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| Q.: *Practice: How often did you practice to become so proficient in the altissimo range of the sax? |
| A.: I never really practiced the altissimo. Just went for it. Trial by fire. Many years of going for it, and missing it, again and again and again. Eventually it began to fall in place, although I still feel like I lack real consistency and control. Kind of like trying to dive off the high board without ever taking any lessons -- begins as a gruesome belly flop fest, but eventually, if you stick with it, you learn to enter the water with less and less splash... Not that I recommend this approach. I think the best way to develop proficiency in the altissimo is probably by approaching it methodically through the overtone series.... (BTW, I can't dive worth a minnow!) |
