Altissimo lesson 1

[Dazza]

Hey Johnny. I have been away from my altissimo training for a bit and have no idea how I used to access the lessons! Can you email me the link again once you confirm my membership please.

[Anonymous]

Hi Johnny, the Altissimo link does not come up anymore after login since the website had problems.

[john]

It does if you’re signed up for it and you are signed into the site.
please make sure you do this and try again.

[Dazza]

Hey JF. I gave it a go and no cigar. Signed in but the link to altissimo asks me to register first.

[john]

Ok try it now.
and let me know what happens

[Dazza]

Working now. Thanks mate

[Anonymous]

10:11AM 21 Nov

Hi Johnny, the course links weren’t working for me yesterday afternoon after I logged in, but they are working now.

Thank you for correcting the problem.

[Michael]

Hey Johnny, this is funny but I was trying to access it but I’m having the same problem as Dazza and Jeff. I’ve previously downloaded the whole thing/video tutorials so it’s okay, but check it out when you can, no rush. Thanks 🙂

[john]

ya, I don’t know what happened but after a software update the altissimo course members somehow got de-registerted so I just spend a couple hours correcting the problem. it should all be good now. hopefully it was just that but it might be other members so heads up!

[Michael]

NO worries Johnny, you’re a hard-working man for sure.
Speaking of Altissimo, in the previous posts that got deleted when your webserver’s system crashed there were a few members asking me if I had any tips, insights, on Altissimo. I have taken the concepts/principles from your Overtone series and been using an exercise that helps to reinforce the things you cover in Overtones, things that we do in the overtones, etc. which apply directly to playing in the Altissimo range and applied those very same concepts in a very “different” kind of exercise..I call this part of the exercise “part 1” LOL Then, in what I call “part 2” I took it one step further and showed how applying these points apply directly to the Altissimo range (playing an Altissimo note from ANY of the low keys of the Sax, while maintaining that exact same note and working up the Saxophone. The further up the Sax we go, the harder it gets to maintain that same note! For example, finger low Bb and hit an Alt. note like Alt.A, finger low B and still hit Alt.A, finger low C# and still hit Alt. A, fingering low C and still hit Alt. A, and so on. We keep going up and up and up while still hitting Alt A over and over again–as you know, there’s lots of adjustments we have to make in our embouchure, air support, lip, etc. to keep hitting that same exact note while going up further and further on the Saxophone! 🙂 Then, in what I call “part 3” I start to address the things that we can be doing that actually PREVENT us from hitting Altissimo notes, show how to correct it, show how to pay attention to some of the things that maybe we’re NOT doing that we should be doing, describe some of the things to pay “special” attention to when hitting an Alt. note, etc.. I am friends with a member on facebook and I made a rough video of the exercise I developed and have gotten good initial feedback. If you’re interested in seeing what this is all about, I can either make a private video for you and e-mail it to you or, with your permission, post this series of exercises here on your site, for your members only. As I told the member I’m friends with on facebook, this exercise is NOT designed to replace Overtones, there’s no getting around them (sorry to say that for anyone reading this LOL) but rather it’s an exercise that “compliments” the Overtones and helps to re-enforce the the things in the Overtone series in a slightly different way. In fact, without working on Overtones, there’s NO WAY you can do this exercise. Let me know if you’re interested in seeing what I’ve been working on/developing, how to share it, etc.. I have a video collab. to do with my guitar friend later today that I will be uploading here to Member’s videos…we’re playing the Blues together 🙂

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