[bass9396]

Ok, before you say I should search the forum I'm only looking for one thing. Since I probably won't find Lenny Pickett's e-mail address any time soon I'm just wondering one thing.

Does anybody have a "favorite" fingering you use to vent the extreme high register (and by that I mean where Lenny Pickett lives.) Don't worry, I already know how to do it, but in the interest of being a little more precise for a classically oriented piece I'm just poking around for a fingering that seems to always help you vent the upper register so you can pick your notes as you like without much hassle.

To answer other questions:

1. Yes, I use lip pressure to help voice.
2. I can play up to a "triple G" (which would be written above the treble clef staff with 11 ledger lines.
3. I promise I'm grown and I already know what I'm doing

Thanks!

Thanks!

 

[AZAZAZ]

your question doesnt really make sense.

i would recommend that you look in the altissimo section for suggestions on fingerings or do a web search

 

[hakukani]

Alto or tenor?

Which notes?

Don't use lip pressure, especially if it's classical. You want the upper notes to have a similar timbre to the 'normal' range.

 

[Grumps]

You mean G4 and above? Octave, front F and left hand 2.

 

[magical pig]

1. Yes, I use lip pressure to help voice.!

I think I remember reading Lenny Pickett admitting he was using it as well.

 

[AZAZAZ]

I think I remember reading Lenny Pickett admitting he was using it as well.

i'm sure there is some inherent pressure as well as facilitative pressure applied, but LP also recommends keeping the embouchure loose in the altissimo range