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secreteflower
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The Lower notes on my alto tend to have an issue coming out. They usually want to go an octave higher than i want them to be. this happens almost everytime i play below a G. Any advice?
(for reference i'm playing a Bundy II and using a Size 3 reed)
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tenorsax13
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It could be leaks, have you got it checked recently? Or(im not sure how experienced you are, but) maybe your embouchure is too tight or youre not using enough air. Maybe youre reeds a dud. There are many things that can cause difficulties in the lower notes of any saxophone.
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saxophone_sweeti
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Try tightening your embouchure.
My music teacher also showed me this trick: stick something in the bell of your sax (like a tube of cork grease, just make sure what ever you put in can still come out) and play the low notes. I have no idea what this does; it didn't work for me, though. He said it works for some people, but not others.
Good luck!!
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secreteflower
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we tried to find the leak, have switched reeds many times, and tried the bell trick(we used my mouthpiece cap)
i swear i've already tried everything in the book.
blehh.
i'll prolly have to go get it examined...
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ram_royals_saxpl
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also it could be your octive key, try putting a rubber band around the neck and octive key right before the bend of the neck
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dmin7b5
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If your horn doesn't have any issues some already mentioned like leaks etc you may want to try opening up your throat. You will have to experiment with this concept to find what works.
By pre-hearing the notes, perhaps even practicing singing each note first before you play it, maybe even matching the tones on the piano and getting that sound in your ear and feeling the tone will give your entire sound production mechanism (embouchure, air supply, aural sense) something to aim for.
Some players open their throats up to varying degrees from a simple ........ yawwwhh feel to the wide open "swallow this apple" approach to help to sound out the notes in all registers low and high.
Long tones with even slurrs are always good practice for sound production on the saxophone too.
hope this helps!
regards,
Don
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Micron
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"...
we tried to find the leak,..."
How, exactly?
Unless you have used a locally-bright leak likeht, inside the sax, in a darkened room, checking every pad and every linkage, with very light finger pressure, and knew what you were doing, then you have not "tried to find the leak". That is the basic method.
However, ther leaks, either from poor soldering, or where the neck plugs into the body, cannot be found with a leak light.
If the low notes don't play very easily, slurred down a scale, then I am 99.5% certain that the sax leaks.
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Kamikaze_Milkman
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I would try the octave key, that gave me a lot of problems. make sure that it's not bent and is covering the hole entirely. Also try opening your jaw a bit wider when you play.
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Otaku-Sama
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I had that happen to me before, it was my octave key that was bent, but it was bent so slightly that I couldn’t tell just by looking at it. Also maybe see if the pad on the octave key is hitting right, sometimes it can get bumped or misshapen and it will change your pitch.
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AmbTheGreat
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Hmmm, i can't really add that much, except (not sure how long you've been playing) maybe your reed is too thick, vandoren reeds are often harder than rico's etc. if you're using them maybe you should try going to 2 1/2 for a bit and see if it makes playing easier, I was having a problem with the upper register, (tenor sax, i hadn't played it for a week or so..) and i changed to a lower reed for a bit to go over the higher notes and then went to 3 again and they were easier to play.
Ambrose.
p.s. i also agree that it is most probably leaks, maybe you need to get it checked out...
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BariSaxi101
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You have to tighten your embuchere (however you spell it) and open your throat wide, thats how i get mine out, i also find it easier to use a 2 and a half for low notes, but that is on bari!
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