Chris98
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 1,079
Hello,
I'm heading enthusiastically, and probably to an obsessive degree into developing my saxophone tone. I've been unhappy with it for a while and felt it lacked clarity. Over the weekend I have been solely working on tone development exercises such as those in Top-Tones and had a bit of a revelation, my embouchure was terrible.
I had taken to dropping my jaw back which I think was having the knock on effect of constricting my throat and also my ability to articulate as the tongue also seemed to have restrictive movement. This is all hard to explain but by pushing my jaw forward, and therefore back into a more neutral position, like saying 'V', where the top and bottom teeth are above each other with the bottom lip just resting on the bottom teeth, my tone is clearer, louder and more flexible, but I'm really having to concentrate not to slip back into past (bad) habits.
Wanting to keep the momentum going, I'm keen to work on my tone and develop it. I keep being drawn to David Liebman's 'Developing a Personal Saxophone Sound' but then shy away from buying it as it's near £30 from JazzWise. Has anyone read this book or used it? Is it any good?
Best wishes,
Chris
I'm heading enthusiastically, and probably to an obsessive degree into developing my saxophone tone. I've been unhappy with it for a while and felt it lacked clarity. Over the weekend I have been solely working on tone development exercises such as those in Top-Tones and had a bit of a revelation, my embouchure was terrible.
I had taken to dropping my jaw back which I think was having the knock on effect of constricting my throat and also my ability to articulate as the tongue also seemed to have restrictive movement. This is all hard to explain but by pushing my jaw forward, and therefore back into a more neutral position, like saying 'V', where the top and bottom teeth are above each other with the bottom lip just resting on the bottom teeth, my tone is clearer, louder and more flexible, but I'm really having to concentrate not to slip back into past (bad) habits.
Wanting to keep the momentum going, I'm keen to work on my tone and develop it. I keep being drawn to David Liebman's 'Developing a Personal Saxophone Sound' but then shy away from buying it as it's near £30 from JazzWise. Has anyone read this book or used it? Is it any good?
Best wishes,
Chris
Last edited by a moderator: