How To Put A Reed On A Saxophone Mouthpiece

[@hemgie61]

Thanks for this video. I have just watched another video before this one where the guy said to align the reed with the tip of the mouthpiece, not slightly above or under it. It's something I am still questioning after learning the sax about 2 years now, but I believe it would have been this video that I watched when I started and in my experience, I hardly get it to work when aligned exactly but it seems to blow freely when I place it slight below the tip seeing just a tiny bit of the MP. I also just bought my second sax last week, a tenor this time. Oh boy, I'm struggling getting the proper sound out, a totally different beast. The reason I am back checking these videos. :) I wasn't getting the sound out, like it's blocked when I blow and thought the sax had a problem, but it was checked by an expert when I purchased it. Somewhere I read that it should not be blown from the tip, but at the location where the reed meets the MP. It seems to work, but I read also that it needs a stronger reed, and I have been using the Legere synthetic ones for durability while learning, using the 1 3/4 signature on alto but the same for Tenor is blocking. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a 2.5. What you think of all that? Thanks.

[@hecker210]

Do you have any advice if u get your mouth piece stuck on the cork

[@johnharland2336]

You can't speak of putting your mouthpiece on the neck without talking about tuning first.

[@oculusanji24fe48]

It feels like I have to push it in really hard

[@HowToPlayTheSax]

Sometimes, yes, you do need to push harder than feels comfortable. Some cork grease (or vaseline) can help. You can get easily get cork grease for saxophones from your local music shop.