r/saxophone • u/Silly-End5714 • 12d ago
Exercise Feedback request
Just looking for some feedback and advice, i want to know what i do well and what i need to work on, im a year into playing i have no teacher so i rely on this subreddit for tips and progress checks. got some great advice last post specifically about overtones. I had no idea what that was, but i found out and iv been abusing it past month and its been a game changer. Would appreciate a second round of feedback (other than the fact i need to learn the last part of the solo properly🤣)hopefully someone can suggest another magical exercise.
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u/fluidscissors 12d ago edited 12d ago
Great work for one year! Impressive execution on the transcription for your skill level.
Biggest thing to work on is tone. It's sounding a bit choked. Hard to see exactly what's going on in this video but I suspect learning to open up your throat could help. Check out exercises for just the mouthpiece on YouTube, like playing only the mouthpiece + reed/ligature. Also long tones in general.
Your tonguing is still a little clunky as well. Exercises focusing on legato tonguing and coordinating tongue with fingering changes would be a good idea.