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Author: Amelia
Date: 2001-10-28 02:27
Hi! Just wondering how you can get decent sounding high notes on tenor sax. I can get low notes really well, but when I try to play high (above 2nd octave), I get all kinds of squeaks. Any ideas?
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Author: Hikaru
Date: 2001-10-29 05:41
I'm not a long time tenor player(now I'm an alto sax player and a flutist) but I used to have funny squeaks sometimes on the tenor, then I found out that its an embouchure problem(I think its too tight). Check your embouchure again. And have you gotten your G pitch on your tenor mouthpiece? Not only it improves your tone but I think it might fix your squeaky problem. Also try a harder reed, maybe a half step up harder.
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Author: Romping Goat
Date: 2001-12-03 00:56
You might have too much mouthpiece in your mouth.
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Author: Nicholai
Date: 2001-12-14 22:54
often on the student level crappy saxaphones severely limit players. check your octave mechanism and make sure it's working right; it can have a profound effect on the sounding of the notes, especially from second D - second F.
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