I'm in the process of trying to improve my tone in general. I've been playing tenor saxophone for two years, with some time spent on baritone saxophone as well as alto saxophone.
I've been practising long tones (I recently switched to the exercises on Tim Price's website) and changing my shallow breathing to full-fledged diaphragm breathing. However, when I try to take a breath that fills the lower part of my lungs, I can't breathe in any more after about a second and I feel a discomforting pain in my lower torso - is this just my diaphragm "waking up" after years of shallow breathing, or am I doing something wrong?
Secondly, when I open my throat more than usual, I get a really nice, full sound with no air. However, I overblow quite easily - especially on second line G. Is there any way to fix this?
I've been practising long tones (I recently switched to the exercises on Tim Price's website) and changing my shallow breathing to full-fledged diaphragm breathing. However, when I try to take a breath that fills the lower part of my lungs, I can't breathe in any more after about a second and I feel a discomforting pain in my lower torso - is this just my diaphragm "waking up" after years of shallow breathing, or am I doing something wrong?
Secondly, when I open my throat more than usual, I get a really nice, full sound with no air. However, I overblow quite easily - especially on second line G. Is there any way to fix this?