to keep the notes in tune and smooth, the soprano is just stubborn

[PSPGENIUS714]

"The soprano is just stubborn." Haha I like that.

[tmurphy941]

What a helpful and generous video. Thanks!

[jazzinjj]

BRAVO...BRAVO...!!!!

[perignon]

wow, dam nice sax

omg @ 5:22 (i wana learn to do that n punk my bandmates!!)

[mikesutra]

Hi Dean, Long way from the misfits in london circa 1978! Mike brownlee...

[drigonometry]

could someone explain what you do with your throat when you would practice the siren exercise?

[omeganinjasmurf]

what are the altisimo fingerings?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

Altissimo fingerings are covered in other videos on youtube just search and you'll find heaps.

[AMillionStreets]

This is gr8, learned a lot from this, particularly the Altissimo A, different from the way I was doing it, and better. Plastic fantastic! Steve

[moneyflow94]

He is my clarinet teacher, btw he works at the Music Place

[bjorliin]

Nice ! Ty alot ! cool selmer u got there btw

[zekealish]

dude!

so helpful amazing tone illl be waitin for more vids!

[love4woodwinds]

AWESOME DEAN! What is your set up? Serial number

on your Mark VI, your mouthpiece and number, and you reed and number? Thanks so much. You really got me thinking.

CT

[grudgemaker5]

whats a harmonic

[sa8vsaxman]

playing a harmonic is when you play one of the other notes within another note - eg. finger a low C and play the 8th above, and then the 12th above that without moving your fingers - look up the harmonic series, that will help

[smoothbabic]

thanks for this stuff!!

thank you so much

[AltissimoMan]

Amazing man! I've been trying to learn to do a good glissando on the sax for a long time now, this was very helpful and I am going to the website now.