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Author: hautbois
Date: 2006-02-13 15:29
The sax altissimo has many things to do with throat syllable formation, embouchure change (less encouraged), and tongue position technique. I mentioned before in an old post that the tongue position affects everything. Try playing with an 'O' shape embouchure (imagine at the least) and to raise your tongue position high for the high register and especially the altissimo. To achieve this try saying 'eee' and 'uuu' to feel the difference for different registers. Tongue position affects air speed and that is the key to a good altissimo. You need very fast air for high notes and more air but less air speed for lower notes, but the embouchure must remain a constant throughout, relaxed always. All the best and keep practising!
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