Soprano Saxophone Extended Techniques
(work in progress : ver. 13-dec-2005)
Bibliography consulted and recommended:
A classic work dedicated to flute, clarinet, bassoon and oboe is:
For the clarinet:
For the saxophone a general method is:
A work completely dedicated to multiple sounds on saxophone is:
The sounds numberation, the fingering and the links of the following table are from the Kientzy's manual for the sound from 1 to 88. The sounds from 89 to 103 and some link are from Caravan's one.
Table of Keys:
o 1 c1c2c4 c3 P Tc 2 Ta 3 G# C#BBb c5 4 c6 5 Tf 6 Eb 7
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Colors:
Very easy | |
Easy | |
Difficult | |
Very diffucult or impossible |
N.B. My axophone has not the c6 key and than the sounds 28, 38 and 75 in the table are labelled "black" as "impossible" (for me ;) ).
Setup
Saxophone: Yanagisawa
Reed: Marca 1-1/2
Mouthpiece: Selmer S80 B*
Note (May 2020): This work must be understood in the making. I see now that the setup I had in 2005, when I made these recordings, was a little unusual (soft reed and close mouthpiece) and perhaps this has conditioned the result. I intend to try again in the future the whole series of sounds with my current setup (soft reed and open mouthpiece)
Samples recording
Stereo Microphone technique: coincident cardioids angle 90° apart (mono-compatible)
Sample rate: 44100 Mhz
Resolution: 16 bit
These sounds are also posted to The Freesound Project
Here
... enjoy a composition with all
the sounds in succession.
Level | Nr. of sound & Links | Fingering |
Nr.: 001
![]() Links: 085 034 067 092 045 031 |
1 2 3 Bb 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 002
![]() Links: 003 054 |
1 2 Ta 3 Bb 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 003
![]() Links: 002 050 064 |
1 2 Ta 3 Bb 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 004
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1 Tc 2 3 Bb 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 005
![]() Links: 011 020 031 066 |
1 2 3 Bb 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 006
![]() Links: 009 |
1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 007
![]() Links: 006 |
1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 008
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1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 009
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1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 010
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1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 011
![]() Links: 005 025 046 012 |
1 2 3 Bb 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 012
![]() Links: 011 |
1 2 3 Bb 4 6 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 013
![]() Links: 065 |
1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 014
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1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 015
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1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 016
![]() Links: 017 052 |
c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 017
![]() Links: 016 046 051 |
2 3 Bb 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 018
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c4 2 3 Bb 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 019
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1 c1 2 Ta 3 Bb 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 020
![]() Links: 005 |
1 2 3 Bb 4 7 |
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Nr.: 021 Links: 047 |
1 2 Ta 3 Bb 4 7 |
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Nr.: 022 Links: 023 066 |
1 Tc 2 3 Bb 4 7 |
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Nr.: 023 Links: 022 024 |
1 Tc 2 3 Bb 4 Tf 7 |
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Nr.: 024
![]() Links: 023 |
1 Tc 2 3 Bb 4 5 Tf 7 |
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Nr.: 025
![]() Links: 011 |
2 3 Bb 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 026
![]() Links: 012 |
1 2 3 Bb 4 6 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 027
![]() Links: 069 |
1 2 3 Bb c5 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 028 Links: 70 |
1 2 3 Bb c5 c6 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 029 Links: 072 |
1 2 Ta 3 B 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 030
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1 Tc 2 3 B 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 031
![]() Links: 032 033 005 035 001 046 |
1 2 3 B 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 032
![]() Links: 031 039 |
1 c1 2 3 B 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 033
![]() Links: 031 035 046 |
1 2 3 B 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 034
![]() Links: 073 001 067 |
1 2 3 B 4 5 6 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 035
![]() Links: 033 031 066 |
1 2 3 B 4 Tf 6 7 |
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Nr.: 036
![]() Links: 074 |
2 3 B 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 037
![]() Links: 046 |
1 2 3 B 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 038 Links: 075 |
1 2 3 B c5 c6 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 039
![]() Links: 032 063 079 |
1 c1 2 3 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 040
![]() Links: 056 |
1 c1c2 2 3 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 041
![]() Links: 054 |
1 2 Ta 3 B 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 042 Links: 048 |
1 Tc 2 3 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 043
![]() Links: 077 |
1 c1 2 3 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 044
