The use of overtones involves fingering one note but altering the air stream to produce another note which is an overtone of the fingered note. For example, if low B♭ is fingered, a B♭ one octave above may be sounded by manipulating the air stream. Other overtones that can be obtained with this fingering include F, B♭, and D. The same air stream techniques used to produce overtones are also used to produce notes above high F# (the "altissimo register"). |
Overtone exercises on the saxophone High tones are nothing else than harmonics (overtones). You jump from overtone to overtone through changing the position of the tongue and the larynx (voicing). Here you hear a series of harmonics while fingering a low B flat. All the changes happens in mouth and throat. Notice how easily this is done, without any biting or a red head. Notice that neither the lip tension nor the jaw pressure changes. You can play more than 20 overtones on your sax (more than 4 octaves), sure after doing some training - jazzlab |
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