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Mk111
User ID: 1125704 Feb 7th 10:07 PM
I hit F4 tonight! woooooooooo.

mutha potamus
User ID: 8248813 Feb 8th 1:13 PM
NICE!!!!

Andrew
User ID: 2052144 Feb 8th 2:52 PM
Good Job! Keep makin those dogs howl! Wake the neighbors! Power to sax players!!! YEAH!!!!

Eric
User ID: 2533044 Feb 8th 6:28 PM
I hit C4 monday and I was shocked at myself, I mean being such a young player and have only being playing for 3 years!

LoneTango
User ID: 1244314 Feb 8th 6:51 PM
It's all a matter of adjusting your embouchure. I taught a friend of mine who just picked up the sax about an hour and he was able to hit each altissimo note I was hitting up to F4. Isn't that something?

Easy way to hit F4, just take in a lot of mouthpiece and blow...it's almost like a squeak.

mattgmann
User ID: 9384353 Mar 6th 5:43 PM
don't get me wrong, but i don't think there should be too much embouchure adjustment, if any when you're going into altissimo. It seems to me, that by adjusting your throat, mouth shape, and ear position, you can create a richer more uniform tone. I wouldn't recommend playing high for novelty, I'd be afraid of messing up a good embouchure by biting.

Miles
User ID: 1578334 Apr 9th 4:39 PM
It's more of a voicing thing, not an embouchure thing, although there might be slight adjustment.

FEW TOO MANY
User ID: 3633134 Apr 12th 4:04 PM
anybody can stick a mouthpiece in their mouth and bite down and make a squeek- then call it altissimo.

modre
User ID: 1000714 Apr 12th 4:07 PM
Tell Lenny his Knock Yourself Out solo was lame for that reason.

Rogerrr
User ID: 0658904 Apr 18th 5:23 PM
Tell Lenny his Knock Yourself Out solo only comes out of my car CD player when I need a Johnny Winter or James Brown fix

Mk111 User ID: 1125704	Feb 7th 10:07 PM I hit F4 tonight! woooooooooo.
mutha potamus User ID: 8248813	Feb 8th 1:13 PM NICE!!!!
Andrew User ID: 2052144	Feb 8th 2:52 PM Good Job! Keep makin those dogs howl! Wake the neighbors! Power to sax players!!! YEAH!!!!
Eric User ID: 2533044	Feb 8th 6:28 PM I hit C4 monday and I was shocked at myself, I mean being such a young player and have only being playing for 3 years!
LoneTango User ID: 1244314	Feb 8th 6:51 PM It's all a matter of adjusting your embouchure. I taught a friend of mine who just picked up the sax about an hour and he was able to hit each altissimo note I was hitting up to F4. Isn't that something? Easy way to hit F4, just take in a lot of mouthpiece and blow...it's almost like a squeak.
mattgmann User ID: 9384353	Mar 6th 5:43 PM don't get me wrong, but i don't think there should be too much embouchure adjustment, if any when you're going into altissimo. It seems to me, that by adjusting your throat, mouth shape, and ear position, you can create a richer more uniform tone. I wouldn't recommend playing high for novelty, I'd be afraid of messing up a good embouchure by biting.
Miles User ID: 1578334	Apr 9th 4:39 PM It's more of a voicing thing, not an embouchure thing, although there might be slight adjustment.
FEW TOO MANY User ID: 3633134	Apr 12th 4:04 PM anybody can stick a mouthpiece in their mouth and bite down and make a squeek- then call it altissimo.
modre User ID: 1000714	Apr 12th 4:07 PM Tell Lenny his Knock Yourself Out solo was lame for that reason.
Rogerrr User ID: 0658904	Apr 18th 5:23 PM Tell Lenny his Knock Yourself Out solo only comes out of my car CD player when I need a Johnny Winter or James Brown fix