problem YAS-275 Cis/c#

[Klaus Marion]

Hi,
I'm a beginner in playing saxophon since some weeks. I bought a new yamaha
yas-275 alto, and it's a fine instrument for beginners. Now, i get a feeling
for the playing a fine sound on this instrument - but...
I have a problem with th cis/c# on the sax. All other tones sounds fine and
correct (when I play together with a piano, the pitch ist absolutly correct.
But not the Cis/c#. My learnig books say, no finger on the buttons at all.
But this sounds definitly wrong (I think a quarter of a tone too low). Is
there another possibility in playing the high c? Can I get some advice?

Thanks

Klaus

[Aroen]

Off course there can be something wrong with the instrument itself.

But try this: tune your`e sax not on the A (with the piano), but on the Cis.

Maybe your`e mouthpiece is not positioned well enough.

I play`d for a long time with other instruments and I always had a
difficulty
with the higher tones (mine`s sounds higher) so I had to correct this with
mouth skills.

Then one day someone said to me; "When tuning (on the A), try an other mouth
position"
Wich results in a other position of my mouthpiece(peace:)

Now the higher tones are perfect.

Aroen.

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[Stephen Howard]

It could well be down to the fact that you're a beginner - C# can be a
bit of wild note sometimes.

It could also be a problem with one of the keys.
Check it like this.
Look at where your finger goes when you play B. Just above the key you
press for B is a much smaller key cup...not much bigger than the pearl
you press on the B key.
Now, hold the sax horizontally so that the B key is upwards.
Press and release the B key - and watch that little key cup above it.
Does it open and close with the B key?
It should do - but sometimes the spring that powers the key comes
adrift and the key falls shut.
This can cause problems with the C# - though it would also affect the
middle C# too.

Regards,

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