The altissimo register of the saxophone refers to a group of notes that is above and beyond the normal range of the sax.\u00a0 It can be one of the most challenging aspects of the sax to learn.\u00a0 When I was a kid, I would listen to great sax players and they would play these incredibly soulful and emotional lines right up into the stratosphere.\u00a0 I could not believe that someone could play so high on the saxophone.\u00a0 Not only could they play those notes but they made them sound great up there.<\/p>\n
Since that time, I have spent countless hours and years practicing the altissimo register.\u00a0 I have quite a few video lessons already on this subject but all of those are on tenor.\u00a0 I have been asked by a few members of my site if I could do a video lesson just for the alto altissimo register.\u00a0 Here it is……….<\/p>\n
In this lesson I talk about the fingerings I most often use to play the altissimo notes.\u00a0 I include fingerings for all of these notes. I talk about their intonation tendencies and what I do to try to get them in to tune.\u00a0 I talk in detail about how I change my embouchure, throat and tongue position in order to get these super high notes on the alto saxophone.\u00a0 I hope you find this lesson beneficial and that it helps you progress further in the upper register of the saxophone.(34 Minute Video Lesson)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The altissimo register of the saxophone refers to a group of notes that is above and beyond the normal range of the sax.\u00a0 It can be one of the most challenging aspects of the sax to learn.\u00a0 When I was a kid, I would listen to great sax players and they would play these incredibly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":86365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"content-sidebar"},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[905],"product_tag":[420,868,578,1358],"class_list":{"0":"post-8286","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-sax-altissimo","7":"product_tag-altissimo-range","8":"product_tag-alto-saxophone-2","9":"product_tag-fingerings","10":"product_tag-voicing-notes","11":"entry","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"downloadable","16":"virtual","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/8286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=8286"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=8286"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=8286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}