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Saxophone Basic Technique

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Seventy-five years since the discovery of Saxophone, saxophone finally began to be used in dance music. Saxophone are designed to have a soft tone, smooth, and balanced. That's why the saxophone to complement the sound of trumpets, drums, and bustle of people talking around the dance bands of the early 20th century. Saxophone mouthpieces made smaller and more parallel, it makes the sound louder saxophone and is perfect for jazz and dance music. Since the process of metamorphosis is the saxophone became one of the main tools in jazz. Based on the history of development of <a href="http://mmusic-zone.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-saxophone-treat.html" target="_blank">the saxophone</a> at the top, then in studying the saxophone can not ignore the history of jazz and dance music. Saxophone is one instrument that is still fairly young, as compared to other types of wind instruments like <a href="http://mmusic-zone.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-flute-musical-instrument.html" target="_blank">the flute</a>, <a href="http://mmusic-zone.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-oboe.html" target="_blank">oboe</a>, <a href="http://mmusic-zone.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-clarinet-musical-instrument.html" target="_blank">clarinet</a>, <a href="http://mmusic-zone.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-bassoon-wind-instruments.html" target="_blank">bassoon</a>, and others.  
 
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Saxophone Basic Technique</div>
 
Embouchure 
 In saxophone playing techniques, embouchure formation illustrates the lips, teeth, jaw, and the muscles around the mouth when air is blown through the mouthpiece. Embouchure resulted in an effort to produce a good tone and the ability to control the saxophone well. In practice, there are some embouchure formation is often used by many saxophonist, but I will only outline one embouchure formation which is currently the most widely used and can produce quality sound and good tone. Too many bottom lip that sticks to the teeth and lower lip too much folded into the mouthpiece. In these difficult formations such as voice and tone brighter (bright), freer, and more flexible. 
 
While embouchure formation at the bottom of the image to produce sounds and tones that are brighter, because the reed vibrations produced can be more free. From this picture, reed remains untouched by the lower lip, but only a small portion of the lower lip that sits between the mouthpiece and teeth. Imagine the letter "V" to find a comfortable position of the lips in order to produce a good tone. Tongue (à tonguing technique tongue) Techniques tongue (tongue; tonguing) is one of the basic techniques in playing the saxophone. The tongue is used to provide accent attack or when it starts to remove the air through the mouthpiece. There are a wide variety of tonguing, but generally use tonguing technique is by touching the tongue to the end of the reed, while saying "dah" when the tip of the tongue touches the tip of the reed. Breathing Playing the saxophone technique is a woodwind instrument such as exercise, we must often practice so that the ability to play the better wind instrument line with the good condition of our body. Breathing exercises should be a part of our routine practice in order to increase the ability to control the instrument anyway. All saxophonist must learn to take a breath from the lower abdomen, because of this section a saxophonist will acquire the capacity of air to breathe, strength, and endurance to control the saxophone. To practice breathing using the diaphragm, first we have to learn to breathe using the bottom of the stomach to get enough air capacity, vigorous and has the durability to control the blower.

Seventy-five years since the discovery of Saxophone, saxophone finally began to be used in dance music. Saxophone are designed to have a soft tone, smooth, and balanced. That's why the saxophone to complement the sound of trumpets, drums, and bustle…

Breathing Techniques - The Saxophone

Breathing
 is recommended, as in
 breathing singing
 and playing other wind instruments, is
 the respiratory system diafragmatis. The reason for breathing diafragmatis recommended as above is,
 in addition there is a greater volume of air and strong compared with lung breathing,
 also it is crucial production of sound and the 
ability to reach a 
more perfect technical
 and etude etude-existing. Below is a way to train the respiratory system diafragmatis: 
 
<ol>
<li>Breathe the air through the nose,
 at the same time feel
 the flow the flow of air
 through the lungs to the
 abdominal diaphragm (diaphragm),
 as well as feel the development of the muscles
 around abdomen (below the ribs,
 especially on the diaphragm).</li>
<li>Exhale through the mouth is flat, while realizing the flow air and deflation of the muscles in the abdomen gradually land. </li>
</ol>
After
 the breathing process is
 understood, the next exercise breathing can be controlled in the following
 way: 
<ul>
<li> Firmly press both palms on the waist, with the thumb wrapped around the front side of
 the abdomen and four fingers others placed on the back side.  </li>
<li>While
 both palms pressing on
 the side waist, body bent
 at an angle of approximately
 90 °, then
 inhale as directed above, and feel development of the muscles
 around the upper abdomen.
 with that way it will be easier to control development of the abdominal muscles in her 
relationship with diafragmatis
 breathing.</li>
<li>After doing so
 repeatedly and has been understood,
 breathing exercises can be followed by position stand up straight. To control the breathing required accuracy breathing is wrong would be fatal for a player wind instrument.</li>
</ul>

 If the above exercises can already passed well and true, then the position of playing the saxophone can be seen in the next related
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Breathing is recommended, as in breathing singing and playing other wind instruments, is the respiratory system diafragmatis. The reason for breathing diafragmatis recommended as above is, in addition there is a greater volume of air and strong …

How to Hold and Blew the Saxophone

Before
 lifting the instrument out of his suitcase,
 you should first before combining with reed mouthpieces.
 Once the position reed Correctly installed,
 combine the saxophone neck (neck and mouthpiece). 
 
