how can i stop myself form swinging the quavers in every piece i play?! i think it was a Handel piece i was playing the other day and i started to swing the quavers eek! my teacher was like "Nat why are u swinging the quavers?!"

help!

I did that too- guess it comes from playing too much jazz! (then again there's no such thing as too much jazz)
Before I play anything I sing the rhythm in my head especially when playing quavers-that way I realise what I'm doing before playing.
Sorry if this doesn't make much sense.
Alex
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thanks Alex!

i play a lot of pieces with swung quavers in so im probably getting to used to that!im getting there!

pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease tell me what a swung quaver is?

and when you spoke of a high G and altissimo registers, Im confused!(in another post)

Im I right in thinking that there are only two G's you can play on the sax, G 5 semitones below middle C and G 7 semitones above middle C?

Thanks...

the G's in the normal range of the sax are G above middle C and the one an octave above that. (this is alto sax im on about) there is another G that i know of above the top F, but i cannot play i

how can i describe a swung quaver..... it a bit like a dotted quaver and semiquaver. anyone got a better explanation?!

More like a triplet really.

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Nov 13 2004, 10:54 AM)

the G's in the normal range of the sax are G above middle C and the one an octave above that. (this is alto sax im on about) there is another G that i know of above the top F, but i cannot play i how can i describe a swung quaver..... it a bit like a dotted quaver and semiquaver. anyone got a better explanation?!

And another G above that, which is very very very hard to get

Whats the fingering to get that high G clarinetlover was on about?

Which one? One is overblown D, without the B finger, the other is the key above the B on the front, plus the F# hey and high side key. If I knew the technical names I'd be more helpful. I do know that the F# key is known as the C5 key.