question on Overtones

[john]

as for the 5th oct… what happens at that point is same fingerings for related harmonic notes.
so, a G fingering can get you a B or D as well etc.
I don’t go that high normally and when I do it’s just as I explained for a one or 2 note reach.
your 1st question is an interesting one because I rarely practice harmonics/overtones but while I was putting together the course I found I could still do them all pretty well. I think once you can hit the notes you want then you don’t need to be practicing overtones all the time….at least thats how it works for me.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that – i was just starting out today re-doing the 1st lesson on the overtones, and was wondering why i was struggling to eventually play the 1st overtone while i could still do the altissimo notes with no problem.

the harmonics on the G, answers another one of my questions, as i wondered why when i played the altissimo G, sometimes i hit a note an octave higher up instead of the G – so i have unawares been hitting notes in the 5th octave. cool.

as always in your debt!

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