[jazzsax86]

Sorry if I missed a post on this, but I didn't find any by searching. Is there anywhere that I can see a PDF file or something of an EWI fingering chart. I don't own one yet. Just starting to look into it. I'm assuming that the owners manual may say something?? Anyway, I'd like to see what the fingerings are like. I have heard they are kind of a mix between sax and flute, but I was just interested in the specifics. Thanks

 

[CountSpatula]

Just about the same as a saxophone. The only different/weird/tough part is the pinky keys are a bit weird but nothing crazy. The only probably it took me getting use to from Saxophone when I first got my was the Octave rollers and the "touch sensitive" keys when your using to resting your fingers on sax keys...

 

[Agent27]

It's been about 10 years since I've played one (Yamaha WX7), but it was almost exactly like a sax and there was no need for a fingering chart. The biggest difference is that it may not have some palm or pinky keys (actually, I think it was just missing the left hand palm keys) because if you need to play higher or lower, you just press the appropriate octave key.

I picked up flute 6 or 7 years ago and the few notes that are slightly different than sax (C, Bb, D, Eb) wouldn't carry over to the EWI that I played.

 

[saxmanglen]

Here's a link to the Yamaha WX5 owners manual. The fingering chart is on page 32.

http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/emi/english/synth/WX5E.PDF

 

[jazzsax86]

Thanks very much! Thats awesome!

 

[CaseyReed]

EWI 4000s and WX5 have different fingerings. Both models have more than one fingering mode, and at least one mode that is sax like. The WX5 provides alt fingerings for a few notes that can (depending on the synth used) alter the timbre - very cool.