FAQ: tenor altissimo fingerings

[max]

There were a few threads about this in the old forum. I finally spent some time this afternoon and worked out fingerings for myself. (I've had this tenor for five months now, it's about time I got my altissimo going on it... :roll: )

Anyway, I hope these might be useful to others. (besides, the SML topic seems really bare since the loss of data... :wink: )

F# - LH1,3 |RH1 side Bb
G - front F | side Bb
G# - LH1,(3) | (RH1) side C (LH3 and RH1 are optional, I leave 'em down when playing F# <-> G#)
A - LH2,3 | side C
Bb - palm D, LH2,3 | (RH1,2,3) side C (RH is optional... same as above)
B - palm D, | side C
C - palm D, Eb (overblowing Eb3)
C# - palm D, Eb | side E (overblowing E3)
D - palm D, Eb, F | side E (overblowing F3)

That's as far as I went for today...

[max]

Here are the fingerings that Morgan had posted to the old site; they were a good jumping off point for me, and they might work better than mine do on your specific horn:

F# 1,3 1,3 (opt pinky Eb,B)
G 1, side Bb, no octave key
G# LH 1,3, RH 1, sideC
A 2,3
Bb LH3 and side C
B as D3
C as Eb3

Again, this topic came up a few times in the old SML forum and it was useful to me, so I'm just getting these up here in case it can be useful for anyone else.

[max]

FWIW, I'm using a new fingering for G:
123 | 1, side C

My front F key opens too far to make a good G. If I make it open just a crack it works great for the G, but is completely unusable for F and E.

I'd rather have a solid front F and E and use this G (which is better for me anyway). Best of both worlds! :D

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Hi Max,
Thanks for that last hi G fingering-gets me the best in tune G yet!
I had been using 1 3 / 1 2 3 side C.
Here's another idea for G# 2 3 / 1 side B flat
and A# 3 / 1 2