Sax Lesson: sax warmup, buzzing the mouthpiece (Leo Dale)

http://digitalpill.tv/ A sax lesson from Leo Dale on how to warm up your tone by buzzing on the mouthpiece. Technique for intermediate to advanced sax players.

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[IronPump89]

hallo I am totally new to alto saxophone: I have this PROBLEM: when I want to play "Bb" at the "1-2 - Bb-low key" position, I get the same sound like the "A" note at the "1-2" position... Its like the pinky pressing the low Bb key doenst change the pitch as it should :( help anyone?

thanks!

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

You may need your sax repaired

[3bussey]

how r u changing da pitches at the beginnin of 3 mins??? please tell me

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

Don't worry too much about the technique. Just try to get a couple of different notes and then try to go between them, as you do that you'll figure out for yourself how you are doing it.

[2ganstaforyou]

i jsut started playign the sax..

and i cant seem to play diffrent notes like hes doing it

can some one teach me how?

[DigitalPillTVwebsite]

This video is for intermediate to advanced players. Beginners can try learning to play one straight note on the mouthpiece first. From there you can try to increase the length of that one straight note over time. I hope this helps.

[MrDaboogieman]

@AsherSax i saw your comment and wanted to help for the best sound probably a 1/4 of the way of even a 1/3 but not half. hope that helped ;)

[AsherSax]

Mr. Dale. I wondered if you could answer this question for me. Approximately how much mouthpiece should be inside the mouth while playing a note? I'm asking this for an alto sax mouthpiece, if that matters. I'm an intermediate to advanced player in high school. But for some reason I begin to question myself on my techniques. Is my embouchure right? Tonguing? Etc. I won't ask you to get into much detail, but just wondering approximately where my teeth, lips, etc. should be. Thanks.

[Godz3839]

@jazfyrski i agree with leo when he says you're overthinking it. most of those things are subconscious changes that you just have to practice to figure out. sure, at first they aren't subconscious, but your goal is to make them as such. you're right when you say your throat and embochure might be involved. they certainly are. i wouldn't suggest singing the pitch as you blow, however, because that's a technique used for growling not intonation. i leave the rest up to your desire to figure it out

[punkrockgoth1988]

I will have to try that when I next practice sax.

[tom2356]

Well I feel stupid, just got my alto sax and I have been playing for hours with the mouthpiece upside down

[XxBrittanyxX16]

i can do that with my clarinet mouthpiece

[anarosatti]

thank you leo, this has been really really helpful. now i just have to spend some log hours without the horn. all the best from buenos aires!

[maccarryn]

Thanks Leo - you're a good teacher.