Saxophone Fingerings
This fingering uses just the middle finger of the left hand
What is middle C?
The best book to start students in
What is the Rubank Elementary Method?
He invented the saxophone.
Who is Adolphe Sax?
This should be relaxed, staying on the pearls, and with a natural curve.
What is hand position?
A popular Japanese brand that makes student and professional saxophones
What is Yamaha?
This fingering uses the left hand index, middle, ring, and pinky finger
What is G#
A method book containing descriptions and pictures of every major saxophone fundamental (hint: written by a U of I professor)
This is a good piece to assign for solo and ensemble. (Multiple possibilities)
What is Handel arr. Mule or Rascher Sonatas, Bozza Aria, Teal Solos for the Alto Saxophone Player, Solos for the Tenor Saxophone Player, Lantier Sicilienne
We play this pitch on the alto saxophone mouthpiece.
What is A?
They make synthetic reeds.
Who is Legere?
This fingering uses two palm keys
What is palm Eb or D#?
A book for developing control of voicing and the altissimo
He was a French saxophonist who started the class at the Paris Conservatory.
Who is Marcel Mule?
This should create equal pressure around the mouthpiece.
What is the embouchure?
This is the ideal student saxophone.
What is the Yamaha 26?
This fingering uses the index, middle, and ring fingers of both hands, plus the top right hand spatula key
What is Eb or D#
These saxophones are in the key of Eb.
What are the alto and baritone saxophones? (bonus points for sopranino)
This is the original purpose of the saxophone.
What is an attempt to bridge the woodwinds, brass, and strings in the orchestra?
Where we tongue on the mouthpiece and reed
What is just past the tip of the tongue?
They are a historic french brand of saxophone.
What is Henri Selmer Paris?
This fingering has two different major options, and three minor options
What is middle Bb or A#?
This is the lowest voice in the saxophone family.
What is the bass saxophone?
He was the first full time saxophone professor in the United States.
Who is Larry Teal?
The shape of the oral cavity/voicing
What is the back and sides of the tongue raised in a ski slope or HEE shape, with a lifted soft palate?
This is the ideal first professional alto mouthpiece.
What is the Vandoren AL3?