I know this is out of subject but, can u confirm/reassure something for me. An acquaintance of mine said he can get an "unauthorised authentic" Yanagisawa for a cheaper price . Im guessing its the same-ish with unauthorised authentic shoes or am i wrong? I know there can be flaws on it but do you have any experience with these "unauthorised authentic" Saxophones?

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Nice when checking each note also consider a 12 tone row to remove your ears from possible referencing (even chromatic will lock your ears in to potentially adjusting the pitch)

I'd rather be sharp than out of tune any day 😊

OH MY HECK - THANK YOU FOR THIS! I have played with soooooo many people who think they tuned one note, then start pushing buttons and screwing up the whole ensemble because they don’t think they are the ones out of tune, it MUST be someone else! Ugh. Hallelujah for this. Hopefully less experienced players will take this to heart. Now it would be great if you followed this with a tutorial on how to hear pitches, pitch match and/or general intonation. Some people are just “tone blind” 😂

Great tips, Dave! One other thing that this practice helps - when you get in the habit of listening to yourself play each note to stay in tune, it enables you to listen to the other musicians and stay in tune with them. I have played in a group where the piano is out of tune. Not much you can do about that, except play in tune with the piano. If you are prepared, you can make it work.

The ultimate side man for a great solo

I’m normally bad at these but I got all 3 correct without thinking hard it made a huge difference even if exaggerated for the video.

This was good. 👍🏻

Your default setting to me just means your horn is not properly adjusted to play in tune and you’re not blowing the horn in tune. This system you’re presenting sounds very, very cumbersome.

I’m a drummer but this totally helps me understand what runs through a horn player’s mind. 😄

My teacher Gary Campbell told me and showed me how to play the instrument in tune. He played my horn and adjusted the keys in relationship to the tone holes . Lo and behold, the note was played in tune. He also told me and showed me that you need to blow the horn in tune. Your breath support makes a big difference.

Not looking at the tuner then looking at it😏🔥🔥

thanks bro needed this literally today

Great work! Informative as always. I am at the kindergarten skill level with this tuning on the fly topic. I would also recommend getting a cheap USB leak light to make sure keys are sealing. Two items I had to work through 1/ S1 side alternate C did not match middle C. 2/ using palm key D as middle D did not match traditional middle D fingering. You can make adjustments to the horn yourself or if in any doubt a service tech can fix this up. Double check any other alternate fingerings you use.

Out of tune = wrong notes. I don’t see the problem here.

Good detailed instructions! My low Bb & B are hard to play in tune and I haven't figured out how to adjust them (embouchure-wise) yet. I also have 3 tunes in my regular repertoire in C# (E concert) that I play with backing tracks. One of them (a ballad) takes a lot more effort to play in tune. It just occurred to me that the track might be slightly out of tune.

I found when I started playing bari, my intonation on alto and tenor both improved immensely. I was a biter at one point, but bari really made me loosen up, and it's nearly perfect now. Before I had issues with most notes above g being rather sharp, and altissimo was even sharper. Now even my altissimo notes are within a few cents, and usually more on the flat side.

interesting video Dave, yes my Purple Logo Yamaha alto plays very sharp in the palm keys, so I have to adjust for that. BTW is that a BSS mouthpiece you're using now?

I would do that over a drone, just to use the ears instead of a tuner

Awesome information! Great tip to not look in tuner app! I play note with droning air pods, sing it and repeat on sax, intentionally going higher or lower and back to centre!

The one constant tuning issue I have is that I can get most notes in tune or just ever so slightly flat and can lip them into tune, but my middle D or E is always very sharp and I haven't been able to get those notes in tune without pulling out the mouthpiece more and making most other notes a bit too flat to get into tune. I don't know what to do to fix that. I have this issue both on my alto and soprano saxophone.

What happens if the note is flat and the mouthpiece is already all the way in? 😄

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Man you played some beautiful stuff over that track. Very inspiring

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What's the tune in the growler part?

Just love this !❤

this is so stupid lol i love it

Love your work Dave! Thanks for using my transcription!

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Not to quibble, because, of course, it's brilliant overall, but I suspect that the thinking wasn't a C# triad going to the B natural resolution (end of chorus 4), but rather that you played the Bb-7 over the A7 (i.e. altered) and simply delayed that resolution 2 beats

I have not opened my email for a while and just saw that you included the weird leaf player in this saxophone group. Thank you it was great fun!

Isn’t that the guy who ran over his saxophone?

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Can you Write "Scrapple from the apple" your's solo

Great video! Thank you! 🎷🙏

Always a treat to hear you play. Have a great weekend.

yeaah

I just learning this since last month 😊

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Tenho um saxofone Weril Brasil c mellody. Amigo ao acompanhar teclado e violão vc faz a mesma nota que eles??

Thank you Dave!

I would have loved to hear Paul Desmond play a version of Take Five on a C Melody.

Thank you Mr Pollack, for this material. I dressed myself with the challenge of transcribing the Level 1, and it really got my brain boiling! 😅 But I learned a ton, and I realize this is just the method I needed, instead of trying to grap both pitches and rhythms at the same time. Another take away for me is, I don't have to transcribe the little embellishments at first (like in bar 18 and 24), just get the basic quarter and eight notes (and triads if any) down first to get a solid structure to work on.

Best 251 video ever. Off to practice.Thanks Dave

Thank you😭

Damn, this is sick🔥😳🔥😳🔥😳🔥

Great Lesson on vibrato, thank you! Do you have a lesson on fall offs? People say they are easy and that you just play some chromatic notes downward and blow softer but I find them really hard to do. Is this a common problem and can you teach it? Thank you.

I think it's my instrument cause I have tried everything when I tell you everything I say everything and I still play overtones