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ExplicaSax On-Line School
presents
How to play a saxophone in 60 minutes
A video developed by Ivan Meyer
Learn On line saxophone You can study anytime in day or night with the teacher Ivan Meyer
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Part 3 of 7
How you can play saxophone in 60 minutes
First we go make an exercise. It is just gear the air course this way
You may lean it in your tooth.
I will blow
You must hear this air...
If you put and do...
And nothing happen, it is because you press the low part so much, and the air cannot to pass
Many people do it this way
There is no sound. You must let the air go away
Give speed in this air
So, you increase the air amount just a little.
It will vibrate the mouthpiece, and this air amount will be reduce in the entry.
Very cool!
The sound flows.
Pay attention! I’m holding the instrument with only one hand,
but with my tooth too! It is supported here.
naturally
No do this
It Will retain the sound
Did you understand?
If you didn´t understand I have a site called “explicasax”
In the site we have many topics about mouth, photos, and everything about sax.
I give this support to all the Werill clients.
No for them only! I give this support for all the brazilian saxophone players.
Is a very cool site, with many teachers from all parts of Brazil united on the web.
We obtain an union of all the Brazilian saxophone players.
So, we can learn the correct technique for everybody.
And I am one of the teachers form this site.
We have a lot of cool things there.
So, if you want more tips is just connect our site; www.explicasax.com.br and you will find all the information you need.
Now I’m giving you Just a general notion of the saxophone for you play
So, you will place the mouthpieces and then you will blow.
First, you may let the air come in
Then you may try to make this sound
I Will explain to you how it works
Here we have like a higher tooth....and...
Here I have the mouthpieces that will lean against the tooth. It is this part.
We have the higher tooth, the low tooth...
Ok?
And here there is the mouthpieces which will come in.
I have a lip that will come under and we have other lip that will come between the low tooth and the reed
You may note there is a little angle here
This maxillary pressure has movement. We use it to play.
This movement gives the saxophone sound quality.
I will move my hand for this side.
Let´s go imagine that I have a mouthpiece here
I have the mouthpieces part. I have the reed part
Now I have the tooth here
the tooth
the mouthpiece and the reed.
The maxillary press the mouthpieces
We have the lower tooth covered a little by the lip. Just a little.
press the mouthpieces
We have the lower tooth covered a little by the lip. Just a little.
And the other lip at the out side
So, the Mouth is approach like this. Look saxophone’s mouth
This movement is very important because it does the reed to go up and down
The mouth is more relaxed and open in the bass zone of the saxophone
Open what? This angle between the mouthpieces and the reed.
When the notes are more higher, we usually close it a little
Just a little
Later you will realized that only the air pressure do the acute notes. You don´t need close it a lot.
In the site you can find all that explanations
Now you will put the mouthpieces and Will take care with the tooth lean.
Why it is so important?
I Will design again
I’m not so good in it, but I think you can understand, don´t you?
Here we have the tooth, we have the lip, and it is leant against the tooth, ok?
The mouthpiece is leant against the tooth.
When the person doesn´t lean the mouthpiece against the tooth
and it stay hold by the lip,
the up part stay free and makes the mouthpiece “walk” when you make pressure in its down part.
Why will it walk?
Because the higher lip has no firmness to hold the mouthpiece in its right point.
So, when you apply your maxillary tension holding it, the mouthpiece will walk a little up.
If it walks this way, you will close the angle. So it will do this, look
It opens. So you lose your tuning.
You lose your tuning or the musical note that you play will sound like other.
It is very important: your higher tooth may be leant against the mouthpiece. So, it will be correct.
And you will can press this down part and take a good control on it in the saxophone with no dangerous…it will not move
If you hold it with the bigger lip and don´t lean the lip against the mouthpiece,
when you do pressure,
the lip will cede,
and it will open the closed angle.
The angle opens and fails.
The mouthpiece will be moving in your mouth, ok?
For this motive you may be careful.
We cannot let the mouthpiece free in our mouth. I will show you.
You will lean
It is leant
Now without support
What amazing sound!
Imagine: the Guy will move himself with the saxophone
and the mouthpiece move too
You need lend the mouthpiece.
How do we do this?
It is part in the saxophone assembly.
I will take the sax for you can see
I take it this way because I know it.
I can´t take a saxophone holding here or by its keys.
. I hold it by its up parts.
I use its most robust part. This way, it is not dangerous.
You can hold the sax campana, here in this part.
You cannot hold in this saxophone sensitive parts or you will break it.
This sax, how you can notice, has a dark color.
This is a special model of sax made by Werill. It is made in this color to look like a very old sax.
This sax in new!
It was ordered to be this way. I like it in this format.
They look like 50 or 60 years old, ok?
Some people like it. Some people don´t like. I like it! There are beautiful models of sax, in many colors. You can choose between them.
You can choose the model you like more.
But your mouth may be only this way.
You cannot change this, ok?
Well, we go put the todel.
Take care for do not nead it.
Take care and put it here. Great!
We have the todel, we fitted the mouthpiece and the saxophone.