My main horn is a tenor: P.mauriat system 76. Today I got the impulse of playing my old alto sax (my first horn, a cheap Jupiter school sax, had it for 7 years with no maintience) and I tried to do some altissimo. I managed to play from altissimo G# - D, just by looking at a fingering chart, and it was real stable notes! I haven't played my alto for at least half a year!
The thing is, I can't play any altissimo on my tenor. I sometimes manage to play G and A, but very inconsistently. Altissimo D is more relible though. I just don't understand how I can do it on my begginer alto which I don't play anymore, but not on my semi-pro tenor which I practice with every day!
This is the fingering chart I used: http://tamingthesaxophone.com/saxophone-altissimo.html?submenuheader=4/
I can't play any more than 4 notes in the overtone series either on any horn, but I know that my alto has leaks.
The main question is: Why can I play altissimo on my alto but not on tenor?
The thing is, I can't play any altissimo on my tenor. I sometimes manage to play G and A, but very inconsistently. Altissimo D is more relible though. I just don't understand how I can do it on my begginer alto which I don't play anymore, but not on my semi-pro tenor which I practice with every day!
This is the fingering chart I used: http://tamingthesaxophone.com/saxophone-altissimo.html?submenuheader=4/
I can't play any more than 4 notes in the overtone series either on any horn, but I know that my alto has leaks.
The main question is: Why can I play altissimo on my alto but not on tenor?