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That is a really good article.saxmanglen said:Yamaha Educator series has a nice article on getting your horn into it's relative pitch. Here's the article:
http://www.yamaha.ca/advertising/downloads/wsp_articles/Wind_Tips_Duke.pdf
I feel the theory works a bit better on tenor than alto but it still works.
Thanks Clayton! That means a lot coming from an accomplished player as yourself.Agent27 said:That is a really good article.
Great article - thanks for pointing it out. I've been trying something similar for the last four weeks after reading some advice regarding mouthpiece placement posted on this forum by Crescent. It apparently came from a teacher who had in turn been a pupil of Joe Allard. It stated something like: "Play the B flat in the middle of the staff, then play the same note (octave harmonic) using the low B flat fingering. Adjust the mouthpiece position until the two are in tune with each other. That's where it's meant to be - now go play in tune with everyone else."saxmanglen said:Yamaha Educator series has a nice article on getting your horn into it's relative pitch. Here's the article:
http://www.yamaha.ca/advertising/downloads/wsp_articles/Wind_Tips_Duke.pdf
I feel the theory works a bit better on tenor than alto but it still works.
Great article - thanks for pointing it out. I've been trying something similar for the last four weeks after reading some advice regarding mouthpiece placement posted on this forum by Crescent. It apparently came from a teacher who had in turn been a pupil of Joe Allard. It stated something like: "Play the B flat in the middle of the staff, then play the same note (octave harmonic) using the low B flat fingering. Adjust the mouthpiece position until the two are in tune with each other. That's where it's meant to be - now go play in tune with everyone else."
Gotta try that one when I get home... regular low B flat is sharp on a lot of horns so I'm surpised that actually works.
My teacher told to to play a middle B and then lip it down to B flat and then up to C. If you can't make the C without hurting yourself then the mouthpiece is not pushed on far enough.