Thanks Johnny – i was rather puzzled as to why these exercises had by accident when i checked my altissimo notes – particularly the altissimso G, i’m hitting it every time now, just like any other note.

Then i realised before doing these exercises, when i played the altissimo G in the past, i could only do it one way, the embouchure had to be exact otherwise i would strain to get it.

What i realised in doing these different exercises with all the altissimo notes, i was forcing my embouchure to open up and attack and nail the altissimo G from different ways, as well as the other altiisimo notes.
Flutter tonguing is quite fun up in the altissimo range, i find the altissimo C jumps to a C# when fluttering.

but more to learn, long way to go.

On a different tack, i’m the only person now in my circle of friends that i come in contact with that doesn’t own a selmar. The last person to get a selmar is 11 years old, doing grade 8 next year. She tried out 6 different selmars before settling on a ref54. She also got a new soprano sax – but went for a yamaha (apparently she didnt like the selmar sopranos). Also the selmar alto mark 6 i had my eye on in our local music store has gone, i found out that the lad who got it, is another grade 8 player out in the music scene gigging for money,i didn’t feel too bad about it, because an instrument like that deserves to be out there in proper use instead of going nowhere in my house.