How to Play Saxophone - Using Basic Technique

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Saxophone is a wind instrument that requires energy to sound it. Indeed to play saxophone, you must know the ways. If not the saxophone that you blow will sound not beautiful or even no rhythm at all. The Saxophone itself was discovered by Adolphe Sax. On March 20, 1846, a saxophone by Adolphe registered his patent. When introduced to the public type of saxophone that was introduced is a saxophone with a type of C bass. The one who introduced this saxophone was Hector Belioz. if you want to learn saxophone, consider how to blow the following saxophone: 


Proper Sax Mouth Placement


Embouchure

To be able to blow the saxophone well of course you must understand the basic technique first. This basic technique will illustrate how the formation of the lips, teeth, jaws and muscles that are around your mouth when you will blow the saxophone. Formation of lips, teeth, jaw and also the muscles around the mouth naturally will be able to produce good sound. But to be able to produce a beautiful sound required the right formation. The less precise formation in blowing this saxophone is the lower lip too stuck to the teeth. The second mistake is not to let the lower lip too press the mouthpiece. How to blow the correct saxophone is to keep touching the saxophone or reed blower but do not stick too much. 


Watch Techniques For Tongue

In addition to mouth, you should now pay attention to the tongue. Tongue is also included in the basic technique of playing saxophone. The tongue plays a role in accenting to be able to vote through the mouthpiece. If the mouthpiece is given air then the sound will come out. To be able to blow the saxophone properly and beautifully, you can put the tip of the tongue at the end of the reed. When the ends of the reed and tongue ends meet, try to remove the word "dah".



Respiratory

This technique is important. To be able to blow and play a saxophone, you can imagine while blowing a saxophone, you are out of breath then your saxophone strains become disconnected. This breathing technique is not only applicable when playing saxophone, but also when you learn vocal techniques. When practicing vocal techniques, you also have to learn about this breathing technique. To be able to play well using this saxophone, you should be able to divide the space in your lungs. Human lungs have two rooms. The first is the chest space and the second is the abdominal space. As you normally breathe, you will use the chest space. While the abdominal space is a space that lies beneath the lungs.

People who study saxophone should be able to learn the lower abdominal breathing exercises. The singers must do it to. The Saxophonist should learn to breathe the lower abdomen so that he has enough air to breathe, has the strength and endurance to be able to control his saxophone. It can be said that breathing technique is important. To be able breathe using the diaphragm, you must learn to breathe using the lower abdomen so that the air capacity you get is sufficient, has enough energy and endurance to be able to control the blowing instrument on the saxophone. 


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thnx i learned something new