here's a few (I'm not sure if there's any common-usage lingo for these that I ain't hip to):

--split-tone through false fingering and embouchure

--biting the reed and other embouchure pressure to hit altissimo notes

--tongue-slap (where the breath follows the tongue)

--tongue-stop (where the breath precedes the tongue)

--a squealy hiss effect through tightened embouchure or tongue pressure beneath the reed

--mouthpiece playing through a tube into a bowl of water (as well as a whole range of other mouthpiece-only techniques involving harmonica-like hand movements and who knows what)

--flutter tongue

--throat growls, screaming or singing (varying the pitch very slightly against the note the horn is sounding creates a 'beat' effect like two slightly out-of-tune strings; singing the same note the horn is sounding can dampen the sound in a sort of spectral fashion)

--glottal punctuation (common in classical technique for double- and triple-tonguing, but more pronounced and extreme with Zorn)

--circular breathing (I'm pretty sure I've seen him do this, but memory is a fickle beast)

--muting the bell against the leg (combined with the tongue slap it creates a more pressurized sound)

mewtcrao elbo

I'm off to play with Dr. Chadbourne tonight in Greensboro, NC. How exciting is that?

>From: <j4.porter@student.qut.edu.au>
>To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com
>Subject: Zorn Sax Technique
>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:13:41 +1000
>
>Are there any other sax players out there (or anyone else
>for that matter) who can tell me about same of the extended
>techniques that Zorn utilises in his player.
>
>John
>
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