In this video, Adam diagnoses a common problem found on the octave key of the alto saxophone; and walks you through a common way to fix it. (Works on tenor sax too!)
I work all day and recently started playing saxophone. After work I come back and practice. I kept having issues, thinking it was my reed, mouth placement, tonguing, literally everything. After I noticed the octive key not going down all the way. Thanks a ton . This is a new instrument and was devastated when I thought I'd have to already take it into the shop Thanks a bunch !!!
OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I bought a saxophone about a year ago and it always played high no matter what so I didn’t play much. I thought it was my embouchure until I looked up this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
This is ridiculous!!! You think Adam would have chosen a quiet venue to instruct us. That is not subtle background noise...it is in your face. I mean, have you ever tried to concentrate on something at a constructions site (I mean something other than a backhoe)? Thumbs down.
@@doubleghod what's the matter with you? this guy is offering help to you for nothing in return and you're crying about a little noise. your parents clearly never taught you gratitude.
Thanks so much. I have a concert in a couple days and I have a jazz solo to play and everything was good but I kept squeaking because of the octave key. Once I did your thing, it was perfectly fine
It isn’t working for me. My space amount isn’t the problem it is that my pad part of the mechanism doesn’t fully touch down to close the hole and is completely skewed. I have no idea how to fix this.
This is ridiculous!!! You think Adam would have chosen a quiet venue to instruct us. That is not subtle background noise...it is in your face. I mean, have you ever tried to concentrate on something at a constructions site (I mean something other than a backhoe)? Thumbs down.
@@dylanq1871 I agree. This is just an informational video. The background noise was mostly subtle in my opinion. That's not what makes or breaks this video. As long as a saxophonist can extract information and translate it onto their own instrument, the video has done it's job. Also Double Ghod before you can speak, I want to see if you can establish a quality channel of your own.
