Finally a video for us bari sax players.

Hi Clare You and I attended Berklee together in the 70’s. Always like your playing. Good to see you going strong. I am still playing professionally also , playing Tenor soprano and flute with Russell Tompkins and the Stylistics for the past 25 Years. Keep moving forward and stay blessed. Roderick Berry

Finally, someone who defines what a long tone actually is. Thank you.

Thank you so much . So basic and yet tremendously useful to hear even after playing for several decades

This video helped me realize how important long tones are. Lately I've just been going into practice without doing them, and my playing has suffered because of it. I'm gonna make longtones a big part of my routine from now on

I'm pleased it continues, Joe Temperley sure helped me.

Just moved from tenor to bari and am finding it's a very different animal. It's a whole new way of thinking about breath and embouchure. Thanks,

Finally, someone who tells you the QUALITY of the long tone is what's important. I wish one of my conductors had said "stop playing when the sound is bad" instead of just counting out the 16 beats...

Great video - thank you. I also was advised by one teacher to play long tones ppp < fff > ppp , with no articulation (untongued) and had great results with that.

F I N A L L Y one on saxophone. Theres a bazillion trumpet & trombone vids, but sax has like 3. Gotta show the sax some more love here.

She explained it very well for me. I am putting to much pressure on my reed with my bottom lip. People explained but not like her. Thank you Teech

Great video. Thanks.

Great explanation of long tones. Thanks!

thx this really helped..

What she doesn't mention explicitly here is that it's really important to focus on consistency of timbre, pitch and volume during a long tone. "wobbly" and "inconsistencies" aren't very precise words. Once you start identifying that long tones focus specifically on maintenance of timbre, pitch and volume, then you are doing the exercise effectively. An exercise I like to incorporate into long tones is keeping timbre and pitch the same, but moving over the entire range of volume of my horn from softest, to loudest and back down to softest. Do that, and combine that with overtone practicing and then you'll be getting somewhere!

Is that a Jody Jazz mouthpiece? I love it when I see the pros using the same gear as me. I play a 1933 Buescher Aristocrat Bari. Its as sweet as a soft cello and as gritty as a Mack Truck. Thanks for the bari video.

If your wondering she’s playing a low A mark vi with a Jody Jazz DV metal mouthpiece

just had a meltdown bc i literally cannot play my bari and am now watching literally every sax video to fix my shitty playing 🤪🤪

What the make of the Bari sax please?

Anyone recognise that horn? Its beautiful

Who else 2019 ?

So, Lisa Simpson became a grown up.

Why would I let the note go when it starts wobbling instead of pushing through my weakness play as long as I can and overtime overcome the wobbling or making the steadiness last longer?

... she kinda looks like Amy Schumer