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Strap hanger saxophone called sling can be
 worn (worn
 the neck of the player).
 The function of the sling is to right thumb helps in sustaining the saxophone with by linking the
 end of the sling to the body of the saxophone. Then
 the saxophone body lifted from the casket is held at
 the bell and merge the agency
 with the saxophone neck mouthpiece.but mounted sling can be worn
 (worn the
 neck of the player). 
 
The
 function of the sling is to
 right thumb helps
 in sustaining the saxophone with by linking the
 end of the sling to the body of the saxophone. Then
 the saxophone body lifted from the casket is held at
 the bell and merge the agency
 with the saxophone mouthpiece mounted neck. 
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Holding
 the saxophone body on the right hand resting on tap, while the left hand holding the neck of the
 ready coupled with 
the saxophone body. 
 
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The position of the index finger, middle finger and ring finger of the left hand and adjusted precisely the right tone on the surface of the valve form a
 half circle. 
 
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The advantage of this position is to move
 the play melodic movements are rapid and relaxation during play. While the method is not recommended is the position of the finger attached to the valve tone
 straight. This
 position has weakness, lack of flexibility
 and tensions the motor nerves,
 so players feel tired Quickly. 
 The position of the left hand and the right hand little
 finger should can move freely
 to reach the keys of tone,
 namely: Left
 hand little finger should be free to reach
 the keys tone g #, c #, B and Bb. As for the hand
 little finger right to be free to reach key
 tone Eb and C. 
 
Exercise
 blowing saxophone 
  
 The tone of the easiest to
 rung on the saxophoneis the tone of "B", below are shown examples of practice blowing saxophone by using the tone "b" which is played with tempo slow. 
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Then proceed with the other tones that still use the left hand fingers, namely: Nada A. G and C.

Before lifting the instrument out of his suitcase, you should first before combining with reed mouthpieces. Once the position reed Correctly installed, combine the saxophone neck (neck and mouthpiece). Strap hanger saxophone called sling can be …

The Saxophone Treat

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The Saxophone is a kind of musical instrument aerophone, these instruments have a source of air that produces sound by vibration. This saxophone musical instrument has a 18-20 hole conical valve / spare tones, made of thin metal. 
 
According
 to Boehm, that all the valves are controlled by a kind of key, some 
open and others closed temporarily at no time played. Saxophone consists of four parts, namely: mouthpiece, neck, body, and Bell.  
 
Mouthpiece was originally made of wood, but now there are made of ebonite and metal, glass and plastic. Likewise with a clarinet mouthpiece. Mouthpiece and reed coupled with a metal ring called a ligature as a binder.   
 
Good mounting position is symmetrical with the tip end of the reed mouthpiece or safer this way: 
 
1. Reed on the mouthpiece put it right  
2. Put mauthpiece reed attached to the ligature, not to knock ligature reed tip because the tip of reed to tear.  
3. adjust the position after the end of the reed is attached to the end of the mouthpiece symmetrical  
4. Then tighten the ligature by turning the bolts so as not to shift amplifier.  
 
Tips on Caring for Saxophone 
<ol>
<li>Using a saxophone instrument must be careful to avoid collisions with other hard objects.  </li>
<li>When finished using ought to immediately clean it with a cloth that easily absorbs water or using paper is smooth and soft.</li>
<li>Wash the mouthpiece and reed after use.</li>
<li><span title="Apabila tidak ada tempat duduk khusus, kita dapat menempatkan saxophone dengan menidurkan instrumen pada permukaan yang datar dan rata, jangan sampai ada bagian-bagian kunci yang menahan beban cukup berat dari saxophone (chase), karena bahan dasarnya terbuat dari logam yang lunak.">If
 there is no special seating, we can put the saxophone to euthanize 
instrument on a flat surface and flat, not to get the key parts that 
withstand heavy loads of saxophone (chase), because the basic material 
is made of soft metal. It is also to avoid shifting the valve and into the earpiece is not working properly.</li>
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     5. Save the saxophone in a safe and dry place to keep the expansion/ </div>
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     6. Do not put a chase that contains the saxophone in reverse.</div>
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 Similarly, the outline of the instrument the saxophone and how to care for, may be useful for friends.</div>
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The Saxophone is a kind of musical instrument aerophone, these instruments have a source of air that produces sound by vibration. This saxophone musical instrument has a 18-20 hole conical valve / spare tones, made of thin metal. According to Boehm…