Definitive Altissimo Fingerings for Alto Sax with George Michael's sax player, Ed Barker 

Great instructor: knowledge, patience, clarity, great learning style technique - adore it! Thanks.

I purchased the Get Your Sound 5 lessons within minutes of finding this video. Best £30 I've spent so far this year. Spot on tuition on embouchure, breath and tuning, hit directly my need for advice since I discovered that sticking out my lower lip both frees up the reed but loses control. Now I have the middle ground of not biting high notes but letting them sing with control. Thank you Mr Ed.

Hi Ed, i didnt understand how to play B to E. I just play with the palm keys ?

On saxophones with the F# key (the one next to the Bb) you can play a G by using the alternative F# sharp and then hitting the f# key its way easier to play the G but you need a sax with the F# key

thank you so much

would be nice if we could see the front as apposed to the side of the sax when you blow :)

I couldn't get the G sharp with anything taught on videos or on the charts. but I managed to get it with pressing 2 keys, the very top one and the lower side key. that is the only thing that works for me for G sharp on my Alto sax. how is that possible?

Hi Ed just listened to your altissimo note fingering, can you tell me if I can reach these notes with a Yamaha 4c mouthpiece. Incidentally you are awesome.

Thanks Ed

I've been playing 10 years, pretty decent. I've never heard of gliss. notes. What he did at 5:50, hopefully one day I can achieve that. So freaking cool!

Very very nice.... Love you

Superb. They are difficult to hit. I've not got one yet ha but I will persevere. Cherrs Ed

Thank you.

Ed you are a legend. So well explained. Within 30 minutes I'm playing a gliss from D to super high D that sounds like a small gaggle of cats fighting each other and I'm hoping within the next year it will sound like only 1 semi sick cat attempting to sing. The Gliss at the end of this video made feel something really different. You rock. Thanks for the vids. I'd like to purchase a video. What would you recommend I start with for someone who has played alto for 25 years and is still unhappy with their tone?

I'm wondering, how would I play the high f# without the high f# key, my saxophone doesn't have it

Can I listen to full song you were playing at the end...it's gorgeous 😍😍😍😍😍😍 Much love Ed

Great explanation...

why i cannot get any hi note when trying the A , I followed the instructions but nothing. anything i am doing wrong?

wow I need to listen to this often , I would check out your website as well

Is this possible on a beginner sax

Awesome instruction! 🎷 Are you the “Original Careless Whisperer” sax player? 😎🤔👍🎷

George Michaels sax player, I'm so impressed 🤪😂😂😂

do you have any tips for saxophone honking or squawking because I seem to be doing that in the jumps of the melody in Glenn Miller's in the mood?

Bravo ! thank you Ed !

Can only some saxophones play these? I try to play these and it plays a really awkward low octave note

at 3:10 we dont see the right Hand,,, it´s still a high A fingering and than Palm....?

Great tutorial Ed! I'm presuming you play tenor saxophone too? Please do some harmonics for tenor too.

Awesome video. Can tell a lot of work went into it. Keep it up.

Hi Is that Horn 🎷 a keilwerth? Sx90 or Shadow ? Or a Yamaha custom

i know you need a lots of pressure, can this cause muscle hernia eventually? because i feel like having to do too much physical effort from the lungs and abdomen

Hi Ed , I own a John Packer 041 and when i play the altissimo A it sounds out of tune . What's the matter ? Need I to have a better instrument ? And what reed should I use ?

Hi.sir ! Can u make a saxophone fingering chart about your video from A altissimo to Eb altissimo thank you!

Thanks for sharing this. Was trying to learn mercy by max richter and needed some fingerings. Peace and good spirits!

Sorry why A doesn't come out for me at all? it sounds like a C#

any advice for altissimo E and F ?

Very interesting I wish I could sound like this.

Brilliant...thanks very much!!

does work on tenor sax too

So for the overblown 6, is it just the same fingerings as a D or an F? Just playing with more air? Or is the other keys you're pressing

How is your index finger also your “4th” finger?

That gliss thing at the end is awesome! I can kind of get scooping at the upper register and then it doesnt really what note im pressing down as its all to do with tongue. However i cant do it into altissimo range smoothly. Is this gliss a scale or chromatic or mixture of both?

I can not do the f# and g at all but I can do a f# with the palm keys and I can hit an A but not a G

I can't get the notes to sound, my high G attempt sounds like a very airy middle b flat, I don´t know why.

Great thanks for that

None of mine are working, any advice?

Great video, thank you. Could you tell me what mouthpiece reed you use in the video please :)

thanks very helpful

thx so much, I can play all the way up to Eb now

Do these work on tenor and baritone

amazing

made it look easy...

Can you post a link to those pieces at the end? It’s sound amazing!

is this the same on tenor sax

Sounds good but if you need to get that high reach for the clairinet.

Do these work for Bari sax?

I can’t get the g out it just makes a weird sound

Tenor?

can you do this on a bari sax?

Absolutely great lesson!

My bd wants me to play a high C 8va for a song, im like its gonna sound CRAZY but alright. Wish me luck guys

Does anyone know what sax he is playing, I've been looking for a quality black sax alto

does anyone know where i can get the sheet music to "Simple truth" by him? its an amazing song and i would like to play it for my exam piece this year in music class. i think that altissimo gliss will get me some bonus marks too lol

does the reed size matters in playing the altissimo notes ?

That F# never works for me. It seems to work for everybody else just fine.

Playing your Instument video clip

5:42 I heard Rhapsody in Blue😂

what brand is the sax hes using?

When I first watched this his sax was so small I thought it was a curved soprano sax

Pls help, I can't get the G out!

my high notes sound like im playing a flute.

i cant get high notes

that didn't work for me at all

15 oompa loompas

Your not showing your right hand🤷‍♂️

Sorry but this whole video is completely misguided. There are no universal altissimo fingerings that work on every sax. They're harmonics and so they're going to be different depending on tone hole placement, key opening height, and all kinds of other factors that can vary on any given saxophone. Are there some that work on many saxes? Sure, but there is no "best" fingering for all saxes. Sadly, you just have do the work of fingerings that work for your saxophone. I've been playing for 30 years now and I've tried a lot of saxes along the way.

Just bite the reed my guy.

Thanks Ed