digitalpill.tv A sax lesson from Dean Hilson on how to glide effortlessly into the the upper register in one long ascending note, which is called a gliss or glissando. Technique for intermediate to advanced sax players. Learn to play saxophone high tones. Im using a 10* Otto Link with a No. 3 Vandoren ZZ and a BG Ligature L28MJ. The horn is a Selmer Mk.6, serial 123XXX. Which puts it around 1964 I think.
Sax Lesson – Stratospheric sax gliss (Dean Hilson – tenor sax)
Posted on September 29th, 2010
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go onto google. Type overtone seriest saxophone. You should find a list of overtones for each note on the horn. Master them, hone them, and then you can USE them.
Very cool. I never would have thought about overblowing to the 2nd harmonic during the chromatic run. Thank you very much for posting this.
What kind of sax are you playing on. Must be vintage?
Great stuff, well presented… Thanks
cool
thanx!!
Can do it on Alto Saxophone???
It works on all saxes.
Awesome Dean, can i ask what sax make is that and what mouth-piece are you using.
@vampcompany all the mouthpiece and reed stuff is in the description for the video. Cheers.
AwEsoME!!!
nice trick. dont know many that can do that well. Cheers!
that is a beautiful saxophone
Awesome Dean, cheers from Honduras. Would you like to come over here for some clinics?, let me know how can I get you to my country
Very helpful. For the gliss this is great. Playing scales and arpeggios into the altissimo up to high C# or D (including the chromatic scale) has been something that greatly improved my level of comfortability in the palm keys and altissimo.
Thanks man i will try to do that.
i was trying to do that like the video.. changing from A to D# and i cant make it sounds like A#…. can u give me any advise???
@joanmvf – Its a prerequisite for this technique that you can play harmonics on your sax. Harmonics are covered in other videos on other channels of youtube so have a look at those and learn that stuff first. I hope this helps.
what a gorgeous horn man!!! The unlaquered mid 60′s mark VI.. probably the best sounding vintage horn you will ever find!!! Good lesson too. It’s all about voicing and tonal imagination! Also recommend the palm key overblowing excercies for truly screeching altissimo!
What kind of a mouthpiece are you playing? The ligature looks like it might be a Lebayle. I don’t know anyone else but myself that played a Lebayle mouthpiece. I don’t anymore because I could never get the reeds to seal for very long. What kind of reeds do you use? I enjoyed your video.
All your questions are answered in the video description. Thanks
growling and bending notes can be challenging for me but it’s so fun!
Very Good Dean! Fantastic Gliss Tenor Sax. Hugs from Brazil.
dude your awesome.
Good tone
Great job explaining this concept! I usually start on the D fingering producing the “octave A” tone, but this concept works from the inside out, and is a better idea. With an open mouthpiece (7 star or higher) you can glissando with Dean’s “siren sound” up into the altissimo stratosphere!