Improving Your Saxophone Tone: Long tones

[@dahalofreeek]

"The first 45 minutes of my practice time." Man, I am ashamed at how little I practice.

[@Logan-qi4nx]

Generally speaking, the amount of time spent practicing doesn't matter. 10 minutes of focused, constructive practice where you're making good habits is far better than an hour spent playing too fast and out of control. For me, I'm trying to "segment" my practice session into sets of ten. First ten minutes, I play 3 full-range scales the best I can. Next 10 minutes, I focus on only two measures of a complicated piece. Next, I might relax for 10 minutes and goof off. The next 10 minutes, I try to improve. It doesn't have to be an hour of grueling practice. It's really that easy.

[@CARROTMOLD]

@@Logan-qi4nx Alright cool so I can practice 30 seconds extremely focused and be fine?

[@MrDamojak]

@@CARROTMOLD depends on what you want to achieve tbh

[@MisterstereoOso]

just retired and am learning to play, this is great advice/demo..i shall be doing it from now on..thank you so much Dr.Young.

[@tumwinerwekanika8375]

The best thing to do in retirement

[@AnDang249]

Please do a video about practicing dynamic 🙏🙏

[@tumwinerwekanika8375]

Bless you

[@evelynecoulon9027]

Thanks for sending me a pdf of the long tone exercise which is very useful. Best, Evelyne

[@elliotlytesax1477]

Sir I am humbled to be privy to your tutelage. Thank you for sharing!

[@pjhayes100]

Great lesson/exercise. Will add it to my routine practice sessions. Thanks so much.

[@robertyoungsax]

Thank you, I am glad it was helpful!

[@fivebyfivesound]

Extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@robertyoungsax]

Corey Mark thank you for tuning in. I’m glad it helped!

[@johnchristakis5877]

Thank you for the tips. Could I please get a PDF file for the long tone exercises?

[@shivvvank]

You are a lifesaver! I had a solo in my concert yesterday that wouldn't have sounded the way it did without this video. The A key had just been bothering me for so long! Just one question: I have noticed that the fabric actually slows me down and it becomes harder to play faster. Do you keep the fabric on permanently or just when you have slow pieces? And what about a piece that is Andante and Allegro?

[@ifidiWEphod]

Please I need assistance on how to create a practice plan for myself. Thank you

[@ethanwetzel6954]

Could you do a video on scales and patterns?

[@robertyoungsax]

Hello Ethan. Thank you, I will have that in the works in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

[@Yourbosskid]

haha I was looking at that metronome thinking "man the intonation on that horn is messed up!" before I realised it wasn't in tuner mode haha

[@robertyoungsax]

yessir! for parts of the video I think I had my tuner turned off. The metronome was indeed on.

[@rreganjjohnn]

Hi,Doc I get a rumbling almost growling sound at the back of my throat when playing long tones. will this hopefully disappear?

[@casabdemusica]

Great Job

[@flaviotapia4548]

Man, could you make a video o classical tenor sax, long tones, vibrato and all that stuff? Please!!! Thanks master

[@robertyoungsax]

I will do my best to make a video in the Fall!

[@AnDang249]

Robert Young Did this ever happen?

[@flaviotapia4548]

An Dang nope :[

[@steady1985]

Do i need to vibrate the sound while practicing? What about breathing?

[@diegocastaneda2326]

hi,i have this really painful back pain for playing the saxophone and i'd love to know which sax strap harness do you use and recommend? I'd really appreciate if you could tell me,thank you in advance!

[@mathieumaminirina2607]

thank you (y)

[@robertyoungsax]

you are welcome! I hope it was helpful!

[@andylopez0731]

Great video, if I may ask, what kind of mouthpiece and reeds do you use?

[@robertyoungsax]

Xavier Lopez currently I play on Daddario reeds and Selmer mpcs

[@moirosalina]

thank you

[@robertyoungsax]

Glad it helps!

[@shankarmanbajracharya2700]

Thank you ! Namaste from Nepal 🇳🇵🙏🙏🙏🇳🇵

[@chriss1152]

what if your a beginner how would I go about this

[@ziggysway]

Thank my sax teacher told me to work on my long tones. What is that white gage meter on your sheet music board?

[@ajkirkcaldie]

Tuner

[@jamescps8799]

Problem is my reed is not consistent.... :(

[@jamescps8799]

@Keanan now I don't use reed geek, it's all about practice can bring good results.

[@I_M_Nonno]

Why the vibrato?

[@justnicks4595]

That like dislike ratio O-O

[@reliiigion]

45 fuckin minutes????

[@Karvol123]

You want to get good or not? The amount of practice one has to do to get good is insane. I'm struggling.

[@lawipod]

Ughhh my dad got me a saxophone for Christ mad and I hate it!! It’s so boring. He always make me play it👿👿👿 ughhh I wanted a Nintendo switch!!!!