This is a particularly common problem on newer Chinese instruments. A great sax teacher out here in Los Angeles, Dr. Bruce Eskovitz, suggested that when you finger the ‘D’ also play the side key ‘D’ this will give you the correct sound. Every saxophone player has struggled with this. Hi Neal, Concerning the stuffy ‘D’. This tutorial will be in the key of D. To make it easier to understand, the tutorial will also cover the major scale on the key of D.
Because the D major key is a whole step above the C major key, it contains two sharps. This is when you discover that your saxophone is in a different key. When we sax players play along with concert pitch instruments such as piano, guitar, violin etc, we must play a different note on our horns for it to come out sounding like the same note the concert pitch instruments play. Knowing which key your saxophone is in relative to other instruments is a must!
If you practice what I’m about to show you, over time you’ll be able to play with consistency and confidence in the altissimo range. Sale now on! This is going to cause the key to not work properly. I’d like to share with you the trick that helped me finally overcome the barriers to playing altissimo. D Palm Key The D palm key is used for playing third–octave D, Eb, E, F, and F# and for trilling to second– or third–octave D. It is the outermost key in the group of three palm keys and is operated by the knuckle of the first finger. Since alto and baritone saxophones are in E♭, (meaning they produce an E♭ when playing a written C), in order to produce an actual C, they must play an A, which is a perfect third down from C. Saxophone keys explained…
Yes an alto is in Eb and a tenor is in Bb. Welcome to the world of saxophone transposition. The chromatic scale consists of all the mote we have in music in the correct order. The reason has to do with the physics of where that ‘D’ is placed. So if you are playing along with other musicians or a backing track, and they are in the key of B-flat, you will want to play in the key of C on your tenor or soprano saxophone. The octave key stretches over the top of the saxophone neck and it can easily be bent out of shape if you squeeze the neck too hard. This is a common feature of many, but not all, woodwind and brass instruments. This is because they are what is commonly called a “transposing instrument”. The interval between the note or key that you play in (on a transposing instrument) and the actual note or key being heard (concert key…
Because the D major key is a whole step above the C major key, it contains two sharps. This is when you discover that your saxophone is in a different key. When we sax players play along with concert pitch instruments such as piano, guitar, violin etc, we must play a different note on our horns for it to come out sounding like the same note the concert pitch instruments play. Knowing which key your saxophone is in relative to other instruments is a must!
If you practice what I’m about to show you, over time you’ll be able to play with consistency and confidence in the altissimo range. Sale now on! This is going to cause the key to not work properly. I’d like to share with you the trick that helped me finally overcome the barriers to playing altissimo. D Palm Key The D palm key is used for playing third–octave D, Eb, E, F, and F# and for trilling to second– or third–octave D. It is the outermost key in the group of three palm keys and is operated by the knuckle of the first finger. Since alto and baritone saxophones are in E♭, (meaning they produce an E♭ when playing a written C), in order to produce an actual C, they must play an A, which is a perfect third down from C. Saxophone keys explained…
Yes an alto is in Eb and a tenor is in Bb. Welcome to the world of saxophone transposition. The chromatic scale consists of all the mote we have in music in the correct order. The reason has to do with the physics of where that ‘D’ is placed. So if you are playing along with other musicians or a backing track, and they are in the key of B-flat, you will want to play in the key of C on your tenor or soprano saxophone. The octave key stretches over the top of the saxophone neck and it can easily be bent out of shape if you squeeze the neck too hard. This is a common feature of many, but not all, woodwind and brass instruments. This is because they are what is commonly called a “transposing instrument”. The interval between the note or key that you play in (on a transposing instrument) and the actual note or key being heard (concert key…