Sax Lesson - Stratospheric sax gliss (Dean Hilson - tenor sax)

Hi Sir! thank you for sharing ur talent.

As the video says you have to be able to do the harmonics for the gliss to work. You'll need to study the harmonics series first. There are other videos that cover that subject. All the best.

How did you make it sound so good? When I do it, it sounds very... screechy for lack of a better term :[

Practice :-)

That and driving everyone else in my house nuts x]

Great stuff!

hi dean that lesson whas amazing thank you very much from france!!!

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?

cool thanx!!

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!

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.

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!

All your questions are answered in the video description. Thanks

Very Good Dean! Fantastic Gliss Tenor Sax. Hugs from Brazil.

this dude is a bad ass

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!

Hey i had a couple of questions. i was wondering whether the type of mouthpiece I am playing on could be limiting when trying to produce overtones? I am playing on a Selmer c* and can play A# C#, And D (using overtones) with relative ease but i have a lot of trouble producing B with the E fingering ( C I can sometimes get). any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. -Harley

@LeecherD Try it

For those who might not believe the range that a Tenor Saxophone can have, listen to Lenny Pickett from Tower of Power. He was in that band during the early to mid 70s, and has to be considered one of the most phenomenal Tenor Saxophone players alive. "Knock Yourself Out" ( from the Live and In Living Color LP Sacramento California 1976) is probably the most difficult T.Sax solos ever performed. "Squib Cakes" (from the studio LP Back To Oakland) is also very very good.

wao

Every time I get to where I'm fingering an A I lose it. Anyone got any advice they could give me? I'm not very experienced in using harmonics so that probably doesn't help me.

Dean, I could kill someone just to play like you! Thanks man!

Muy bueno es

@SelmerMarkVI66 look up roy ayers searchin' cant get that one out of my head solo starts at the 2:38 mark..

i love you

That sax has a beautiful aged look to it.1964 and still rockin'! Awesome!

Oh God, your tone is sexy as hell, man! Diggin' that split tone on the altissimo D!

This is so helpful! Thanks!!

practice the overtone series from low Bb, B, C, C#, D etc. going up to the octave etc etc. Get top tones for saxophone the book. Though this comment is a year old, hopefully still relevant!

trust me, you can make the bari scream! I did it once during a jazz rehearsal and our director ran in and got mad at the trumpets because he thought they were screaming lol the highest ive gotten is the fourth B over the staff

hi Dean, see you soon

Thanks dean! What type of mouthpiece patch are you using. I cant find oen that is thick enough for me. I have sensitive teeth so I use a double lip embouchure but Im trying to get away from that because Ive been told I could get a better sound that way. any suggestions....

outstanding!

very helpful, thanks very much!

I'm finding getting the E up to a B very difficult, unlike the A(D) and the Bb(Eb) it doesn't pop out very easily. Any tips?

Hey Dean, are you the same Dean who played with me in The Soullutions in Cairns in the 90's ?early 8

I'm a beginner so pardon me, but why does all the pro's use these rusty dirty looking saxophones? Are the old ones higher quality? I don't mean to sound rude.

Thank you very much....... Mr Hilson for a super lesson.. you are very inspiring ..and a great teacher

What should I do with the alto? Please advise. ?

A-D # (A) - E (B)
What about E? ?