I am thinking of buying a used Yamaha YTS-23 tenor. High G Fingering Chart on the Tenor and Alto Sax. That's a nice little addition as well. Front F Key The Front F key is the topmost left hand key and is pressed by the first finger. Suggestion 1) doesn't work on my Conn (if I am interpreting your instructions correctly ie the bottom of a vertical line of 3 rectangular keys for the right hand plus front F) but version 2) does work and is convenient as I play B and Bb before and after the F#. You must keep in mind that the Saxophone is a trans positional instrument. I had bought a copy of The Midnight Playalongs, and the two arrived... Disclaimer - I've known the maker of this product, JBTSAX, for many years through various on-line forums. This is the clearest, most stable high G that can be played on the tenor saxophone. Switching to my tenor, which is a Mark VI, I often go to use it only to find that it isn't there. the piano note is 2 half steps or one full tone lower than the sax note) OK, so how do I adjust my tuning? I have tried this for high F# and can mostly get it. Far more ways to use the high F# key than I imagined. Rather than adjusting your embouchure, adjust the aperture of your throat muscles; tighten your throat muscles as if saying a high pitched "hee." It is easily seen that it is very easy to go to this high G from fork E, fork F, or fork F#. Go up 7 semi-tones, rather than down 5 so you'll be in the right octave. The G sharp key lets the problem pad/cup for low notes go up and down. Baritone | Tenor. Do you have trouble getting altissimo notes to come out reliably or even at all on your saxophone?Every saxophone player has struggled with this. Keys 1, 2, 3, and 5 with the octave key. StepWise Flashcards to the rescue! Experiment to see which works for you and yours. In the long run the Links and Meyers work great. Near the crook of your right hand you’ll notice a bar with three additional keys. However, if it does – To play a high F sharp / G flat, keep the Register key (sometimes known as the Octave key) using your LEFT thumb at the back of your saxophone, but remove all 6 main fingers. Alto = piano. I have an 82Z tenor (lacquered), Otto Link 6 and prefer the V16 over any other reed. They certainly never learn the difference between the F-sharp and F-natural fingerings! But it does take some practice to prevent sqeaking and get it to sound immediately you blow it. WordPress Development by Madhav Saxena (Namas Solutions LLC), Fabrication of Prosthetic Key Appliances for Woodwind Instruments by Paul Coats and John Conrath, Saxophones & Saxophone Equipment for Sale. The tenor saxophone is a woodwind instrument that is very prominent in jazz groups and is also one of the important voices of a concert or marching band, playing inner harmony parts or doubling melodic lines. High G & A fingering-tenor sax Showing 1-12 of 12 messages. And it is not flat, as is the traditional fingering. Front F Key The Front F key is the topmost left hand key and is pressed by the first finger. 3 To play a high E flat and/or D sharp, you do NOT use the main finger keys. Hi, I was practicing the other day and found an easier way to produce the G&G sharp Altissimo notes. Home In addition, you’ll see an extra one or two keys, depending on your saxophone, beneath this bar. Start by playing a solid long tone on each of these notes while watching your tuner display. Tenor sax students typically learn to play the notes of their Concert B-Flat scale like pros, but don't do so well with the lower-octave notes. This arrangement was originally conceived with the … Well, with the saxholder... D'Addario finally released a tenor mouthpiece. If the horn doesn't have an high F# key as Kev indicates - it should have a front F key above the Left Hand high C# key - pressing this will open the F pad. There are various fingerings. They certainly never learn the difference between the F-sharp and F-natural fingerings! You are using an out of date browser. So if you press the F key down and push the G sharp, you should see the G sharp movement forward only slightly—it’s probably easier to see this movement from the left of your saxophone. The first and most obvious use of the high F# key is to extend the range of the regular palm key fingerings. For example (and this is all treble clef), a note that surrounds the bottom line is an E, and would need to be transposed to an F# for Tenor Sax. