[bjornblomberg]

I've been playing mostly tenor for a long time. Recently, I got this yanagisawa alto. It's a fantastic horn. But, I got a problem with the tuning of the altissimo G. It seems to be flat all the time. I'm using the standard fingering, I think, that works great on my tenors (yani and mk6). I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for a particular fingering that would work nicely on my alto?
Thanks in advance
Bjorn

 

[drakesaxprof]

Try XOO/XOO plus high F# and side Bb, with the octave key.

 

[tmuraoka]

Try XOO/XOO plus high F# and side Bb, with the octave key.

Adding the left-hand G can also help i.e. XOX/XOO

I also often add the right-hand Eb to the side Bb to help with tuning.

 

[zorroperro]

Use xox/xox and open side Bb.

 

[bjornblomberg]

Use xox/xox and open side Bb.

Thanks everybody for good advice. The one I used was xoo ooo + F# + sideBb, which is a bit off. The above one xox xox + side Bb seems very promising.
Greetings!

 

[collegestationsax]

Best fingering bar none is left: 1 3 Right: 1 with b flat side key. Every alto at my school uses this fingering including a yani a992 player and its perfectly in tune. Its also just as easy as getting out the palm key notes.

 

[Jason McFeaters]

The Rousseau book "High Tones" has multiple fingerings for all of the horns. It's a great reference if you need a quick fingering for one of the horns that's not your primary instrument.

 

[Agent27]

Best fingering bar none is left: 1 3 Right: 1 with b flat side key. Every alto at my school uses this fingering including a yani a992 player and its perfectly in tune. Its also just as easy as getting out the palm key notes.

This is what I use. And to get G#, you do the same thing but play Side C instead of Side Bb.

The G and G# fingerings are going to be different on alto and tenor. After that, you can pretty much use the same fingerings for both.