This video also depicts why saxophone is the sexy instrument.

This is extremely helpful. I am so frustrated with tonguing because no one taught me the right way. Thanks a lot man. Especially trying to play fast and tonguing wrong is horrible 😤

Stop the Clock! After 20 years of studying the sax - I have found the best lesson on tonguing so far! Thank you Scott

After two years of playing I only learn this now?! Thanks so much!

Wow! This explanation of tonguing on the saxophone has changed everything for my playing! I have asked many instructors and sax players what exactly to do with my tongue to articulate while playing, and nobody has been able to explain this to me, so I ended up trying to use the tip of the tongue, with less than satisfactory sound, speed, and style. As a Speech Language Pathologist, who knows the anatomy, physiology and acoustics of the the mouth in depth, I totally understand exactly what you are explaining and how to execute this technique! Hurray! And I found you in time so that I have not developed poor articulation habits that are difficult to correct. Thank you :)

I cannot thank you enough for this video. FINALLY!!! I can now tongue notes on the saxophone without feeling like a complete failure. Awesome!

Watching this, I can see why so many people choose guitar, lol.

After over 10 years I’m unlearning all the traditional crap

Scott, I have been tonguing wrong forever (ah crap). Good news you came along to explain it properly. Wow my high and low notes are so much easier to hit now. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Thank you Scott! Been playing saxophone for 16 years and still learning new things. Great video

The most awaited video!!!! Oh my thank you very much for this! :) :) :)

As usual another great educational video. I have played for many years and consider myself an above average intermediate player, and have learned so much watching your videos. Your explanations of subject matter are clear, concise, and easy to learn. Any new player would do well by taking any of your private lessons along with watching your videos. Thanks again Scott!

Honestly, the most valuable instructional video I've ever watched. Your technique is the only one I've learned that really smooths my articulation. I never knew, till now, how really good players have such smooth articulation. Thanks!

Man I've been playing the sax since I was like 12...I'm now 28. Could never understand how to tongue a note and your video just really blew my mind. Thank you

This helped a lot, been stuck on toungeing for weeks and finally got it thanks to you

Thank you for this awesome explanation. Fellow music educator (brass player and I'm just starting to learn my woodwinds) and this was perfect and what I will use with my students!

Hey man I really appreciate all of your videos. Been playing for around 2-3 weeks now and your teaching style is very nice. Your doing a good thing my man 🙏

Thanks Scott... great video and for us newbies - it REALLY helps to get up close and personal to understand what's going on in there! I'm hoping I can now get a clear break between notes following this method, instead of a shaky, interrupted airflow. Watching loads of your videos and they are helping me SOOO much. Excellent!!

I have struggled with this for a while and after 3 minutes of practice, I can play 4 times faster. Official new subscriber here!

Is something wrong with me? Because I can't move my tongue when it is in the nook...

Thank god! I’ve been playing sax since I was 10 years old and I’ve always questioned whether or not I was using the correct tonguing technique all these years. Luckily I have! Thanks for giving me the confidence to know I’ve been on the right track.

I wish I wish upon a star that Scott would create courses - such a gifted teacher with sax wisdom

Good lord this helped me more than I can explain. Far from a great player but this helped me improve playing on faster pieces. Went from struggling with Yakety Sax, practicing for my father who used to dance to it with my mother, to almost getting it at 190 bpm. Also helped me spit out a high F# easier than I could before. Watching the explanation I thought there was no way this would be natural but seems so much easier. Thx for your time.

Amazing. The "nook" is a great thing to know about. I have a feeling this is going to help my voicing for overtones too.

Many thanks Scott, your posts are a tremendous help. Please keep them coming.

I’ve been practicing for 15 years (1st four years with tutors) and didn’t know this. I have all the problems you mentioned because of my tongue placement. Can’t wait to try out where it should be! It makes so much sense! Thank you :)

They say repetition is the mother of all learning, and this video really hit home for me. No need to apologize for anything gross, Scott! I appreciate being able to see what is ( should be ) happening for best articulation and tone results, and I'm going to keep coming back to this video whenever I need to. I am busily trying to sort out what is different about sax technique from the clarinet. I have been a clarinetist for nearly forty years, and I need to SEE, if possible, what is different from clarinet. Thais video of yours really helps, as I've discovered you can't treat the two horns exactly the same. Thank you very much, from Richard L. in Canada.

Absolutely an important lesson and it was very well explained and demonstrated. Thank you.

Give it a try!!! I went to a private tutor, told him I wanted to do some work on tone and articulation. We did this on Day 1. Lol it’s not taking to long to switch.

