Saxophone Voicing - How to get your best tone and pitch

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3 жыл бұрын

This video explains how to get your best tone and pitch on the saxophone by voicing correctly. Learn how to orient your oral cavity, and tongue position to sound great. Learn how to vary your pitch and tone to achieve jazz inflections.
Randal Clark has toured and recorded with Jeff Lorber Fusion, and is a professor of saxophone at the University of Utah.
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@Danox94 3 жыл бұрын

that demonstration with correct and incorrect voicing was eye opening. thank you good sir!

@maxwidmer5895 2 жыл бұрын

This was an eye opening video. The upper register being sharp and the lower register being flat is something I've been struggling with and I've always thought this was solely due to poor embouchure. I'll certainly be testing out different voicings using just the mouthpiece tomorrow. I also didn't realize that dramatic changes in pitch like you demonstrated at around 6:20 was due to the tongue position!

@5h5hz 3 жыл бұрын

Wow only 140 subscribers?? You just know that a channel is going to blow up when the content is this high quality. Thanks Randal!

@peterthenuts2313 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I assure you that this amazing video is the only one on the whole web that finally explains how to get a good voicing. There are thousands of useless videos that only confuse ideas, you went practically, straight to the point, with incredible effectiveness. I really hope you keep posting video lessons like this one. Thank you very much.

@maxhoecker 7 ай бұрын

Paying attention to what your tongue is doing while whistling is a revelation for me!

@heinzbuena8154 7 күн бұрын

thanks sir..

@user-jq9cp6ne9m Ай бұрын

that mouthpiece is crazy

@gangofgreenhorns2672 2 жыл бұрын

This was a perfect video for what I needed at the moment. Been working on my tone in the mid-range bc its where I was least happy and had just been realizing it was tongue position before seeing this.

@PedroBarbosa-qh6hy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. Very interesting topic as I often say to my students, "I don't really know what is moving inside of our mouth" to manipulate pitch.

@kqa241 3 жыл бұрын

You're doing so good content, please, keep doing it regularly.

@zeniktorres4320 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. You have explained it and demonstrated very clearly. The best I've seen.

@WaleedMahgoub 2 жыл бұрын

That was really useful! Thank you

@rafaelandrade6747 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man i Will try tomorow!!

@marcogue_ 3 жыл бұрын

Love it

@rafedanos3995 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@raseshgandhi6702 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for fantastic information

@adeadeyemi8290 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@tanyach2582 Жыл бұрын

just what i needed, thks...

@andylopez0731 3 жыл бұрын

IVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER TO SEE YOUR OWN CHANNEL

@randalclarkmusic4333 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I hope to have some great content. Let me know if there’s something you’d like to see.

@robfairbrother3014 Жыл бұрын

Something I’m actually doing correct. Will wonders ever cease? 😂 Being self taught through the university of KZfaq, one begins to wonder. I used my mouthpiece only and it pitched F# consistently. I also love doing overtones and will spend too much time with those if given a chance so maybe that helps as well. The only way I can replicate your ‘bad sounds’ is if I tighten my throat up to the point where it feels tired after coming up and down one scale. Thanks for the lesson and showing how important tongue placement is to correct voicing.

@mikeiassantiagosax9314 3 жыл бұрын

Tenk you

@Zorin1990 Жыл бұрын

люблю изучать Вокалировку! Жалко раньше не изучали это

@masonthomassax 11 ай бұрын

I use first inversion voicing on alto, and second inversion voicing on tenor. Oh and root position voicing on Bari 😂😂😂

@percydanielfeijoo6518 3 жыл бұрын

It is very helpful what you are teaching to us Randall. I would like to know your opinion about doing scales just only with the mouthpiece versus focusing on playing F sharp on the mouthpiece. Blessings for you

@randalclarkmusic4333 3 жыл бұрын

Replicating the feel of concert A in the mouthpiece gets you into the ballpark of great tone. Playing songs and scales on the mouthpiece is good too and teaches you flexibility, and also teaches you how to manipulate the pitch dramatically. But you would normally play set around the concert A. The biggest problem is that people play with too high a pitch on the mouthpiece in general.

@percydanielfeijoo6518 3 жыл бұрын

@@randalclarkmusic4333 Thanks a lot for your answer. With your information and focusing on F sharp on the mouthpiece, now in the upper register sounds better round and in tune. I have to work in the lower register a bit flat. Blessings for you

@paulfairchild3461 2 жыл бұрын

ok I get your point so how about playing a tune using voicing ,and the same no voicing .overall excellent ,rather than just a scale

@coin777 3 жыл бұрын

6:45 Are You sure that for tenor its concert G? It seams very high. And the lower octave G i cant even play on the mouthpiece alone.

@PYCMUSICSAX Жыл бұрын

Hi Randal, thank you for great informative video. What vowel do you use when you play? Regards

@randalclarkmusic4333 Жыл бұрын

The vowel I use changes depending on range I’m in or if I’m using any inflections. Generally an OH sound though.

@bartomiejo.8303 4 ай бұрын

Nice video, thanks! What type of keyboard you got behind your back? 😃

@randalclarkmusic4333 3 ай бұрын

The lighted one is just an Akai controller, can’t remember the model. I sold it. The other is a Yamaha 88 key modx

@dougsmith7616 3 жыл бұрын

noticed pitch falling on note release. is this intentional?

@signorBimbo Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It works a lot! But I have an answer: what note should the mouthpiece alone produce to do the correct voicing for the lowest Bb and the highest f#?

@randalclarkmusic4333 Жыл бұрын

Depends on which saxophone you are playing. Tenor, alto, soprano, Bari, each have a different voicing pitch.

@signorBimbo Жыл бұрын

@@randalclarkmusic4333 i play alto!

@randalclarkmusic4333 Жыл бұрын

The mouthpiece alone should produce a Concert A. (F# on alto)

@simonsimon5124 3 жыл бұрын

My high school teacher mr. Kotar told me that for the tenor was concert e flat the right pitch.

@nelsongonzalez450 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I get

@randalclarkmusic4333 3 жыл бұрын

There really is no “exact” pitch. we’re just trying to get into the “ball park” without being crazy high. Concert G is a good place to start for Tenor. Concert eb flat seems a bit low to me, however depending on your mouthpiece that could work. With your particular set up I would experiment with different pitch levels and then listening to the tone that you’re getting making sure that you have a big open sound but still have enough support. Also play scales and make sure that you’re not going sharp up high and flat down low. Or, in the case of voicing too low make sure that you’re not going flat up high.

@randalclarkmusic4333 3 жыл бұрын

I have some students playing as low as a concert F for their setup. None higher than G.

@nelsongonzalez450 3 жыл бұрын

@@randalclarkmusic4333 Thanks for answering!! I have an Otto Link but with the Jumbo Java I get Eb too. I've tried to get G but I feel forced...

@randalclarkmusic4333 3 жыл бұрын

Without hearing what you’re doing I can’t really say if that is good for you. Usually people who get pitches below F are voicing too low AND have an embochure that is too relaxed. But again, this could be in the ballpark for you and be just fine. The point is to not have a mouthpiece pitch that is too high. Most people play too high. G is the upper limit. Stay below G. If the tone and Pitch are easy at Eb then that’s fine. I’d say that’s near the lower limit though.