Tone. It's important.
Let's talk about some ways to get your tone ready to make angels cry.
The Simple Trick to Make Your Mouthpiece, Reed, and Ligature Work as a Team
Getting a good sound starts with positioning your reed in the sweet spot on your mouthpiece.
Strengthen Your Tone with These 3 Mouthpiece and Neck Exercises
Strengthen your embouchure, focus your tone, and improve your intonation…without touching the horn.
A One-Note Exercise to Significantly Improve Your Sound
Using middle D to address tone quality (and avoid “high school” tone).
Long Tones 101
What’s the secret to a great sound? Think it’s the mouthpiece? The horn, or reeds?
Simple way to get started with overtones
Doing this exercise for 10 mins each time you practice will have a radically positive impact on your sound, intonation and overall facility on the horn.
What to Do About Wimpy High Notes
How to make those palm keys speak as naturally as the middle range of your horn
The Secret to a Remarkable Sound
These are the gateway not only to a great tone, but the altissimo range, as well.
Subtle Nuances Give You That Pro Sound
I’ll show you how I use mini grace notes, lack of vibrato, direct-attack (vs. bending), pre-hearing intervals, and more, to get a polished sound.
How I soak reeds
Here’s how I set my reeds up to give them the best chance of responding evenly.
How To Get a Bigger, Fatter, Warmer Tone
Here’s why—and how—to drop your lower lip.
Improve Your Time Feel with This Long Tone Exercise
Practice getting comfortable with a medium tempo swing feel while simultaneously improving your tone quality.
Get a Full-Range Subtone Like Stan Getz (The Darth Vader Trick)
Want a full-range subtone that sounds like Stan Getz? Try this technique.