After 2 years I'm happy (and slightly embarrassed) to say I finally hit the first inkling of an altissimo note!
My wife always laughs because when I am practicing improv and know I need to hit a high G, I stop in the middle of the run and yell "G" because I know that's the note I need to hit but it is out of my reach.
After another episode of yelling "G" I once again went to work on the higher register. I decided to peruse some more You Tube videos and found one I had never seen before.
At first he offered the standard fingering which I could never do. Then he said that he has an alternate that is cumbersome but always works and is a good fingering to crack the surface with. It was a fingering I have (in my limited time playing) never seen: First finger on B and right hand on F, Bb side key and the F# key. He called it "The Claw."
I tried it and lo and behold...softly...out came a G!!!!! Obviously I will have to build it up so I can hit it strongly and hit it every time but I am overjoyed that now I know I can do it!
Not sure why I am posting this but you folks are the only people I know who can appreciate this...So thanks for reading!
My wife always laughs because when I am practicing improv and know I need to hit a high G, I stop in the middle of the run and yell "G" because I know that's the note I need to hit but it is out of my reach.
After another episode of yelling "G" I once again went to work on the higher register. I decided to peruse some more You Tube videos and found one I had never seen before.
At first he offered the standard fingering which I could never do. Then he said that he has an alternate that is cumbersome but always works and is a good fingering to crack the surface with. It was a fingering I have (in my limited time playing) never seen: First finger on B and right hand on F, Bb side key and the F# key. He called it "The Claw."
I tried it and lo and behold...softly...out came a G!!!!! Obviously I will have to build it up so I can hit it strongly and hit it every time but I am overjoyed that now I know I can do it!
Not sure why I am posting this but you folks are the only people I know who can appreciate this...So thanks for reading!