How to Improve Your Saxophone Embouchure Quickly

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Dude this is unreal. I've started working on this exercise at the advice of a lesson teacher because I'm having a lot of fatigue problems. Your flexibility is insane!

I haven't played the saxophone in a year , I'm trying to get my embochure back to where it was, I'm thankful for this

Props for making an instructional video funny lol

Thanks, Joshua! I started on alto 30 years ago, then stopped after a year or so. I always ended with a sorely bitten lower lip. My embouchure was far from pleasant or consistent. Tried several different reeds, even a more expensive mouthpiece than the one Yamaha put in case. No-one ever pointed out that my lower lip should be outside my teeth. I was about to get my lower incisors rounded off by the dentist, when I decided to check on YouTube. I found one other teacher who helped me out of the dream and now your video which made me smile instead of banging my head on my saxophone case. I’m going straight to practise!

the "end my suffering" edit caught me off guard lmao

I had to watch this video for a band class assignment and I was expecting a really cringy or boring video but this one made me laugh and didn’t drag on.

Right, like Joe Allard exercise...thanks

Embouchre strength from the sides is absolutely essential like you say at 0:21. For about a month, I lost all strength on the right right side of my mouth due to Bell's Palsy (a facial paralysis) It left me unable to play a single note on a saxophone without air just leaking out the side. Then, until strength came back completely, I couldn't play loud or high. I'm fully recovered now and I've learned to keep the sides of my embouchre firm (and not to just bite the reed in the middle).

I played tenor sax around 8 years as a teen and now 10 years later got hit by a real sax fever, playing has never felt so good and right. Bought my first pro alto sax, used black selmer sa2, playing everyday feels so easy when people like you make such terrific content. Thanks so much for this one, noticed that my embrouchure wasnt nearly as good as i thought (:

Thanks for your advise! Six weeks ago i started to learn Sax and good to listen to experts like you to improve. Greetings from Germany!

I found this really helpful! Normally when I practice, my embouchure tends to get sore after like an hour, but it only 10 minutes of this to make me feel like its getting stronger. Ive been very on and off and the current pandemic isn’t fun, but what a great vid to re-obtain my ombrechure.

WOW! This really helped!

This is great! I was taught this years ago by saxophonist Mark Vinci and it made a huge difference (along with the Sigurd Rascher Top Tones book). It was great to see a short, clear video of this. I just shared it with someone.

Can't wait to try this! Great! Thanks

Excellent!! Love your tone.

Love this exercise, Josh! I'm going to start incorporating it into my teaching.

Such a great help, thanks a lot!

This is so useful thank you

Thanks brother!