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 Re: lower register-alto sax
Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date:   2003-04-03 14:01

The standard advice for learning to play sax low notes is to stick your lips out and wrap them around the mouthpiece "like smoking a cigar." This will get the notes out reliably, if rather loud. Getting them soft involves voicing with the tongue, palate and jaw position.

It's all a matter of practice. I learned to get out the low notes on alto by playing in front of a pot for the Salvation Army many years ago. Strangely enough, baritone sax was easier for me to learn than alto. I guess it's because any clarinet-type attempt to muscle the tone out doesn't work at all on bari.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw
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