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
Half (Ghost) Tonguing
How do you get that sound that’s kind of articulated, kind of not? The one you hear in so much bebop?
Q&A – Altissimo control, copying articulation, pros/cons of using harder reeds, and developing intonation imagination
Your questions answered, with related lessons to check out.
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.
Benefits of Playing Soft (Transcribing Pat Metheny)
Practicing soft can do amazing things for your tone and intonation. In this video I’ll show you exactly what I mean.
B Flat Overtone Series – Play Along with Bob
How to play/practice the Bb overtone series.
Finding that soft, airy Joe Henderson-esque tone in the upper register
What Joe Henderson can teach you about getting that warm, breathy tone up top.