INTRO TO OVERTONES ON THE SAX

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In this tutorial, Scott delivers an intro to overtones on the saxophone. What they are. How to get your first one. AND how to build on them from there. This tutorial should take several weeks to a month to work through. Each step will be difficult at first, but will need to be perfected before moving on to the next.
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@geofixated Жыл бұрын

I have watched 6 other videos about overtones and I came away without any understanding. This is the first and best video to explain what overtones are and how to start developing the skills. Excellent job. Thanks Scott.

@Saxmanjoe 6 жыл бұрын

This is a different approach to the overtones that I am excited about trying. Thanks Scott for keeping me inspired to learn more!

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Joe! Yeah, switching from the original note to the overtone in the beginning will help get your tongue in the right spot. Once you get use to it, jumping to that note from the fundamental will be way easier. Most of the the videos/techniques I see teaching overtones go way to deep for just getting them started. It's a real process to make it happen.

@mortalstorm 6 жыл бұрын

“... I can’t sing”; lol, me too. That’s why I am taking up the sax...it’s just like singing. Best tutorial yet on overtones. Thanks for posting.

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

HAHA! I'm the absolute worst singer. I can't match a pitch to save my life. I sing in my lessons all of the time anyway, my students have just learned to figure out what I'm meaning, but when it's documented in a video it's brutal. lol

@shawnforster1754 6 жыл бұрын

gold..best sax teacher by far.. your all over it! improving 10 fold .as its be 20 yrs and im back in to it..inspirational stuff...legendary Scott.!Cheers mate

@LuanneFose 5 жыл бұрын

Really great explanation of overtones, Scott! Very well demonstrated. Thanks!

@ScottPaddock 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Luanne!!

@baldercl2 4 жыл бұрын

Improving day by day with your videos!!! Thanks thanks thanks. From vlc, Spain

@enriqueernesto738 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that great lesson!

@jaymichael91 Жыл бұрын

Very cool, thank you.

@ecsecs4036 5 жыл бұрын

This is great Scott! Please keep making these videos! We need you brother!

@ScottPaddock 5 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@ecsecs4036 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have any funk instrumentals that I can download and practice my sax with the funk lesson video you made using the b flat blues scale?

@nate2927 2 жыл бұрын

Just found this video, probably the most helpful video on overtones i have been able to find on YT! Great work!

@ScottPaddock 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Nate! Glad you enjoyed the video. If you want to dive deeper I have an entire course dedicated to overtones in my Sax School. I show you step by step how to practice them and make them a functional part of your playing. Check it out: www.scottpaddocksaxschool.com

@IvanRx76 2 жыл бұрын

Best video on the subject

@user-fj1vw5qr6k 6 жыл бұрын

this was really really helpful scott!!!it helped me a lot

@user-fj1vw5qr6k 6 жыл бұрын

one of the best tutorials ive ever seen about overtones

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@pepecetina 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, Scott. When playing the overtones Bb, B and C, do you use the octave key? It works with or without octave key, and I have read advocates for both techniques, but would like to know what's your call on this one. Great video!

@user-fj1vw5qr6k 6 жыл бұрын

Scott, thanks to your vid, i finally get the sound of it but it’s hard to keep the overtone long and fat. Is there any tips??

@davidwagner2815 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice tutorial, thx! A question: does this work as well starting with the octave key? Like, I can reach notes an octave above the octave key notes? Or does the tongue work only work for the lower register notes?

@visionventure 5 жыл бұрын

Other than improving your sound and tone how do you specifically and practically use overtones whilst in a performance if at all?

@ScottPaddock 5 жыл бұрын

I did a video on the functional use of overtones! It just came out a couple weeks ago, check it out!

@kuyaadriann 6 жыл бұрын

I’ve always had trouble with sticking to just one topic of practice for a good week or so... I have been using these overtones as part of my warmup for a good while now (6-8 months), I’ve been incorporating that with my long tone and rhythm (metronome) exercises, almost correspondingly with each other every time...and I always try to fit that as part of my fundamental practice routine. But it’s the same with almost every other aspect of what goes into individual practice that is inconsistent with me... you have any pointers on things like balancing that with, like, everything else in a busy schedule?

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a solid practice routine!

@rokuharasachiko7804 4 жыл бұрын

hey Scott!! thank you for all the simple and great tips to play sax!!! but i am still not sure about what's the meaning of working on overtones??? to control your embouchure or to be able to play altissimo better??

