How To Play Altissimo On Sax - THE ULTIMATE LESSON #81

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Free online saxophone lesson teaching you how to play high altissimo notes.

***Typo at 9:14 - I should have said “any changes in air speed in the MOUTH [not the mouthPIECE] become irrelevant at the reed’s tip”

***Also, at 16:16 there's a spelling typo on the graphic. It should say "soft palate" NOT soft palette" lol [Thanks to Sandro Miori for that one]

🎬 Overtones video
youtu.be/QubznBjAWDI

🎬 Ultimate Tenor Altissimo Finger Chart
youtu.be/_xTgUG68QIo

🎬 Ultimate Alto Altissimo Finger Chart
youtu.be/WopbUoFbFXY

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Chapters
0:00 - Intro performance
0:07 - Brief intro and titles
0:46 - Why fingerings are less important than you think
1:39 - how to get your free PDF with altissimo fingerings
1:52 - how to get the free one hour masterclass
2:20 - why fingerings might not work
2:53 - how a saxophone works
4:05 - two types of air movement in a saxophone
5:27 - saxophone physics recap so far
5:42 - why vocal tract is important for altissimo
7:37 - Myth busting
8:10 - Dr Mark Watkins and Dr Joe Wolfe etc
8:46 - The Myths
10:40 - What’s REALLY going on
11:14 - sax physics conclusions
11:53 - the vocal tract
16:01 - the tongue
16:16 - the soft palette
16:46 - the glottis and standing waves
19:20 - your embouchure
20:02 - vocal tract positions for altissimo recap
20:28 - gear for altissimo
21:15 - Drill #1 High mouthpiece notes
21:40 - Drill #2 Overtones
23:11 - Drill #3 Overblow 6ths
23:36 - Drill #4 Overblow 6ths + 9ths
24:38 - Putting it all together
25:37 - Altissimo scales demo
26:07 - sign off
26:55 - end card and bloopers



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