The Easiest Way to Learn Saxophone Embouchure

Saxophone embouchure can be complicated, especially when your band director starts talking about anatomy like the lips, jaw, teeth, and tongue. I present a simpler way to tackling the saxophone embouchure by sucking your thumb!
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- Selmer S90 190 mouthpiece
- Legèré Signature 3 1/4 synthetic reed
- Air Music Super Series silver plated ligature
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- Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 Interface
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[@samucaeosmano9207]

this video was actually really helpful I been playimg for a while and i would bite really hard so muhc that my teeth used to hurt

[@vivianastridge2167]

Joshua Heaney, you must for sure be some sort of genius. Why in God’s green acre has no one thought of this ridiculously simple and totally effective way of what could be a most irresoluble situation. Most deserved kudos to you. Do you have an equally effective illustration of the Jazz Subtone? I consider myself ,as do others, a master of the Classical Subtone but all my intense efforts at mastering the or even achieving tyro status with Jazz Subtone have proved futile. It would be worth hoping that you kindly reply and possibly help either with instructional material or links to this. Thank you sincerely.

[@KeyLeaves]

This is so excellent! I am going to feature this video at the Key Leaves sax lesson page.

[@heaneymusic]

Thanks so much, I’m glad you found it useful!

[@leftright5539]

Thank you Josh, I need all the help I can get and that will certainly help. Thanks again .

[@hbelle14]

What a great lesson!👍🏻👍🏻

[@geraldc.7859]

Excellent.

[@robertgreen3702]

Excellent!

[@sarahclemens6471]

Great video! 👍🏼Can't wait to try this on my sax!

[@raseshgandhi6702]

Excellent information

[@CarlAlmarin-xo7cd]

Why are you handsome, my goodness! Btw, very nformative! I like it. thanks!

[@Sue20022010]

👍

[@annamurcko5516]

Things I wish would have been explained this simply to me when I began playing 😅

[@Lemon_Head_Demon]

Good lesson. But right now My low notes like low g to low d can't play and will bring it up an octave. My teacher said I need to loosen up but I can't. I have a concert next Sunday and I'm really worried.

[@heaneymusic]

Check if you are still having this issue when you put your mouthpiece and reed another saxophone. Sounds like there may be an octave key issue or pad leak.

[@Lemon_Head_Demon]

@@heaneymusic my teacher said that the saxophone had just gotten fixed on the 27th of November. I started playing the saxophone 2 months ago and I was doing pretty good I was able to get up to the high c and to low d. But on December I could play my middle g. It then got worse and I now can't play my low notes.

[@Lemon_Head_Demon]

I then switch too a different one and it was the same problem

[@jimburns2981]

Can do without the background music… however, this is awesome stuff.. Thank You.