@ScottPaddock 4 жыл бұрын

Overtones help you with breath support and airstream control. The added bonuses are a way bigger sound and better altissimo because of your ability to control your airstream and breath support.

@evanm1 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, I know you've covered falls, but what is the difference between a straight fall and a rough fall?

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

Hey! I've never heard of a rough fall before.

@1otisoti 5 жыл бұрын

Very effective..I can get ther 5th easily by raising my togue close to the roof of my mouth [something I `ve never considered in 35 years] but now my altissimo fingering don`t work.Suggestions?

@ScottPaddock 5 жыл бұрын

Did they work before? Usually practicing overtones improves altissimo.

@robertnorris8096 6 жыл бұрын

I've trying this for a few practices and i can get the octave to pop out pretty consistently. How do i get the next overtone to pop out?.

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

raise your tongue. And approach it from the actual note. Play the note and then sneak into the overtone.

@instinct022 6 жыл бұрын

I just started playing. I have jazz background from high school. Stop playing cause instrument too expensive, i can afford one now..question is..from video lettsanity funk solo (lettuce) from sec 10 to 14 second..how did u created that transition..that was my whole focus learning that..any info helps..t.y.quick tutorial would help..

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

Hey! I'm just improvising over that. I'm not really doing in specific technique.

@mortalstorm 5 жыл бұрын

Scott, I just got the Rascher book and I don't understand how the average person can actually hit those high overtone notes he has in the book. With the low Bb fingering, I can only reach high Bb, and try as I may, high D and F are way out reach for me. Can most of the pros reach these high overtone notes?

@ScottPaddock 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it takes time.... a lot of time.... a lot a lot of time. haha. So it will take a good year of doing overtones before you can get to the high notes. It's pretty advanced stuff. Getting to the double octave is a great start.

@yamomzameanskeet 6 жыл бұрын

I've unintentionally played overtones when I really intend to play the lower octave version of the note. I always thought this was a bad thing. I'm wondering, when in music is it "good" or preffered to play the overtone versus the correct fingering for that higher octave note?

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

When you do it on purpose! Haha. To get those lower notes out cleaner drop your tongue down into the AHHH position. Overtones are used in soloing by tons of modern sax players.

@joycenelms2490 5 ай бұрын

Help when i finger overtone c sharp it stays as c natural

@avalor2699 5 жыл бұрын

This is so damn hard to come out! , stuck on the first one. I'm trying the Bb overtone and it's coming out as either F (2 octaves up) or Bb (2 octaves up) with low Bb fingering and I'm trying to get the Bb just 1 octave up...but i keep overshooting. I think I did it accidentally.... any tips?? Thanks in advance Scott!

@ScottPaddock 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, get your tongue down. You're getting the higher overtones (which generally are more difficult) because your tongue is up to high. Approach it from a regular Bb and then switch to the overtone Bb so that you have a reference note.

@avalor2699 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, I'll give that a try!

@avalor2699 5 жыл бұрын

I got it! thanks heaps!

@jamesnicholmurallon1258 4 жыл бұрын

I'm confused. Do I need to press the octave key sir ?

@timothysanduleac2703 4 жыл бұрын

@philcorleone5750 4 жыл бұрын

Another teacher says to use ONLY your throat by singing the note in the higher octave, voicing, no ?

@ScottPaddock 4 жыл бұрын

When you sing higher notes your tongue goes up. Kind of the same concept, but I give you a few extra pointers on how to make it work.

@sonya1500 3 жыл бұрын

This is so fucking hard i keep playing an F overtone rather than the middle B flat can someone hel

@ScottPaddock 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Sonya, some overtones come out easier than others on different saxes, mouthpieces, etc. If that F is coming out instead of the Bb that means that your tongue is up to high. You need to lower your tongue a little bit. A great way to practice the correct tongue position is going between the regular fingered Bb (using bis Bb) and the overtone Bb. Go back and forth between them several times to get use to the tongue position. Overtones are 100% about correct tongue position and breath support.

@sonya1500 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottPaddock Thank you sm, love from all the way in hong kong!!

@shawnforster1754 6 жыл бұрын

gold..best sax teacher by far.. your all over it! improving 10 fold .as its be 20 yrs and im back in to it..inspirational stuff...legendary Scott.!Cheers mate

@ScottPaddock 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shawn! Glad my videos are helping you.

@shawnforster1754 6 жыл бұрын

gold..best sax teacher by far.. your all over it! improving 10 fold .as its be 20 yrs and im back in to it..inspirational stuff...legendary Scott.!Cheers mate