The ULTIMATE 5 Mins-A-Day Overtone Exercise for a FAT SAX SOUND

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I doing it for six months now every day, it's really works, on tenor I struggled on beginning to get into hig "D" but now is so easy to play Ab atlissimo with low Bb fingering. Many thanks

Thanks Jamie! The neighbors were gone for 4 days, so I was able to freely work on this exercise. It has been a help in improving my tone and it has been a real help in playing the altissimo notes with greater ease!

Great overtone exercise. Just one more helpful hint: ALWAYS remember to tune your instrument before you play anything. This is especially important for overtones because the low notes will not respond correctly if your sax is not in tune. After warming up, check your tuning again because you will have to pull your mouthpiece out a little after warming up. Don't worry about having to play loudly to make your low notes speak. The low notes are more difficult on the sax than any other instrument because of the conical shape of the sax. The sax goes from small opening to large opening more drastically than any other wind instrument... this is why the sax has a more flexible sound than other wind instruments. If you have tuned your instrument and you are trying to play your low notes loudly and the low notes are still not coming out correctly, then you first try a different reed, or make the back of your reed more flat with sandpaper or reed tool... if correcting the reed doesn't help, then you might want to borrow someone's mouthpiece (someone that doesn't have problems with the low notes... see if your sax plays low notes better with someone else's mouthpiece. Remember to always store your mouthpiece with a reed on it and a mouthpiece cap...if you get scratches and dings on any part of the mouthpiece where the reed touches, then your mouthpiece will not play correctly. If you have a good mouthpiece and your sax still doesn't play low notes, you have to check your sax for leaks... a leak anywhere on your sax will affect the response of your low notes (even a leaky pad on the high F key will make your low notes not speak). If you also do your long tones, after a while (it might be a year) you might be surprised that you will start to hear whether you are in tune without looking at a tuner. You won't get perfect pitch, but when you develop a good tone through these overtone exercises and long tone exercises, you should be able to hear whether your sax is in tune... you will hear the centered pitches... you will hear a more lively and beautiful tone when you get to this stage.

Thanks Jamie for all you do for us, very much appreciated.

Started doing this and it really helped my playing , one of the useful tips I’ve had thank you

It's exercises like this one that had my wife begging me to pick up the guitar again 😂

Great tutorial, Mr Anderson, thanks a lot. Every time, when I'm practicing, I'm starting from long notes, 15-20 minutes, and then overtones 5-7 minutes, and a lot of another trainings. I heard that from your (from your and Mr Paddock) free YouTube lessons, and it's very useful program to study.

I loved the look on your face when Queenie started howling, that cracked me up!

Have been doing this daily for 12 months as part of his Total Tone Mastery course and it really does work. I have only managed to get to the 3rd overtone for low B, but still making progress. Remember Rome wasn't built in a day , the daily effort you put in will pay big dividends.

Me: Being a sax nerd and watching this video. My wife from the other room: What the hell are you watching? Can you turn it down?

Super great Overtone Lesson! Not only does this exercise help you discover your saxophone "voice", it also improves your Altissimo! By the way, the first overtone is the most out of tune, so don't dwell on that imperfection.

Aw no tuning app! But I live for that green smiley face! 😂 Good reminder Jamie…gotta admit I’ve been very slack about doing the daily practice basics as I get enough complaints from my neighbours in caravan parks when I’m just playing songs so pretty sure they’d call the cops on me if I attempted this excercise so daily practice is unfortunately out for me but I will endeavour to give it a go next time I’m in the middle of nowhere!

I am doing it right…. Seems I had a fantastic teacher 😉🥰🎷

I struggle to reach the Bb key on my alto yet have no problem reaching it on my tenor! 🤪🤪Any advice Jamie? Maybe it’s just my arthritis..but don’t understand why I can do it on one and not the other! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤔

Hi! I've been struggling for months to get to the high D overtone and over it, how can I improve, or how can I think of it to get it sounding? I'm playing alto. Great video thank youuu

Good exercise! After playing the overtones I have a hard time playing the fundamental low note (Bb or B) / 24 hours later - problem solved. I changed my reed.🙂

Hi Jamie. When flip-flopping, are you using the normal fingering of the equivalent higher note? Also do you use the overtones when playing actual songs (e.g. fingering low Bb for playing a middle F)?

Hello, can you please make a video about the saxophone solo in "Spooky" by Dusty Springfield? Thanks.

God. That is an amazing exercice. I payne just watching you doing it 😮. I will stop at the second one for the moment 😅