I have played for years and this is new to me. I have spent about two hours tonight on looking at other opinions after trying to do this. I just signed up for your Sax School and this lesson is what stopped me. I wanted to review some basics to acclimate to your lessons. I actually saw this video a while back, but after seeing the video in your course, I revisited this technique. I will have to spend practice time to learn this. It is not coming easy to me at all.

Finally! I could not find why my sound was off while articulating 8 and 16 notes was hard . It was all my tongue, which was in the wrong position! Thanks Scott! I'm glad as a beginner I've learn this before bad habits form in the long run.

WOW. this is Amazing indeed. All the times I was hitting with the tip of my tongue with the tip of the reed. Now, this video has taught me an excellent technique. Thank you, Scott, for educating me.

Thanks. This is a revelation. I am definitely tonguing the second way you described. I’ve been trying to move my tongue the way you described while I watched your video. It already feels more efficient than what I usually do. I’m trying this out today!

Wow, so playing for years and now need to change, like starting over again, thanks for the great video

Thank you. Fudge!!! I was stuck on this for hours ! Thank you 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🥷

This video clears up so many questions. not only for tonguing but also how to make high notes and low notes sound better. Thank you!

Hey Scott, I'm going to have to trust you on this one and stick with it! I've only been playing since February and I had a lesson with a local guy a few months ago. He's been a pro sax player for over 40 years, so I followed his advice and worked on the tongue tip on the bottom of the reed (so your method 2). It has been fine for me and I feel I can sound notes cleanly with fairly good speed, given my current standard. I tried your method and can't sound notes as crisply or anyway near as fast BUT I do like the tonal quality I can get when my tongue sits at the bottom of my mouth and I have more throat control your way. I can also breathe in more easily when my tongue does not have to be tucked back to keep it out of the way between notes. So I will persevere with your recommendation in the expectation that it will get cleaner and faster with practice - should've realised it wasn't going to be an instant transformation! Thanks for all the great videos: I am learning loads from you...

Scott, Superb! I have been struggling with tonguing ever since picking up my first saxophone. Many thanks

Massive thanks for doing this video! I'm a guitarist learning sax on my own and it helped so much for my technique. Sounds way better!

Yo scott, thanks for all your fantastic content. Really clear and helpful to beginners!

Thank you so much for this. Your method is what my tongue naturally wanted to do, but a book I bought told me it was wrong, so I was trying to force myself to hit the reed with the tip and was getting absolutely nowhere. You saved me from a LOT of frustration.

The best video I´ve ever seen explaining the tonguing!! Congratulations

Wow I took a class today, and she taught me using my tongue on the bottom of the reed. I'm so glad I found your video this method is easier.

Thanks for sharing.... Maybe I now will get something out of my sax :) Super nice for you to letting out the information....

Very important and useful info. I have been playing Alto sax for about 4 months (First ever reed instrument) and it seems I have been tonguing the second way more and wondered why I was having some issues and I didn't know I was doing it wrong, thanks for showing the correct way to tongue!

Excellent Scott, you solved a big problem with my low notes trying to jump octaves or not coming out clean, and my tonguing is so much faster, consistent and even. Tongue tip in the trench also feels the most natural. Thank you!

I just want to say thanks. I really appreciate this illuminating work that you are doing. I felt a lot of frustration when I tried to play merengue típico from My country but this video is pure gold.

Greetings from Brazil! Thanks for that. So clear your explanation. Brazilian's players saying thanks. Really appreciate your teachings.

This was very helpful! My band directors also helped me tongue on the saxophone as well. You have to hit the reed with your tongue while you are playing.

Junior in music Ed (sax primary) and was never able to get this down cause everyone told me conflicting things... I think this might be the one! Thanks!

after finding a lot of bad information from teachers and directors, this video was able to easily fix many of my tounguing issues! Thank you so much!

Have only been playing for 9 months.. teaching myself so need every nugget I can get... dont wanna be playing crooked... Thank you again Scott! Y'all are frikken AWESOME!!! 💯🎷⚘

Awesome lesson ! Just stated relearning to play after many idle years. Never knew this method. I’m psyched 👍🏻

Scott, Very important and helpful. I would love for you to discuss and demonstrate the execution of phrases...articulation...tongueing then legato then tongue then legato et cetera.

Brilliant! Probably one of the most important videos yet. Thanks Scott : )

This is one of the best explanations for a technical topic as hard to teach as tongue. It's quite hard to explain something that, when done correctly, happens entirely inside the mouth. Great video, Scott.

thank a lot bro, the second position is what im doing for almost 5 years of playing tenor in marching band,,, this will help a lot thanks

Scott - Best tongue position and movement explanation. Watched more than dozen high rated sax players. This one is clearest. From the beginning I started to do exactly like this just by instinct, but after some time saw all this "tip", "tipping" nonsense all over the place.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been playing sax for over 30 years on many orchestra, bands, as sax soloist on weddings and I never had been able to dominate and have a perfect and consistent tongue execution, I struggled a lot, and now your got to the point of my deep frustration... oh man, you gave me this tip and I'm crazy to get out of my work and go home to practice this correct technic....you really helped me to understand my problem.... thank you so much!!

