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Selecting and Playing Sounds

 

E2–A5 (when Octave Shift is 0. Middle C is C4.)

 

From soft and gentle tones to crisp, strong notes, the Art.TenorSax sound lets 
you express the broad range of the tenor sax.

 

An important aspect of sax performance is to make skillful distinctions 
between legato and staccato. Be aware of the difference between playing a 
smooth phrase with a single breath, and playing a phrase with sharply 
distinguished notes.

The first note of a phrase you play will include the slight upward swoop in 
pitch that is distinctive of wind instruments. When you play crisp staccato 
notes or rapid passages, the corresponding nuances distinctive of a sax will 
also be expressed in an appropriate manner.

By letting up a bit on the aftertouch at the end of a phrase, you can express 
the sensation of the sound’s natural decay as you stop blowing into the 
instrument. The same effect can be produced by returning the expression 
pedal slightly toward yourself instead of using aftertouch.

The growl effect produced by the foot switch ART.CONTROL2 is particularly 
useful when you want to emphasize a phrase in styles such as jazz. It’s 
effective when used on one or two notes at a musical climax.

 

G#2–D#5 (when Octave Shift is 0. Middle C is C4.)

 

If you hold down the foot switch and play the 
keyboard legato, you will obtain a portamento 
effect in which the pitch will change smoothly.

 

By playing the keyboard legato while you hold down the foot 
switch, you can apply portamento to smoothly vary the pitch 
between notes.

 

By playing the keyboard while you hold down the foot 
switch, you can apply a growl effect, as if the performer was 
“moaning” while blowing into the instrument.

What is the growl effect?
This is an effect produced by 
vocalizing into the mouthpiece 
of a sax while blowing. It 
produces the powerful and 
distinctively distorted sound 
unique to a sax.

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