Author: Jim
Date: 2003-05-23 05:27
Harmonics, i think i know what u mean, i'm a tenor player and i do allot with harmonics, i know it's like a month later than when this was orginally posted, but yeah, i'll still comment. it's trew that when u hit the octave key, it's a harmonic of the first octave. that's the simple harmonic that everybody overlooks. but then you are proally asking about the cool harmonics that you hear proffesonals plays during jazz soloing and such. well, a cool way to experiment is with it is first play the low Bb on tenor, then overblow it to get the octave above that. that is call the first harmonic. now overblow it again, still holding Bb, then you get the second harmonic, i believe it's a half an octave above the first harmonic, keep up going and the intervals keep on getting smaller and smaller, untill high screech is what u'll get, and if it cuts out, just work on the harmonics u can get and the others will come in time. You can do this with any note, but the easiest ones to get are from low Bb to low C#. after awhile, u'll realize that no matter what note u start on, in the lower octave of the sax of course, u'll end up getting the same intervals between harmonics, if you put that in order, u'll get what is called the Harmonic Scale, not to be confused with the minor scales. This scale is comprised through out history has the true scale of instruments. it's how trumpets can play with out pressing more notes, and how flute can play higher. So basically it's a really really cool thing. i put it into my routine warmup to loosen up my embosure and it helps ure sounds also. well have fun and i hope that i have helped you in some way, have any other questions, feel free to email me, thanks. later~ ~Jim Geddes~ UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire Wisconsin~
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