Veggie Dave
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I'm just wondering if any of the growlers out there find growling affects their throat at all?
You can of course use a strong guteral sound - as in clearing the throat, but that can lead to coughing, spluttering and a painful throat.
Don't forget that "the growl" is an effect so don't over use it otherwise it's not an effect anymore.
With a bit of practice you can in fact play all the second register without using the octave key and if you add some hum (growl") as well it'll sound very down and dirty.
I'm confused. Humming at the same time one is playing produces a "Growl". There is an inference in this thread that they are two separate things. Grrr. . . . that was a growl produced without the saxophone. Hmmmmm. . . . that was a hum produced without the saxophone.
you've led such a sheltered life..I have never heard of actually "growling" to make a "growl sound" on a saxophone. You're not making this up are you?
This might be great for "Talk Like a Pirate Day", but for growling on a saxophone----not so good, methinks.I try to hum (technically I make an ah sound) but I find the vibrations coming back from the sax add a gruffness to my hum that I have no control over - other than to stop humming. The only way I can describe the feeling is as an actual growl. The ah becomes an argh if you like. I can make the sound more extreme by increasing the gruffness, into something resembling a real growl I guess (I'm not sure I'd recommend it, though, as I can't imagine most people's throats would last for very long - mine certainly wouldn't), but what I can't do is stop the sax from changing the ah into an argh in my throat. I'm assuming from other comments that this is normal.