Multiphonics made EASY for saxophone!!

[@erich930]

A piece we played in band last year included the 4th multi-phonic sax fingering. It's called "The Cave You Fear."

[@grrr258]

I'm playing that piece rn for a festival band lol

[@grrr258]

Lukeman253 lol k

[@johnberns8917]

If you haven’t played that piece what are you doing??

[@jacobsumner16]

thats why im here😂😂

[@NosyYeti]

I loved that piece

[@fun_nuggets2514]

Oh my god saxophone multiphonics are terrifying

[@juliuscider5372]

Oh, but have you heard them on a bari sax?

[@CrazedKen]

@@juliuscider5372oh no

[@felipevargashernandez8795]

oh yeah, they're so much fun to play

[@AmandineClaireDubois]

The first multi-phonic you demonstrated I figured out on accident.

[@Chronic.Pivoter]

You should mention that the fingerings can differ between sizes (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and so on).

[@gheires1]

Nice video. I am going to try out these fingers.

[@DeMariusJackson]

Sweet!!! Let me know how they work for you!

[@ruthhertzman-miller3349]

Thank you! Very helpful for me as a composer

[@peterhorah7884]

Love it! I just need to work out how and where to use it! It’s a bit anarchic or even punk!

[@theRealMcG]

Thanks for a great, easy to follow, demonstration of practical multiphonics.

[@coltyoung1292]

I appreciate this very much

[@christiansanchez9757]

Baptiste and Van Gelder are beasts- Check out Donny McCaslin, he uses them a bunch too, an absolute monster of a tenor player!

[@EidorbNotHere]

What kind of sax is this? C melody, Alto or Tenor?

[@DeMariusJackson]

Alto!

[@slipperys0ap817]

sounds like an alarm 😂😂

[@neonpokemon72]

Great video!

[@DeMariusJackson]

Thank you!!!

[@bryanv.3630]

How are they notated in music? How can you tell on music which fingering to play?

[@luvguap9412]

Bryan look up “Outburst alto saxophone”

[@bradley5800]

@@luvguap9412 yep that's where I came from lol

[@Chronic.Pivoter]

Depending on the speed of oscillation, they can be notated as trills, but normally they are notated as regular chords, like they would for any other instrument. The first one he plays in this video is a trill between low F# and high G if memory serves well.

[@ishtar2848]

Thank you, this was useful! Could also show the way we can write them?

[@merlehettesheimer2570]

works pretty well, thank's a lot!

[@ishtar2848]

Could you notate them? Please, make the PDF with the notation! That would be very helpful!!!👍

[@PhinAI]

Thank you!

[@RidaMohsin-jb6il]

I accidentally played the Low C Multi Phonic and didn’t even realize it until my Music Teacher told me. 😅

[@kacperswiesciak8214]

Nice work bro ;D You have helped me

[@user-vw2bc2xb8z]

It sounds like a printer

[@ishtar2848]

😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@lolshark33]

just a heads-up, it looks like you forgot to link any tracks by/with Baptiste Herbin and/or Ben van Gelder in the description. I'd love to know some specific songs with polyphonics. I don't want to listen to all their stuff for only some of it to feature polyphonics bc ironically for a saxophonist, I'm not a big fan of jazz. For "context," I got into saxophone to try to play alternative rock, and good polyphonics would be a great way to add to the "aggressive" vibe I like to have with my saxophone.

[@haz1788]

Anyone know what it’s called when you play a note then immediately sharpen it then continue with the song? I accidentally did and I thought Kenny G possessed me.

[@Lutemann]

Nice video, DeMarius, but I'm trying to get rid of an annoying multiphonics sound on my 2nd octave G at certain volume levels. Any ideas.

[@s3th3d]

You can make amazing things with this, listen to Colin Stetson

[@Jj-gq3sl]

Hi! I'm a beginner tenor saxaphone player, and this just happened recently, but everytime I play a high g, I play a multiphonic, and I currently don't want to play a multiphonic yet, I've practiced for some time now and I'm trying to fix it, but it feels like I can't. Could you give me some advice on how to stop playing a multiphonic that you don't want to play? Thanks!

[@iamoroso3144]

Idk if you ever fixed your problem but it could most likely be a leak or you just aren’t supporting the note enough but I’m not too sure

[@precisionhoops365]

Kool

[@RaiJK3]

My phone ringing at 2 am:

[@sandstorm_by_darude]

great now i can scare my neighbors

[@saxgarcon734]

Trains be like: