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Reddit » All things saxophone
2d ago
Hi everyone :) I am looking for the backing track of this amazing piece from Kirk Whalum "Peaceful Hideaway". I have been looking online but I couldn't find anything. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
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Reddit » All things saxophone
2d ago
I understand the whole “if it plays fine it probably doesn’t affect it thing” but this chip has been there since I purchased the mouthpiece (I didn’t notice until a couple days after and still rlly liked the piece so didn’t see any reason to return it but I am now dealing with inconsistent problems with just speaking of notes and tone pretty much everywhere below the register) I’m wondering, is this deformity/chip in this area of the mouthpiece something that would generally affect the sound/playability and if so is it fixable or am I fucked, I’ve had the mouthpiece about three months no ..read more
Reddit » All things saxophone
2d ago
My band has just had the pleasure of having a saxophonist join. He's changed everything for us and we are all totally in love with the sax now. We've just released a single which he features heavily on. The whole song crescendos into a sax solo at the end, which I can't stop listening to!
https://open.spotify.com/track/31mMwDDmdM7HWCodnj3Qyp?si=fb5056b1c44843c6
I've also made an 'All Sax' non-genre specific playlist which you can find below. I've tried to include as many genres as possible to show how versatile the sax really is.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ocqq2w7rKLu3nIb6JTHUl?si=fb0 ..read more
Reddit » All things saxophone
2d ago
Just recently upgraded from a Yamaha 4C to a Jody Jazz Jet 6. So the tip opening is now a bit bigger and I am having a big struggle with producing sound and it sounds very scratchy when I play on the Jet (simply put I sound horrible, barely any sound, and like an absolute beginner. I usually use a size 3 classic Vandoren on my 4C. Should I move down to a 2.0 or 2.5 Vandoren ZZ or maybe even a 2.0 or 2.25 legere synthetic? I have been playing for roughly 10 years or so and I'm going for a jazzy bright sound.
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Reddit » All things saxophone
4d ago
Hi Everyone!
I hope there are some people on this sub who have some experience with the model in the title.
The thing is I found this saxophone at a local shop and I'm thinking of purchasing it. The main characteristics are the following:
It is not specified by the seller (only that it's Selmer USA) but it really looks like the 156A (the Buescher-based with the bell extension).
It is in perfect playing condition - it doesn't need any work of a repair tech; everything was repaired and set up pretty well (so there are no additional hundreds of dollars of costs right after purchase).
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Reddit » All things saxophone
4d ago
Former somewhat adept bassoonist looking to pick up the saxophone 20 years after I stopped playing. I grabbed some Vandoren blue box and Essential Elements book 1 and I'm figuring I shouldn't have too much trouble more or less teaching myself, but I'm wondering if anyone has any tips that might be helpful to a double reed player picking up the sax? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, I already know retraining my embouchre is gonna be one heck of an experience but I'm really looking forward to getting back into music.
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Reddit » All things saxophone
4d ago
Very nice used Yamaha YTS-52 Tenor Sax. Don’t use and haven’t in years, got new pads and stopped playing. Very nice alligator type case which I was told is worth a little itself (I will try and find model if possible) along with another case for travel. Trying to just see how much I could get.
Thank you!
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4d ago
Hello saxophonics
Getting a new saxophone tomorrow, but I am scared of starting something and not following through with it.
I want a sax partner to teach me the ropes or a beginner just like me to share and learn from each other.
I believe having an accountability partner of a sort will be of great help to me.
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Reddit » All things saxophone
4d ago
i TRULY want to get better at both jazz and concert band in my high school but i have a TON of difficulty when playing with fast tempos with a whole bunch of fingerings and tend to have my fingers sorta glitch half way through the song or like right when theres a whole bunch of notes and i just genuinely want to get better but i js keep on messing up on the fingerings PLEASE HELP!!
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1w ago
Is a king Cleveland 615 worth a 100 bucks and 30 bucks for gas? By my estimates it needs a new pad job, but all the keys work. Worst case is most of the pads being replaced and maybe new cork, I will also be buying a nice jazz mouth piece. I also am not a beginner I’ve played for 11 years on alto and bari. I am more gigging more currently and I need a tenor. The budget was 700 so I was probably going to get a used Jean Paul TS 400 or wait until I can find a deal on a Yamaha or other vintage horn. but I can buy this for 100 and do the pads myself, Than I can take the rest of the money and get ..read more