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    Rich Gaunt
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      Hello,

      I am pretty new to playing the tenor (to give you some idea i am pretty happy playing Fly me too the moon from this site with out many major issues, short of the improv).

      When i am playing higher notes i struggle with the tone, and it becomes more apparent when i am moving between notes using the octave key and notes not. Notes not using the octave key sound sharp with a good tone. notes with sound a bit weak and not rich in tone.

      Is this a problem with my embouchure? I am self taught apart from youtube and lessons from here, so my technique is probably not great, but i do not really know where to start to make it sound better.

      Any help would be awesome!

      Rich

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      john
      Keymaster

        Yes Rich, you are a member of a large tribe!
        Everything is connected (embouchure+air) but the main reason is that your sax isn’t getting enough air from you.
        I did a video on how to improve that:
        https://howtoplaysaxophone.org/high-notes-on-your-sax-sound-thin-and-flat

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