Tips on Playing Soprano Saxophone, Part Two 

Joe Temperley: "All saxophones are out of tune...you have to play them in tune - you play them with your ears; you don't play them with a mouthpiece..." Pure wisdom right there!

He's very correct in his statement. All saxaphone are out of tune, it's what you make it. How you shape it.. Hit the nail on the head. Well said my friend. I teach this to my students all the time. And from C to C and phrasing. Hit the nail on the head. Thank you two for sharing this video. I had all of my students watch this and it made sense to them. Thank you so much for this video!

Thanks for the tip on high E, I've struggled with that note for years!

Very enjoyable i saw Joe here in England on a jazz gig . High E also can be played G sharp with r/ h side E key .

< I just had to try the highE trick...hehehe...this videos are really helping out with my Love/Hate relationship with the Soprano ( quirky Lady) >

Especially a Soprano Sax ( and the smaller/higher ones too ) You have to play/use them daily , training your mouth/embouchure and your ears too , to keep them good under control....is my experience....you make the sound stronger with a wel trained mouth.....

It's a common misconception that the Bis, side C, and side F# tend to sound worse. On a properly set up horn those are supposed to actually be the better sounding notes (well except Bis which should just be equal) but those fingerings were originally called "ballad" fingerings. Most techs will set up the side C and F# with the same key height as the front, but they should actually have their own heights set up. It's for a similar reason the Eb Temperley talks about changes the tone. It's the amount of open and closed tone holes and their locations effecting the standing waves in the horn (they're not equal between the front and side fingerings).

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1:03 I fell better now, 😁

Hi there, could you let me know the intro song? I've literally been flicking through my Real Book hoping the title would jump out!

Curved soprano just sounds like a mini alto