ALTISSIMO Fingerings and Warm-ups for Alto and Tenor Saxophone

I have several tables of altissimo fingerings. (I want multiple options to cover various sequences.) One of them, Jean-Marie Londeix's Tablature has no legend and uses key names I'm not familiar with. I've tried comparing his chart with those of others, not certain I have made the correct interpretations. Can you help please?

Jay ! I'm a six months tenor saxophone player and I can't play altissimo yet. it is so hard

Hi Jay, I love watching your videos! I came to this video wondering if you had any fingerings for higher notes? I am able to play up to like an altissimo D#, but it kinda only works for my tenor. I go to C# by pressing the teardrop key and the G key, then D by just holding down the teardrop key, and then up to D# by holding the teardrop key and then I figured out by pressing the high F# key! I was just curious if you had any fingerings for these on Alto.

I'm struggling with G# on a yanagasawa tenor. And I can't find many tutorials on anything about G! Any recommendations?

Where can I order your altissimo fingerings book?

I love your lessons Jay

Where can I get those palm key risers?

The saxophone…should be called the sexophone! It adds such a beautiful quality to music, and there isn’t enough of it on the radio.!

I wish knew where I could find that front F Yani key to put on my Mark VI.

underslung octave mechanisms are bitchen!

Wow, thank you so much, I finally managed to play high F# :D

Very good explanation and advice clear slow with value .

I still swear by Top Tones for the Saxophone for developing altissimo and tone shaping! Better than shopping for mouthpieces.

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Why don"t you play the notes you're showing? This totally ruins your video.

Jay, you are so right when you say that we should focus on the basics (as well as overtones) first before we tackle the altissimo range. My music teacher, Bobby LaVelle, says the same thing, except he also emphasizes the use of "long tones" to condition the lungs. Although it is fun to peek ahead at this advanced range. Thank you for that peek.

I can my hit much easier without holding my right hand down 😅 can’t use traditional g fingering either unless passing or I want a split g. I’ve found a ton of usable fingering. Gonna combine them all for everyone. As there are tons of fingerings.

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If you play on a vintage horn, especially on Bari you may need to do some experimenting, my Bari Mark VI use very few “typical” fingerings they come out all wrong

These work on Yamaha as well!

Merci pour ces merveilleux conseils,Would you have a C# fingering to suggest? On a Keilwerth tenor. Thanks!

I have a high note book by Trent Kinastin which shows several fingerings for each high note (altissimo). Several good points made here (hear) ! Thanks

This is cool ! I like the mouthpiece thing ! How do you do that ?. I generally don’t play a lot of high notes but want to be able to

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JUST HIT G A FEE TIMES

Its my 9th day playing sax. Polishing the bottom of my reed made the world of a difference. air can seep through the tiniest of gaps which you cannot see until you polish the reed.....

That taps with overtone is goated

Really cool fingering for altissimo a on alto is 1 3 on the left hand and and then the side c key. It gives you a nice in tune a

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Brilliant advice all round, thank you so much!

Excellent lesson Jay, you went to all the important troubles about the altissimo. I really thank you very much

Hey jay can I get the link for the music instrumental you were playing to at the beginning of this video...thanks :)

What is the dark tear drop on the left as I'm looking at the picture ? The one opposite the palm key ?

I play high G with first finger (B key) in my left hand and third finger (high F# key) in my right hand

I can play overtones like it’s cool but I always feel as though I’ve ran a marathon and my chops are dead after playing through one or two Albright transcriptions. Is he just super human or am I doing something wrong. I’ve been playing for over 30 years, professionally since 1997.

How can get rit of the undertext. It disturbes All tue notes and what lese you are showing.

I tryed and i was complette this(Thankssss)

I mean for tenor
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Hi Jay. Very useful video. The fingering I find easier to get altissimo G is B (1) + high F# key

Wowwwww amazing information Sir👍

Jay, thank you so much for the fingering chart. It is working very well! I'm going to start using your finger rings instead of the old ones that I was using up until now. Do you have another chart for the notes above the ones on that chart? For the even higher range?

Are you able to get altissimo on a student saxophone? I can only get to G/G# at times

The tips for the overtones are fantastic. Thanks so much!

I think that the fingering for altosax must be the same for the Baritonsax.