The EASY Way to Play ALTISSIMO! (yes, really)

[@DavePollack]

Get the fingering charts and PDF! ➡ www.davepollack.com/altissimo

[@Unbekannt12]

Funny enough, many people have trouble hearing or pre-hearing octaves but if you think "Somewhere over the rainbow" it comes natural. Great video Dave!

[@DavePollack]

Great tip, and thanks!

[@EricPalmerBlog]

Love it. Incredible instruction quality.

[@DavePollack]

Thanks so much!

[@ryanlittleton1254]

Thanks! I'll definitely be working on this.

[@DavePollack]

🙏

[@REX-007]

Hi Dave, Thanks for the lovely lesson. I'm not there yet but would love to give it a go, at least on a couple of notes. In addition to the embouchure change, I might try out different reed strengths/types to see which can be controlled better.

[@DavePollack]

Sounds good! Harder reeds *should* make it a bit easier

[@joseayala-zg5fm]

great wor

[@PennyPatten]

Thanks Dave, Great video! Just in time for Christmas! Didn't know what to get my husband, for Christmas, but now I'm going to serenade him with The 12 days of Christmas...all 12 verses...all in altissimo! He's going to love it!

[@DavePollack]

Hahah - i love it!!

[@robstevens9590]

Thanks Dave! A different approach! over the past couple of years I worked my way up from F# to C, but only once (as far as I can remember) incorporated any altissimo notes in a performance.

[@DavePollack]

You're welcome Rob! That's the thing - you don't NEED to use altissimo when you play. I personally use it a lot, but others might not, so it's a technique that's on a need-to-know basis.

[@robstevens9590]

@@DavePollack Right. I noticed a mistake in my comment: when I said "C" I meant "A" -- I was thinking in concert pitch.🙂

[@franciscochapa551]

everything you put out is golden man been digging all of it for years and I was JUST wondering how to better incorporate and use my altissimo thank you!!!

[@DavePollack]

You're welcome, and I'm so glad you're getting a lot out of my videos! 🙏

[@solomann940]

Thanks Dave 🙏🏼💕

[@DavePollack]

You’re welcome!

[@saxysen]

Can’t wait to work on this with the new concept!

[@DavePollack]

Awesome to hear!

[@bobblues1158]

Excellent!

[@DavePollack]

Thank you!!

[@carlholmqvist6427]

I would not worry about altissimo for soprano too much - it is an aquired taste. That said, your fingerings work for soprano but as stated fingerings don’t matter that much…..

[@DavePollack]

That's a taste I do not wish to acquire

[@shamz2]

If you like pain, it’s definitely a way to go

[@DavePollack]

😂

[@chi2140]

Thank you, Dave! Your videos always help me a lot! I have a request. I’m really curious about what you play in the cadenza. I hope I can hear your answer soon!

[@DavePollack]

I’ll have to go back and listen later, but i’ll respond once i do

[@DavePollack]

I was just playing some bluesy stuff (blues scale, dominant 7, etc.) over my G7 (concert Bb). I played a little altissimo and used some growling and scoops.

[@kenzuercher7497]

Interesting but I'm a music teacher whose instrument is French Horn. Hitting higher notes that are close together in the overtones takes raising the tongue and prehearing the note is the only way to hit them! It's interesting that I find your lesson and only a few weeks after discovering the preheating step ! Thanks much!

[@DavePollack]

The idea of pre-hearing notes to get your voicing correct seems to be universal! The difference is just the technical aspects of the instruments. Love it!

[@saxshed4686]

Altissimo fingerings on low A bari are mostly the same as alto or tenor but sound a 1/2 step lower. (For me anyway)

[@DavePollack]

Whoa that's pretty interesting - must be annoying if playing multiple horns on a gig where you need altissimo on both!

[@saxshed4686]

True!

[@richardwinkler7822]

Thank you Dave - all of your videos are very helpful. Just for fun, I thought I would mention (for everyone) an entertaining, crazy, extreme example of altissimo on alto sax by Earl Bostic - "Up There in Orbit" kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5yngGmsn5aGq8U His use of altissimo starts at about 1:38 and continues through most of the rest of the tune.