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  • #55646
    john
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      Yes check my blog section there is a lesson video on just that
      I can’t put the link here as I’m not on my computer

      #55660
      jake
      Participant
        #55667
        Mel
        Participant

          Nice Song Jazz Cat!

          #55716
          Jazz Cat
          Participant

            thanks; found it; good tips, will try

            #55718
            brother cavefish
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              i have sen you do this figuring, for your higher octave, the g and a finger pressing down, leaving off the b finger and maybe the high d side key what is this

              #55750
              john
              Keymaster

                not sure which note you mean, let me know where in the video it is.

                #60903
                john
                Keymaster

                  Has any body found a sax mouthpiece patch/cushion that lasts more than 30 minutes of playing? I tend to bite through the thickest vandoren mouthpiece cushions.

                  #60905
                  Anonymous

                    Wow – i would change your embouchure. If you are biting that hard, that will tense up your air flow and make it harder to keep a steady pitch.

                    Try to start with a double embouchure ie top lip curled under top teeth, bottom lip curled over bottom teeth. Place mouthpiece on bottom lip and then lower upper lip onto top of mouthpiece – then push the top lip out of the way with the top teeth coming down and resting on the mouthpiece.

                    This results in a flat even tensed horizontal bottom lip which will give a firm steady pitch, then with the top teeth resting on the mouthpiece, seal off the mouthpiece with the rest of the top lip. Your embouchure lips have should now have a firm seal around the mouthpiece – start blowing, and gently increase the pressure by pushing the bottom lip up.

                    This is where you fill your stomach with a decent amount of air, and pull your stomach in firmly to increase the air pressure on the mouthpiece, so the stomach pressure is more in use, rather than using a lot of air pressure in your mouth. The more air pressure you use in your mouth may result in you biting more to control a steady pitch, whereas you can take a lot of pressure off the mouth, if you use your stomach to control the pressure instead.

                    this probably wont help, but it’s worth a try.

                    #60920
                    john
                    Keymaster

                      Thanks sxpoet. I’ll try the double embouchure. Here’d JB on the subject.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E48GB6WqA-E and David Liebman on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROPRATRrGjA I do have a sharp incisor that cuts into the mpc pad

                      #60923
                      john
                      Keymaster

                        I ment to type JF on the embouchure subject

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