Hi everyone,
I've just picked up the sax again for the first time since high school (at least a couple of decades ago!), and while I've been pretty happy with what I've been able to accomplish, I've noticed something odd about octave intonation that I thought I'd ask about.
In a nutshell, when the octave key triggers the lower octave hole (notes G and lower) things are fine, but when the octave key triggers the tiny neck hole (notes A and higher), the notes are noticeably flat. If I play a low G and then the octave G, all is peachy, but when I do the same with notes A and up, the higher octave is flat. I know I should compensate with embouchure, but is the phenomenon normal? If the neck-hole mechanism is meant to trigger at A, then I figure it wouldn't have been designed to produce flat notes, so something must be amiss.
Thanks
Rob
I've just picked up the sax again for the first time since high school (at least a couple of decades ago!), and while I've been pretty happy with what I've been able to accomplish, I've noticed something odd about octave intonation that I thought I'd ask about.
In a nutshell, when the octave key triggers the lower octave hole (notes G and lower) things are fine, but when the octave key triggers the tiny neck hole (notes A and higher), the notes are noticeably flat. If I play a low G and then the octave G, all is peachy, but when I do the same with notes A and up, the higher octave is flat. I know I should compensate with embouchure, but is the phenomenon normal? If the neck-hole mechanism is meant to trigger at A, then I figure it wouldn't have been designed to produce flat notes, so something must be amiss.
Thanks
Rob