Saxophone Alternative FingeringsTaming the Saxophone:
Exercises & Patterns:
- Fingering Exercises (1)
- 1|1-1|1-2|1-3|1-4
- Fingering Exercises (2)
- 2-1|2-2|2-3|2-4
- Cycle of 5ths
- 3-1|3-2|3-3|3-4
- IIm7-V7-Is
- 4 |4-1|4-2|4-3|4-4|4-6
- Chromatic
- 5-1|5-2|5-3
- Studies in 4ths
- 6-1|6-2|6-3
- Diminished Patterns
- 7|7-1|7-2|7-3|7-4
- Whole Tone Patterns
- 8-1|8-2|8-3|8-4
All of these in full (and many more) in the book:
A Chart of common Alternative Fingerings
Not to be confused with "alternate or false" fingering.
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ALTERNATIVE |
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Auxiliary F fingering Useful for arpeggio F Also the basis for many altissimo fingerings. For altissimo F# use this fingring plus Bb side key. |
| E |
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Auxiliary E fingering Useful for arpeggio F maj7 |
| C |
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Side C In some cases this may have a clearer tone and better intonation. |
| Bb |
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Alternative 1:Bb bis Useful for interval jumps from Bb to Db. |
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Alternative 2:Fork Bb You can use either RH1,2 or 3 depending on context, but 1 is most common. RH2 is useful for interval jumps from Gb to Bb |
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| G# |
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Articulated G#. This allows you to use the same fingering for low C# as for G#, which can help a lot with scale passages and interval jumps in many sharp keys. |
| Gb/F# |
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Side Gb/F# Useful for trilling F to Gb |
