Faster Fingers : Improving Saxophone Technique
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Simple and effective ways to examine your technique, and achieve fast, easy results when practicing.
Play more consistently by focusing on these few items, which support precision, economy of motion, and physical health!
0:00 - 0:30 - Intro
0:31 - 1:08 - Finger Placement
1:08 - 1:50 - Finger Shape
1:51 - 2:21 - Thumb Placement
2:22 - 3:15 - Wrist Alignment
3:16 - 4:20 - In Practice
4:12 - 4:59 - Performance Clip
What I use:
Yamaha YAS-875EX-GP
Rousseau ER50 Custom (tinyurl.com/mtsmxpmh)
Rousseau NC4 (tinyurl.com/yc33k2ke)
D'Addario Reserve 3.0+ (tinyurl.com/mwas4hk4)
Breathtaking Neck Strap (tinyurl.com/yc64vm3c)
JazzLab Neck Strap (jazzlab.com/en/saxholder/)
Boston Sax Shop Ambassador Case (tinyurl.com/22hpz9yy)
Music Featured:
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Fazil Say
Scales. Lots of scales.
Live performance: Fazil Say, Suite
Stephen Page, Saxophone
Alex Maynegre, Piano
Dr. Stephen C. Page
Associate Professor of Saxophone
The University of Texas at Austin
Butler School of Music
#goodsounds #saxophone #sax #technique
Пікірлер: 19
4:30 very accurate
This is so helpful! Thank you so much!
Excellent video! Such valuable information!
@StephenPageSax
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Thanks, Dr. Salinas! Go Pokes!
I wholeheartedly agree with what Dr. Johnny Salinas said 🎷🎷
@StephenPageSax
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Thanks Prof. Reed! Hope the semester at Marietta College has been a great one!!
Thank you very much
@StephenPageSax
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Glad to share, of course!
Amazing! Awesome!! A+++!!!😃
@StephenPageSax
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Thanks, Yeomin! I appreciate it!
Every saxophonist I hear, every saxophonist I follow
some old saxophonist from my hometown change the pearls of the yamaha to a flat pearls. the stock pears are not flat. and flats helps a lot with finger positions
@StephenPageSax
8 ай бұрын
Everyone has a preference! I personally, prefer concave pearls for the security they give me, but like you shared, I know others who like the flat ones for the same reason!
Definitely going to be recommending this video for my students! I noticed you switch between the breath taking neck strap and the jazz lab. Is there a reason? I am thinking of switching from the jazz lab to the breath taking.
@StephenPageSax
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Thanks, Aaron! I've used the Breathtaking going all the way back to 2008. I also like the Jazz Lab a lot, and switch between the two regularly.
excellent video but I never use the rollers for the low B to Bb or C# to B I just rock my pinky..It seems to work great and afford very fast technique in that difficult register...
@StephenPageSax
8 ай бұрын
I do this also, specifically from B to Bb.
can you explain the right hand position. do you need to be touching the side keys or are they away from them in general?
@StephenPageSax
8 ай бұрын
No need to be touching them always, but staying near to them is definitely a good thing. It will vary from person to person based on hand size, and in some cases, risers are helpful!