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. For bari sax, and some tenors, you must add the RH2 to bring this note in tune. I can now get High notes in tune, but i need huge air pressure and very low pressure on lips, but tone is not really strong and clean then. Tenor = piano. I originally posted this in my pseudo-blog musings thread… but thought it would be useful to abstract this to a more relevant section of the Café. When we speak of the transposition of instruments like B flat tenor sax & E flat alto sax, ... add a sharp or remove a flat to transpose from trumpet to alto sax. Many reviews are written by experienced musicians, and it is great to have an individual with such a wealth of experience describing the particular attributes of the mouthpiece... A PPT 9* and three other mouthpieces. For faster tempos, it becomes more useful and the sound that isn’t quite as good becomes less noticeable. It’s hard to prove this because you can’t take a tenor with no F# key, have somebody play it and then in 15 minutes put on a high F# key so that they can try it with the same reed, the same mouthpiece, the same player and do everything at the same time. I'm just wondering what people think of them. This works on some tenors. Thanks Johnny. Not all saxophones have a high F sharp key….some do but some don’t. Used in conjunction with closing RH 1 & 2 you should be able to hit an altissimo F#. For alto and soprano, this is fingered: Octave Key, front F key, RH1, high F# key. 1) Play your tenor saxophone for a few minutes to warm up your embouchure muscles and the instrument. I think your sax doesn't have one. My first inclination would be to tell you to please purchase a fingering chart at a music store. I bought a silver-plated... Introduction I live in a flat, and would like to practise without disturbing anyone around me. As a beginner, start practicing with these smooth notes before moving on to the coaxing ones. Follow the same methods to adjust your mouthpiece correctly. I am still getting used to the feel of this horn and I never had a high F# key to use before. One fingering between F and Eb is rather clumsy, while another one can be done smoothly. These use the “front F key”, also called variously the “fork F key”, “auxiliary F key”, or “alternate F key”. High G is an important note on sax. Keys 1, 2, 3, and 5 with the octave key. F#: Of course, if your saxophone has an F# key, use it: G: This is one of the harder altissimo notes, even though it’s not very high… For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. However I've been as objective as I can. All tenor and soprano saxes are in the key Bb. You can find difficult playing tenor sax, but we think when you are interested in something, how much tough it can't affect your desire. So, to extend this even further, you may use the high F# key with the fork F fingering to produce another high F# (F#3). If you have an old saxophone it may be high pitch (almost a semitone sharp), and will never play in tune with modern orchestras or keyboards. It's said that on the other hand, it's hard to play a piece with a lot of flats on string instruments. The other one should only be used if it makes your execution of the music cleaner. It is transposed up a major ninth (an octave + a major second) from concert pitch. However, it has to be coaxed out of the sax and is hard to get the note immediately. Incorporate the fork E and F fingerings into your playing as much as possible. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. Contact Us . Getting back to high G, you need to hear the note before you can play it, and you need a tuner to help you with this. It's kind of difficult but I managed to play it fast so that you can't hear the High C Sharp, when I mess up the Altissimo F Sharp sounds buzzy. Well, I was wrong, they were wrong, and the music store owners who talked me out of ordering the high F# option were wrong. The high F# key can be used to produce an excellent high G (G3). This is a smoother way to go from F to F#. There are several saxophone neck straps on the market with split left and right pads. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The F key is the one that pushes it down. Consistently sharp on tenor sax. 7. I’ll kepp practising and see how it will go. Not all saxophones have a high F sharp key….some do but some don’t. His invention of a "new" front F/G touch enables the player to press one side to open the F palm key fully to play high F and E natural, or to press the other side and open the F palm key a minimal amount to facilitate playing the altissimo G. Their ST model had a ligature that was a piece of art, beautifully engineered and... Navarro Mouthpieces have been around for a while now, but not so common in the UK, where they only arrived recently. On my mk vi there isn't one and I find it more in tune to play fork F with the side Bb key. The palm keys will be sharp and the low notes flat. Larger and lower pitched than the "typical" saxophone, the alto sax, but still smaller than the hulking baritone, the tenor is a common yet unique saxophone to play. Use altissimo. After playing the concert note A, now test your F# note or F sharp note. Well Regular F fingering is perfect in tune, but If i press low Bb and play overtone F, then that F is sharp. Question. High G & A fingering-tenor sax: Geoff Atherton: 10/12/06 2:39 PM: I am struggling getting high G & A notes from my tenor. I am reviewing it here so that... Yamaha