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 Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:52 pm
Saxophone Horror Story (Yes, it can happen to you!)
Alright, so we had a jazz band performance at AP night at the school and my reed was chipped in like 20 different places. Not in any condition to be played, nor would it make a decent sound. The other director, who had keys to the supply box, wasn't there. So I do the only thing I could think of-I bit the top into a level line and played it like that. Man, did i sound like s**t that night. But my reed did work! wink
By the way, never do that. Incredibly bad. My lesson teacher just sighed and rolled his eyes at me when I told him that!
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:07 pm
Nappy Saxophone Horror Story (Yes, it can happen to you!)
Alright, so we had a jazz band performance at AP night at the school and my reed was chipped in like 20 different places. Not in any condition to be played, nor would it make a decent sound. The other director, who had keys to the supply box, wasn't there. So I do the only thing I could think of-I bit the top into a level line and played it like that. Man, did i sound like s**t that night. But my reed did work! wink
By the way, never do that. Incredibly bad. My lesson teacher just sighed and rolled his eyes at me when I told him that! Wow. Moral of the story there - always keep extra reeds with you! Heh, that's why if I get down to two reeds I make sure to go out and buy more, and I have a couple emergency reeds stashed.
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:13 pm
Miangel Nappy Saxophone Horror Story (Yes, it can happen to you!)
Alright, so we had a jazz band performance at AP night at the school and my reed was chipped in like 20 different places. Not in any condition to be played, nor would it make a decent sound. The other director, who had keys to the supply box, wasn't there. So I do the only thing I could think of-I bit the top into a level line and played it like that. Man, did i sound like s**t that night. But my reed did work! wink
By the way, never do that. Incredibly bad. My lesson teacher just sighed and rolled his eyes at me when I told him that! Wow. Moral of the story there - always keep extra reeds with you! Heh, that's why if I get down to two reeds I make sure to go out and buy more, and I have a couple emergency reeds stashed.
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:23 pm
Nappy Miangel eek Wow. Moral of the story there - always keep extra reeds with you! Heh, that's why if I get down to two reeds I make sure to go out and buy more, and I have a couple emergency reeds stashed. I heart Vandorens. Those things RULE. I've only had one split on me so far all year... which is good seeing as they're fairly expensive. ^^;;
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 8:15 am
Vannies are good... my lucky one is dying though.. *sniffle* anywhoo.... I got second tenor part for jazz band!! WOOT!
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 8:23 am
BandGeekGirl Vannies are good... my lucky one is dying though.. *sniffle* anywhoo.... I got second tenor part for jazz band!! WOOT! Yay! Congrats! ^^ I wish I was on second tenor in jazz 1... but no, I have to be first tenor in jazz 2, so I end up with high notes and solos that I can barely play given that it's my first year in jazz band. >.<
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 9:01 am
Miangel BandGeekGirl Vannies are good... my lucky one is dying though.. *sniffle* anywhoo.... I got second tenor part for jazz band!! WOOT! Yay! Congrats! ^^ I wish I was on second tenor in jazz 1... but no, I have to be first tenor in jazz 2, so I end up with high notes and solos that I can barely play given that it's my first year in jazz band. >.< aww.. sorry dear...
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:49 pm
Saint-Saens Hello fellow saxes! biggrin I've been having this thought in the back of my mind, started by one of my friends in band. He said: "Padguards are bad for your sax." Now is this true? or is he just making it up to sound smart? BTW: I play alto I was overlooked crying crying crying crying crying awwwwwwwww Heh, now that I look at it, it makes me look stupid. sweatdrop lol
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 11:41 am
Saint-Saens Saint-Saens Hello fellow saxes! biggrin I've been having this thought in the back of my mind, started by one of my friends in band. He said: "Padguards are bad for your sax." Now is this true? or is he just making it up to sound smart? BTW: I play alto I was overlooked crying crying crying crying crying awwwwwwwww Heh, now that I look at it, it makes me look stupid. sweatdrop lol
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:39 pm
Miangel BandGeekGirl Vannies are good... my lucky one is dying though.. *sniffle* anywhoo.... I got second tenor part for jazz band!! WOOT! Yay! Congrats! ^^ I wish I was on second tenor in jazz 1... but no, I have to be first tenor in jazz 2, so I end up with high notes and solos that I can barely play given that it's my first year in jazz band. >.< don't complain about being first... i want first but noo senior gets it... he rules though.. and he's "Davin, my love"
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:13 pm
Well I feel stupid......
Padguards are these things that you put inside the main body of the sax. It's got like yarney stuff on it and it's supposed to do something for your instrument....Not sure what.
Perhaps as a quicker way than the spit rag, except you leave it in the main part.
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 4:25 pm
Miangel Nicholai Maxwell Nappy Nicholai Maxwell As well as that, I must comment on how crazy bari sax players are, seeing as I am one...We all tend to be a little corrupt, a little crazy...and usually more than a little weird. Well, bari players end up strangely, though I don't know why. Also, I am doubly weird because I play the oboe too, and they are the strangest of all instruments. Normal people play trumpet. xp Yeah, oboe players are definitely weird. XD I only know one... but she's a good friend of mine and one of the strangest people I've ever met. I wouldn't be so sure about trumpet players being normal though. One of the weirdest guys in our band plays trumpet... and another one of the trumpet players isn't exactly sane, either. (At burrito dinner night, he spread the beans on the burrito with his hands... thank God he had gloves XD). But I think as a whole, saxes are the weirdest section. 3nodding I don't think I've ever met a truly sane sax player.... Well, all our saxes are "normal", except for me, at least in the alto section. Almost all of them are just popular people who happen to be stuck in band. So, our section must be an exception.
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 8:32 pm
Saint-Saens Well I feel stupid...... Padguards are these things that you put inside the main body of the sax. It's got like yarney stuff on it and it's supposed to do something for your instrument....Not sure what. Perhaps as a quicker way than the spit rag, except you leave it in the main part. Ah... yeah, I have one of those. I use it to clean the spit out of the body (I use the rag for everything else), but I don't leave it inside the sax - it won't fit into the case. So I stick it next to the sax.
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:44 am
I play alto saxophone (Woohoo!!).
At our football game last Friday, my reed was chipped, but still played. But then we went on third quarter break, and when I came back afterwards, it was split all the way down the middle >.< It's a mess now....
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:52 pm
Miangel __penguin__ yeah our band is pretty big, we have about 120 people including the drumline. i think alto saxes might be the biggest section, its either us, trumpets, or clarinets. but i still can't beleive i'm the only freshman in my whole section eek Wow... we only have 65-70 people between two bands. Flutes is the biggest section overall... then clarinets and trumpets... then saxes. But in just my band (wind ensemble), saxes are second biggest. Only 65-70 people?!?!?!. . . .TWO BANDS?!?!?! We have one band of 39 people. Beat that. Only 4 saxes.
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