Hey all,
I am a Bari sax player and recently I have wanted to really improve my playing because I would like to join some form of band. I am still in college and not a music major. Within the past couple weeks I have started reading up and trying some overtone practice. This has gotten me to realize I have no idea how to control my throat (other than bending the pitch down but even this is limited) or the back of my tongue to control airflow. I also realized that I have made the bad habit of slightly tightening my embouchure to get high notes to come out better a subconscious bad habit and I would like to get rid of that habit. Plus, to add on to bad habits, I have found myself biting to keep lip pressure from my bottom lip.
I have done a lot of reading on correct embouchure and such and I am trying to follow it but i don't know if I am accidentally building other bad habits just to fix the bad habits listed above.
Any help or direction on this will be appriciated.
Thanks!
I am a Bari sax player and recently I have wanted to really improve my playing because I would like to join some form of band. I am still in college and not a music major. Within the past couple weeks I have started reading up and trying some overtone practice. This has gotten me to realize I have no idea how to control my throat (other than bending the pitch down but even this is limited) or the back of my tongue to control airflow. I also realized that I have made the bad habit of slightly tightening my embouchure to get high notes to come out better a subconscious bad habit and I would like to get rid of that habit. Plus, to add on to bad habits, I have found myself biting to keep lip pressure from my bottom lip.
I have done a lot of reading on correct embouchure and such and I am trying to follow it but i don't know if I am accidentally building other bad habits just to fix the bad habits listed above.
Any help or direction on this will be appriciated.
Thanks!