HIGH Altissimo

[Djt2005]

Would any of you know any fingerings five octaves above the staff? If you do, please E-mail me @ DJT2005@aol.com.

[Perfect Pitch]

I think you may see more of two fingers from the neighbours :wink:

[Perfect Pitch]

On second thoughts if you do get a response please post it here so we can all have a go.

[Jazzophone]

Five octaves ABOVE the staff? Guy, I don't even think I can do that on the flute. That's crazy. :shock:

[srcsax]

There is a way, but it involves a cork, two habenera peppers, a cup on mayonaise, a clothes pin, one small candle and salt. Can only be used once per perfromance.

[Djt2005]

At first people do not care, but above triple D it starts to hurt peoples' ears. A fun thing to do is find another person and play dissonant up there.

[cmelodysax]

I hold down the aux-front-f (and the octave key) and just lip it - problem is you tend to attract a lot of dogs...........

You know you've reached the upper limit when your embouchure implodes, and your knee-caps shatter !

[colibri]

If you know your overtone exercise well and have a great ear, there's no need for any altissimo fingerings. You can go as high as you like.

[dolphyo]

BIE YOUR REED AND BLOW. AH HA HA HA.

[dolphyo]

sorry guys, thats bite the reed and blow. its been done to death.

[Keilwerth Guy]

Just take up the piccolo.

[Stacey]

Would any of you know any fingerings five octaves above the staff? If you do, please E-mail me @ DJT2005@aol.com.

I just take my RH fingers, reach ALL THE WAY to the right of the piano keyboard, and press those keys.

Oh - on the SAXOPHONE?!? Um, no. Might want to keep your day job, because those "notes" won't be all that lucrative.

[cmelodysax]

Stacey - high notes might not be lucrative, but they're fun - and they don't half annoy trumpet players !

When I used to 'section'with other soul/fusion horns, no matter what high note the trumpet player would end on, I'd just wink and go a third, fifth, or even an octave above him.

Red face and bulging cheeks/eyes on his part, just a subtle tightening of the embouchure on my part. I got so good at it that he'd let me take the high part if his chops were playing up (no pun intended)............. I never did manage to shatter any glass tho', just a few trumpet players dreams !! :D

Regards, Alan.

[Media Lint]

Step 1: get a hack saw

Step 2: .... well, I won't go on.

I like to experiment with weird fingering combinations just to see what I come up with, and on different horns I find different things. But I never tried to replicate a dog whistle.

[bruce bailey]

Put horn in mouth, put teeth on reed, blow really hard, turn out lights so police can't find correct house......

[dolphyo]

five octaves above the staff in print i doubt its been published! of course its been done from the extreme rock and rollers to the free jazzers. on recordings and told in print by these artists, are donald harrison(alto) hamiet bluiett(baritone)lenny pickett(tenor) and possibly a few dozen others. so what is the point of this excersize? musicality or showmanship?

[Djt2005]

Not really either. Just ability.

[BlueNote]

5 octaves above staff is a squeek imo.

It's not really a note... just a high pitched, dog whistle tone that us as humans can't really hear or even enjoy hearing. I think it would sound like garbage if you used it in a solo. For one, it is so high that you cannot hear what note it is, and two, intonation wouldn't even exist at that high up in the stratosphere.

But whatever man. If it is for your well-being and ego, go for it, but don't expect anyone to enjoy listening to it.

Just my 2 cents. :wink:

[LazySaxman]

:( I thought the alto only had 4 octaves, tenor 4.5, and bari 5. Have I been misinformed?

[BlueNote]

John Stubblefield could get up there in his altissimo tenor playing.