Thank you so much I played for 2 years without tonguing so it was so hard to do it but I understand it now!

I’ve been struggling with this so much, THANK YOU!

I thought you were mad at first but I just slowed it down and remembered the tongue is a muscle, retrained it, and holy shit! Thank you

thank you SO MUCH Nobody has ever told me this. You described AND demonstrated MY sound with low tones. Finally I have hope. Much tespect❤

Thank you so much for this video. Unbeknownst to me, I've been play my sax like a brass saying tah. After using your tips I was immediately able to play what I haven't been before, altisimo.

Best instruction on tonguing. Thank you for willing to make me better with this incredible tip.

Thanks man - love your videos, really helpful for a beginner and really good clear instructions! Appreciate it - Thank you :)

I'm a beginner, and I've been looking for a long time for such a video! Thaaaanks a lot, Scott!

Wow, thanks Scott. This has helped immensely!!

Thank you so much so far the best lesson in tonguing it makes a huge of the sound. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Simple and super helpful!

bro, you are a god. Im a guitar player since many years ago, I started with saxophone at least 2 yrs ago. I studied music composition in college, so theory is already clear. Went some time to private saxophone lessons, but NO one explained this things in such an easy and enjoying way. I've been improving quite a lot since I follow your channel. Thank you very much bro. Respect from a venezuelan living in Shanghai o/

Wow, great advice. I've just started to learn and I struggle with playing lower notes. Now I know why.

Maaan this video is such a gamechanger. Thanks a ton!

I've been trying to figure this out for a while very insightful

Finally someone explains properly... ive been trying to learn. I have been tonguing wrong for years...

I was a tip lifter for 5 years until I just saw this! Now, I'm a lifter from the nook, below the bump! Really works, and it's so much easier! Thank you!

Terrific explanation. Really enjoy your videos. Seriously considering switching to your lessons from the competition..thanks again

Thank you Scott that is exactly what I needed to be shown.

This is everything I’ve been looking for!!! Seriously, I’ve been tonguing on the roof of my mouth for about 7 years, and learned that it was wrong. Everyone was telling me how to do it “right” but none of it ever worked and felt extremely awkward. Nobody has ever told me about this technique before, hoping it works well!

Buying a sax again in 3 2 1, excelent, teaching right is a gift you have.

Awesome video! I just started playing sax a few weeks ago and am really glad I found this video. Not knowing what to do with my tongue, I simply rested the tip at the top of my lower teeth, lowered it and kept it like that. This explains why I have no problem with low notes but anything above the octave F and squawk city. The high D through F# impossible. So I guess what you’re saying is get the tongue positioned correctly, move it according to the note played and start practicing those overtones, eh?

Never thought about that, I just learned something new now I'm going back to practicing this one thanks very much.👍😊.

I love the concept: make up my own etudes using my own rhythm & flat 3. People get hung reading notes (other people’s ideas for practicing). I can learn more in less time by making my own etudes! More fun too, thanks !

This was great! The tone difference alone is profound.

Awesome lesson! Just like some other comments, I have been studying for two years. first time hearing this technique. It works very well. Thanks Scott

Of all your really useful vids this one helped me the most. I came to sax from recorder and thought tonguing would be one thing I would know how to do. I was completely wrong and this has sorted it out. Thanks!

Good lesson as always. I did not have my sax when I was viewing the video and had use my finger to check the method I was using. Thank God it was the correct one.

Hey Scott thank you very much for this tip/info. From the second try I was able to do it very nicely. This info is awesome.

I've played saxophone for about 2 years now and didn't know you were even supposed to do something with your tongue. I thought you would just stop letting in air from your mouth in to the saxophone from your mouth, not that you block it with your tongue. Thanks this was really helpful

Wow! I am so glad to watch this video! Now I know how to properly tongue on the sax and it’s all because of you! Thank you so very much!

Insane how you explained something so complicated and invisible so well. My playing just got insanely better!! Thank you so much

Legend! Thanks for sharing this Scott! :)

Good explanation. I actually understood it and will give it a try.

Excellent video! Thank you from Brazil!

I have tested your technique and sound much better. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generosity. Low hat. Robert from France.

Just started playing again after 20 plus years. Thanks for the tips.

Thanks you so much!... I just got my Sax a week ago and have not had a video so true and straight forward til' I watched yours.

Dang, what a difference! Thank you!!

Thank you so much for beautiful information 🎉

Hey man thanks this helped me alot!