Playing the saxophone F# fingering problems

[spike]

Flat music?

Useful if you happen to live in Trump Towers:

Un éléphant, ça trompe, ça trompe,
Un éléphant, ça trompe énormément.

 

[jbtsax]

To add a cat among the pigeons - nice Bb that I use quite a bit is OK+ LH 12 + RH 123+Eb.
Depends on what kind of music you play of course. 😉

For those who don't know, this is the fingering for the Saxophone Wobble aka Texas Shake

 

[kevgermany]

Long closes the same pad as long. If there's a noticeable difference in sounds I would think it's due to regulation.

No, the difference is there when the sax is properly regulated. It's because there are different pads open in the RH stack. Try it with F, E, D, and any combination. If you don't hear a difference, I'll be surprised - and wonder about hearing.

 

[Colin the Bear]

I seem to be comparing long to long in my post. I meant to write Long closes same pad as Bis.

Just been trying it to make sure. No difference in tone using long with RH 1, 2 or 3. No difference bis or any single fingered long. Slight difference in tone adding all three. Slight difference between bis and long and using A+side key.

My saxes are very well regulated. I'm sort of obsessive about it. I like to squeeze every drop of performance and tone out of my gear.

 

[spike]

@Mike T

T – – 3 | 1 2 –

What is this for a grip Mike ? I can't do anything useful with it. What does the T stand for ?

 

[Mike T]

@Mike T



What is this for a grip Mike ? I can't do anything useful with it. What does the T stand for ?

Thumb. As in thumb-on-octave key.

T – – 3 | 1 2 – is just (the simplest) one of the many fingerings for A# in the extreme register… 🙂

 

[spike]

Doh ! My brain's in couch modus on Sundays.
Yes of course - thanks, I wasn't thinking in altissimo terms, pops out real sweet in an F# boogie.

 

[spike]

T – – 3 | 1 2 – is just (the simplest) one of the many fingerings for A# in the extreme register…

Please excuse me - I'm just bumping this post for my own benefit.
I keep forgetting this grip and must get it solid into my gunbelt.

 

[kevgermany]

Spike, have you discovered the woodwind fingering guide. Probably the best reference for fingerings on the web. There's also a good sax one on taming the saxophone.

 

[turf3]

1 and 1. Generations of flutists have used this, The scuttlebutt that it's an inferior fingering on saxophone is balderdash.

 

[Dr G]

1 and 1. Generations of flutists have used this, The scuttlebutt that it's an inferior fingering on saxophone is balderdash.

Bonus points for using “scuttlebutt” and “balderdash” in the same sentence!