JAZZLAB: Mouthpiece exercises for saxophone and clarinet

Mouthpiece exercises for saxophone and clarinet are one of the best methods to continually improve the sound. Furthermore, one can train the embouchure, the breathing and the articulation optimally. Daily exercises -- 5 minutes are enough -- are the key to a higher level of sound and intonation on the instrument. Through mouthpiece exercises you train exactly those muscles that are crucial to the playing of a saxophone or a clarinet: for the sound, for the intonation, for special effects as vibrato or bending, for high tones (high notes, top tones, altissimo, flageolettes). For beginners and for advanced players. For classic music, blues, soul, funk rock or folk.

How can we understand this? Sound production, sound, sonority, and above all personal expressiveness, are controlled individually out of the throat and the oral cavity. Therefore the lips, the tongue, the palatine, the larynx, the vocal cords and breathing play a vital role (voicing). The interaction of all these aspects is complex and it is quite unexplainable how you can produce certain tones and whole melodies like this. You do not deliberately notice the processes but you can feel them. It is crucial, therefore, that you can hear the results and remember the corresponding "settings"!

These findings prompted Joe Allard, the grand master of the woodwinds, to develop a new method of training and suitable exercises, among which are the mouthpiece exercises. With these exercises Joe Allard documented astonishing results while having comparatively little expenditure of time. Among his students were saxophonists as David Liebman, Michael Brecker, Stan Getz, Bob Berg and Glenn Miller whole sax section.

This is a trailer from JAZZLAB instructional video "SOUND TRAINING FOR SAXOPHONE & CLARINET - Mouthpiece Exercises with the Silencer". The whole educational video on English or German with many additional informations you will find on www.jazzlab.com

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[juanchosax]

how can I get this product? I'm in Colombia, South America. Thanks

[goto5612]

@juanchosax

Quite simple: send a mail to info@jancic.ch and you get all informations you need

[NinjaJon19]

does this apply to bass clarinet too?

[goto5612]

NinjaJon19: the system works for bass clarintet too. Since there are not very much bass clarinet players, it is a customized manufacturing and the price is higher.

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

That inro music was epic

[Shooshie128]

BRAVO! I'm thrilled to see this product. As the one who introduced these exercises on the net in 1994, I can only hope that more people will use them (with silencer!) to learn how it opens the door --so easily -- to advanced techniques. Search for "Shooshie Mouthpiece Exercise" on Google to find the SaxFAQ where the exercises were originally posted. There you will find the background and detail that bring them to life. And... get a Silencer. It's a great idea! (I've no connection with it, btw.)

[mariesalas1]

I bet I could make this myself with a couple of supplies from the hardware store.

[hellolabgroup]

deutschland? :D entweder das oder osterreich ^^ ich habs sofort erkannt:)

[musicmanson]

Were they trying to be funny?

[tackledparsley]

would this not have a large effect of the playing (pressure, feel etc.)

[shrillz]

Haha This was so funny and In formtive. I want more

[goto5612]

@TheJazzySaxophone The range depends on mouthpiece size: short mouthpieces has higher pitch, big mouthpieces has lower pitch. With the mouthpiece exercises you learn to change the oral cavity for your purposes when you play your horn: for soft sound / edgy sound; for changing the pitch on the instrument without pulling out or pushing in your MPC all the time.

[intahipp]

I love this idea and concept. My wife is a night nurse and sleeps days. I'm a U.S. History teacher and during the day, I can practice at lunch or after school. But during the summer, I run into problems at home finding enough practice time. This will really help. Thank you!

[sweetsweetchimera]

The comments on that video seem very weird.