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1 c1c2 2 3 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 045
![]() Links: 046 001 |
1 Tc 2 3 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 046
![]() Links: 011 017 031 033 037 045 083 086 089 092 096 |
1 2 3 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 047 Links: 021 |
1 2 Ta 3 B 4 7 |
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Nr.: 048
![]() Links: 042 |
1 Tc 2 3 4 7 |
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Nr.: 049
![]() Links: 079 |
1 c1 2 3 5 7 |
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Nr.: 050
![]() Links: 003 053 054 |
1 2 Ta 3 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 051 Links: 017 052 |
2 3 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 052
![]() Links: 016 051 |
c1 2 3 4 5 6 |
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Nr.: 053
![]() Links: 050 054 |
1 2 Ta 3 4 5 Eb |
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Nr.: 054
![]() Links: 002 041 050 053 |
1 2 Ta 3 4 5 |
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Nr.: 055
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1 c2 c3 2 3 4 5 |
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Nr.: 056 Links: 057 058 080 |
o 1 c3 2 |
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Nr.: 057 Links: 056 058 080 |
o 1 c3 P |
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Nr.: 058 Links: 056 057 059 089 |
o 1 c3 |
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Nr.: 059 Links: 058 |
o 1 c3 Tc |
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Nr.: 060 |
o 1 c1c2 2 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 061 Links: 081 |
o 1 c1c2 2 4 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 062 Links: 082 |
o 1 c1 2 4 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 063 Links: 039 |
1 c2 2 4 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 064
![]() Links: 003 |
1 2 Ta 3 Bb 4 5 Eb |
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Nr.: 065
![]() Links: 013 |
1 c1 2 3 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 066
![]() Links: 035 005 089 022 |
1 Tc 2 3 Bb 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 067
![]() Links: 001 034 087 |
1 c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 6 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 068 |
1 2 3 Bb 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 069
![]() Links: 027 |
2 3 c5 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 071
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1 2 Ta 3 Bb 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 072 Links: 029 084 |
1 2 Ta 3 B 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 073
![]() Links: 034 |
2 3 B 6 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 074
![]() Links: 036 |
c1 2 3 B 4 5 |
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Nr.: 075 Links: 038 |
1 2 3 c5 c6 5 7 |
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Nr.: 076
![]() Links: 040 |
1 c1c2 2 3 4 5 |
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Nr.: 077
![]() Links: 043 |
1 c1 2 3 B 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 078
![]() Links: 044 |
1 c1c2 2 3 B 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 079
![]() Links: 039 049 |
1 c1 2 3 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 080
![]() Links: 056 057 058 |
o 1 c3 2 5 |
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Nr.: 081 Links: 061 |
o 1 c1c2 2 B 4 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 082
![]() Links: 062 |
o 1 c1 4 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 083
![]() Links: 046 085 |
1 2 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 084
![]() Links: 072 |
2 3 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 085
![]() Links: 001 083 |
1 2 3 Bb 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 086
![]() Links: 046 |
1 c2 2 3 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 087
![]() Links: 067 |
c1 2 3 Bb 4 5 6 Eb 7 |
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Nr.: 088
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1 c2 2 3 c5 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 089 Links: 090 091 066 046 |
1 3 4 5 6 Eb |
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Nr.: 090
![]() Links: 089 091 |
1 3 4 5 |
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Nr.: 091 Links: 089 090 091 |
1 3 4 5 Eb |
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Nr.: 092 Links: 001 046 |
1 2 3 4 6 7 |
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Nr.: 093 Links: 094 |
2 3 Bb 4 Eb |
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Nr.: 094 Links: 091 093 |
2 3 C# 5 6 7 |
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Nr.: 095 Links: 096 |
1 2 Ta 3 Bb 4 5 |
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Nr.: 096 Links: 046 095 |
1 2 Ta 3 4 5 |
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Nr.: 097
![]() Links: 098 100 101 |
o 1 2 3 B 4 5 Eb |
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Nr.: 098
![]() Links: 097 099 103 |
1 P 2 3 4 5 7 |
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Nr.: 099
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o 1 2 3 C# 4 5 Eb |
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Nr.: 100
![]() Links: 097 |
1 P 2 3 B 4 7 |
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Nr.: 101
![]() Links: 097 |
o 1 2 3 4 7 |
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Nr.: 102
![]() Links: 103 |
o 1 2 3 C# 6 7 |
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Nr.: 103
![]() Links: 098 102 |
1 2 3 B Eb |
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