How to tongue FAST on saxophone【5 Pro Tips 】

[@ethantufts3591]

great video, one issue: "na" feels easier because air is being sent out your nose, allowing your tongue to move without changing air pressure in your mouth. However, we don't play with air coming out your nose. Try saying "na" with air coming out your mouth like on saxophone. It is impossible. If you try saying na while air only coming out your mouth, it becomes "da". Thus "na" may help psychologically, like a placebo effect, but you can't ever tongue like that

[@greggwalker5571]

It’s amazing to realize others have discovered the same thing! I discovered the hell of using Na or Du especially when I was working on the Ibert and the Creston Concerto third Movement. I love your playing ! I am very picky about classical Saxophonist! There’s a young man named Steven Ticknor who plays with the presidents on Marine band and his father, Ken, who are incredible as well. Please keep sharing! I have retired but I still teach at a small college in McPherson Kansas. I tell my students all to listen to you!

[@jero2955]

is na bad or du bad?

[@Lambarriaosiel794]

Using “na” has really helped me with my tonguing with feeling fast etudes! I have a thing called all region and i have to play a fast estufe and this has really helped! Thanks! 😁

[@bobjohnson5317]

Excellent!!! You are a gifted teacher I must say Btw, my favorite sax player from years back is Vicent Abato there is a great recording of him playing a Porgy and Bess medley on KZbin thanks for sharing your masterful skills!

[@danielguo6153]

I was wondering how you said na or ta so fast! I am relatively inexperienced compared to you of course, but I am soooo much slower!

[@glenntomassi3442]

Excellent thank you very useful! I have been using this technique for over 40 years I learned that from my Maestro Joe Viola ..... your video and explanations a excellent!

[@duccao8276]

So amazing! It helps me a lot. Looking for your new clips

[@jackdolphy8965]

Using Na is brilliant. Da has seemed a good softer and efficient syllable but Na is even better. Thank You!!!! Also I also discovered breath attack the first syllable, doing this seems to allow the subsequent notes to flow out more easily.

[@wonkisaxlee]

Glad it was helpful!

[@victormanuelgarciagracida6677]

Incredible... More videos like that please. You're a very good professor and your tips are really amazing. Regards from Mexico

[@vnmacrosw8998]

I was lookup some tutorial in YT and here, i think it' best. Wow

[@neia8484]

Olá. Todas as explicações foram muito claras e didáticas. Sua voz parece música clássica. É boa para ouvir mais de mil vezes apreciando. Obrigada por compartilhar tanto conhecimento.

[@Roland_Geyer]

Thank you for this fantastic lesson 👍👍👍

[@Zoro_2468]

Very clear and helpful explanation. Thank you!

[@tomkirvin4571]

Wonderful lesson! Thank you.

[@BassMarkMusik]

Thanks Maestro. Very clear explanation 💪

[@elkapitan-thesailorman4775]

Excellent! I like your strategy. So helpful.

[@ambroseogboli5856]

It's been good learning with you Sir

[@ArsRoch]

Great video!

[@2kryptic417]

Great tips! Thank you so much Mr. LEE

[@jinfanyu4647]

感谢老师专业的讲解，非常有用👍

[@wojtekdabrowski1125]

Thank you

[@williamowens395]

VERY helpful - thank you! Great Glazunov licks BTW!

[@kendychuang646]

Thank you so much,it’s really helpful!

[@therealappl3]

thank you so much!

[@beast6428]

You’re welcome Doctor Appleton!

[@symbian1530]

Excellent! Please, show us how to slap tonguing. Thank you!

[@michellex6322]

Great video. Really helped me. 👍

[@cherman6737]

thank you!

[@billjoyce5525]

Very helpful thanks

[@danielguo6153]

love this! well made video

[@SAXloungeEF]

WOW - THANKS !!!

[@777leviandades]

🎉thanks a lot for the explanation

[@jamescps8799]

Thanks for sharing the secret , now I use nanananananana

[@beast6428]

You are awesome!

[@BenKellyaustralia]

Awesome!

[@manyadas8761]

Do you use the tip of the tongue or a little further back

[@wonkisaxlee]

I would say it's closer to the tip of the tongue.

[@3JoeLee]

In my opinion "T" and "D" are better than "NA".

[@funinglobe]

wow super！

[@kaushikvaliveti6640]

Can you make a video of you playing Aria by Eugene Bozza?

[@wonkisaxlee]

Very soon!

[@greggwalker5571]

Sorry it should have said “I discovered the wealth of using...”

[@dallasjazzcollectiverecord582]

Nice

[@jamescps8799]

May I know what reed you are using?

[@wonkisaxlee]

Hi Jimmy, I use D'addario Reserve 3.0+ for alto. (And voicing!)

[@jamescps8799]

@@wonkisaxlee thanks. Can I buy the voicing? :)

[@wonkisaxlee]

Haha you can start with this! www.amazon.com/Voicing-Approach-Saxophones-Register-Revised/dp/B007BPJ3UK

[@jamescps8799]

@@wonkisaxlee Thanks for recommendation.:)

[@APSx_]

my middle g still has a thudding sound even after doing the half tounging

[@wonkisaxlee]

Hi Adam, I think that has to do with your oral cavity and tongue position. Try to close the space by saying "hissing sound" which will bring your back of tongue to go higher.

[@juwonnnnn]

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[@smokinjoe4709]

I haven't found a single video that can help me yet. How in the world do you say "NA" with a mouthpiece stuck in your mouth? All the explanations make zero sense to me. I can slowly tongue on one note, but how the hell do you do it while changing fingering? For example: if I am in 4/4 time and there are 4 quarter notes in a row in one measure, doesn't the second note begin EXACTLY where the last note ends? How am I supposed to tongue that in time without losing some sound somewhere. I just do not get this concept at all. Been playing guitar for 25 plus years and this seems to be very similar to muting a string so that it doesn't ring out, but i am having a major issue with this.

[@wonkisaxlee]

Thank you for the comment. Tonguing is hard! You are exactly right about saxophone tonguing being similar to muting a string. We need to stop the reed from vibrating, but the problem is that we tend to also stop the air stream at the same time. Then many issues come up. So I would say check your air stream while tonguing a single note and see if that makes it easier.