I have just started learning Alto SAX on Yamaha YAS-280. Just learning b,a,g,f,e,d notes at the moment.
I play guitar well and have played flute and harmonica in past, so I think my embouchure is better than a complete beginner and my ear is good with pitch.
I am facing a challenge that if I play in sequence b, a, g and then move down to f, e or d and then come back up to g, the g goes flat (if don't change anything with embouchure ).
At this point if I release all 3 left hand fingers and press back in, to blow "g" again, then it is correct in tune (with no change anything with embouchure ).
it is puzzling to me why "g" goes flat only when coming up from f, e or d.
As an experiment (I have not yet gone to that level) I tried changing embouchure by pressing it a little then I can get back to proper G when moving up from F note.
Is this a "my" Saxophone issue or is this something that happens to all Saxophones?
My all other notes seem to be in tune.
I read article on this site about tuning and I understand now that you have to adjust embouchure to sharpen/flatten notes that are not in tune,
yet just wanted to make sure whether I need to take the Sax to a technician or just work on embouchure just for the flat G?
Thanks
Sam
I play guitar well and have played flute and harmonica in past, so I think my embouchure is better than a complete beginner and my ear is good with pitch.
I am facing a challenge that if I play in sequence b, a, g and then move down to f, e or d and then come back up to g, the g goes flat (if don't change anything with embouchure ).
At this point if I release all 3 left hand fingers and press back in, to blow "g" again, then it is correct in tune (with no change anything with embouchure ).
it is puzzling to me why "g" goes flat only when coming up from f, e or d.
As an experiment (I have not yet gone to that level) I tried changing embouchure by pressing it a little then I can get back to proper G when moving up from F note.
Is this a "my" Saxophone issue or is this something that happens to all Saxophones?
My all other notes seem to be in tune.
I read article on this site about tuning and I understand now that you have to adjust embouchure to sharpen/flatten notes that are not in tune,
yet just wanted to make sure whether I need to take the Sax to a technician or just work on embouchure just for the flat G?
Thanks
Sam