Chords for Hear and Play Tenor Saxophone 101 : The notes of the scale on the tenor sax along with breathing and fingering technique!

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All right, _ we've got a good quality horn.
You've got your mouthpiece, your ligature, your reed, your neck strap.
Your reed is wet.
_ Your horn's not leaking.
You're relaxed.
_ Your hands are on the saxophone, on the thumb rest, _ fingers over the keys, ready to play.
_ We've talked about producing a good tone, putting good air into the horn, so let's start.
_ First thing I want you to do is with your thumb on the thumb rest, but not closing any
[F] keys, _ _ just take a breath and blow straight into the horn.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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Now this note that you're playing is C sharp on [Ab] the tenor sax, all open, no keys are being closed. _
Now, you may be producing a sound, you may be getting a great tone, you may be having some problems.
_ Once again, make sure you're relaxed.
Take a good breath, make sure your reed is wet, blow straight into the horn.
_ [Bb] _
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_ _ So that's C sharp, _ everything's open, no keys being pressed down.
Now, if you take _ your index finger on your left hand _ and close that key, _ _ _ _ now you're going
to play a B. _
Same thing, take a breath, blow into the horn.
_ [B] _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ We'll just keep moving right down the scale. _
Take your middle finger on your left hand, _ press that down on the second key, so now
you have your index finger pressing down on that key, your middle finger pressing down
on the next key.
[G] This is A.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Taking the ring finger of that same hand, _ pressing down on that next key,
_ now you're going to get a G. _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Now, I'm exaggerating in showing you the different finger positions.
_ Always, I'm trying to keep my fingers right on the keys and as relaxed as possible.
_ So, whether I'm pressing down that particular key for a note or not, my finger is still
right on the key for when I need to press it. _
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If your hands are flying all over the place, you're never going to develop any technique
because you're not going to be able to get to the horn.
_ So, it's really important to keep your hands on the keys in close proximity for where you
want to press.
So, now we've played C sharp, which is open, _ B, which is first key on the left hand, A,
which is the middle finger, and G, _ _ which is the ring finger on the left hand.
_ Now you should just practice going back and forth from those tones.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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