Saxophone fingering

1. When you hold the saxophone in your palm and fingers, it's like holding a cylinder in your hand and bending slightly. Don't straighten and bend your fingers. 2. The feeling of natural relaxation will be beneficial to the flexible performance of the keys.

Even if you don't press the key, put your finger gently on the key and don't leave. Only by being natural and flexible can we easily master the essentials of saxophone fingering.

3. The thumb of the right hand is hooked on the thumb, which is responsible for stabilizing the instrument and eating.

Finger, middle finger and ring finger should be placed in relevant positions.

4. Put your left finger on the thumb button (seat). When playing high notes, just press the 8-degree soundboard button at the tip of your thumb, and don't move your whole thumb forward.

5. The index finger, middle finger and ring finger of the left hand are also placed in the relevant positions, and the two palms are arched to avoid touching or pressing other keys.

Second, the timbre of saxophone

Most people think that the timbre of saxophone is full and rich in bass area; Round and soft alto; A bright and clear high-pitched area. However, due to the differences in cultures, customs, languages and habits of different countries, German, French and British timbres have been formed.

Third, saxophone timbre schools and international development trends

American saxophone timbre is the development trend of saxophone timbre in the world today. American timbre is inseparable from the national characteristics of America as a national immigrant. So American timbre is a mixed timbre. It combines the loose British sound, the full and hazy German sound and the clear and bright French sound, forming a clarinet timbre effect with unique American characteristics-wide, loose, soft, thick and bright.

Fourth, the American saxophone playing method

1、? Mouth shape:

The basic concept is: the role of the mouth is to support the best vibration point of the whistle. Therefore, the tightness of the mouth directly affects the correctness of saxophone pronunciation and the unity of pitch and timbre.

Note: It is important to remember that pipes are not blown by mouth, but by air.

2、? How to find the best vibration point?

Everyone's mouth shape, the thickness of lips, the length of tongue and the shape and size of mouth are different, so the number of flute heads and the best vibration points are also different. So there are different kinds of flutes and whistles. What should we pay attention to in saxophone solo posture?