My question is about breathing during playing alto sax. Here the possibilities I think about/saw in some videos.
1. Open the mouth between upper teeth and mouth piece.
2. Open the mouth between reed and lower lip.
3. Open the mouth at the sides.
Another thing that I am doing these days is that I do not open the mputh at all but instead move the sax up and down during playing and somehow I could breath this way very well. Is this correct? or should I opt from above points a right method?
Many Thanks.
-Pranshu
Sounds like a bad idea to me to not open your mouth and move the saxophone. If you move the saxophone, you can potentially change the sound quite a bit. You move it in one direction and then move it back I imagine. That can disrupt the sound.
Most of the time I think I take the first approach you listed,
1. Open the mouth between upper teeth and mouth piece.
By doing that, I keep my bottom in the same place on the reed. Shifting that position can cause problems.
You can see how I breathe fairly clearly on the video on this page, https://saxstation.com/alto-sax-solo-over-red-clay-neal.htm
-Neal
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