have had a superb "Student" sax almost since they started making the things , they`ve had plenty of ups and very few downs - the 275 got bad press for glueing the joint... Buffet Crampon is a highly respected Clarinet maker who once upon a time actually made saxophones - I mean MADE them as opposed to sticking their name on whatever came along... A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to review some mouthpieces from Absolute. Under Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Saxophone review The Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Synthesizer in a Saxophone Body There have been plenty of demos and discussions about this, and much... Review - Syos 3D printed mouthpieces and ligatures. “How do I play E# and B# on Saxophone?”-Ray. Front F + LH 2 + 3 should play E. Front F + LH 2 should play F. You should be able to hit Bb, Bb2, F2, Bb3, D, F, Ab, Bb4, etc. Now since those mpcs are no longer made by Mr. Link and/or Ben Harrod and the Meyers Brothers what are you to do. Problem: The Otto Link is sharp after C (going into the palm keys), as is D, E and maybe F, F#. After the excellent alto a couple of years ago (reviewed here), I was very curious about it. My response: E# is like F and B# is like C. E to F is a half step and B to C is also a half step. You finger F and add the key next to the lower right hand palm keys. I am a veteran saxophonist and from years ago I use a HR Otto Link 7* and Rico Orange box N°3 in my tenor sax. One will work better than the others on each individual instrument. Question. So if you press the F key down and push the G sharp, you should see the G sharp movement forward only slightly—it’s probably easier to see this movement from the left of your saxophone. I call this the “fork F#.” Or, you may simply add the high F# key to the A2 fingering (Octave Key, LH1, LH2) and you have another easy, fast high F#. The palm key notes will be flat, and probably choke off when the player attempts to lip them up to pitch. Well Regular F fingering is perfect in tune, but If i press low Bb and play overtone F, then that F is sharp. But let me first mention this… to use the various fingerings I will show you, you must get in the habit of using the right hand middle finger to press the high F# key. My soprano has the High G key. Used in conjunction with closing RH 1 & 2 you should be able to hit an altissimo F#. I will have to train myself to use the second finger to add the high F# key quickly and accurately. Nothing seems to get it flatter (pulling out the mouthpiece, loosening embouchure). High F# - same as low with the octave key. I’ll kepp practising and see how it will go. I know this because I helped to research and write the "background" section of the patent application. Really the only difference is one can got to F# and one goes to F. I played on a horn with an F# key for years, never really used. So, here are a number of fingerings that utilize the high F# key. Second Octave: D 5 to F 6 This fingering chart includes both basic fingerings and alternatives that are more appropriate in some passages. The tenor saxophone is a woodwind instrument that is very prominent in jazz groups and is also one of the important voices of a concert or marching band, playing inner harmony parts or doubling melodic lines. All alto and bari saxes are in the key Eb. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgZAJNYXS_s&t=317s, Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Instrument in a Sax-like Body. Practice playing from C3 to F3 and back. - so I don't know which keys are the high F# and G. I've found a couple of decent enough fingering charts, but they all top out at F. It just stays there with the key open. JavaScript is disabled. the piano note is 3 half steps or semi-tones higher than the sax note) Tenor or Soprano sax. These are called the side keys. The G sharp key lets the problem pad/cup for low notes go up and down. I bought it in November. For me, the high F”# key was a rarity, a mythical creature that I did not see until my college years. Tenor Saxophone Fingering Chart C C f DtEt ... Low A Ban Sax only A to Bb J C to D ... a. ... Modern baritones with a low A key and high F♯ key have a range from C 2 to A 4. This works on soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. TENOR; F: In order to use the altissimo range above this it is important to get familiar with the front F (AKA auxilliary F) key as shown here. Notes on the other end of the sax will be sharp… For faster tempos, it becomes more useful and the sound that isn’t quite as good becomes less noticeable. Too much embouchure tension will require the mouthpiece to be placed too far out on the cork. I'm only slightly joking there, as any experienced band director will tell you. Just a little bit of movement there. The F key is the one that pushes it down. This means a C on the tenor = a Bb on the piano. 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