| Did you originally start on Saxophone? |
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| I was born with a sax in my hand! |
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:08 pm
Atzi I play the sax, the guitar, and the flute. But I play the sax the most. hello there! we play the same instruments ^_^ fatpenguin, are you talking about the b on the ledger line?
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:55 pm
fatpenguin1243 Haha. In class today we were sightreading this piece. OMFG! My part was hard. Our last note was a high third octave B. o.o It scared me. That note is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FLAT! It almost registered as a Bb. Anyway, we got to the last note and the first alto/me had this jazzy little run thing and we held out a whole note then ended on another little run that led up to the high B while everyone dropped out except me I hit that note. Well, I did my little run and hit the note, mind you that my head was gonna explode, and then HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWONNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! XD This unGodly noise that sounded like a goose that was put through medeival torture. My director looked at me and said "What in the name of Merlin's pants was that torturous noise!?!" XD
That sounds like something my band director would say razz BDs sure say weird things don't they?
First rule of Tenors: NEVER SQUEAK!! >.< or else the Senior beats you up xp
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:21 pm
I surprise myself; and I surprise my BD too. Because most of the baris at our school are crap (he thinks I should buy one, but I can't until I sell my flute); and I happen to have one of the worst ones there; yet my tone isn't that bad (most of the time). Like, we had festival today (AIBF) and he said we sounded great!
My instrument is missing screws and little parts... and I sometimes have problems with the high notes, they sometimes sound off, and the E sounds sharp no matter how hard I try to pull it into tune...
So I'm going to take my flute in and see if maybe the school wants it... V.V It's never been played; I switched to saxaphone shortly after I got it. I had jazz second semester.
Any tips on what models of baris there are that are good?
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:11 am
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:15 am
Well, if you mean the one that is almost impossible to hit then yes. XD
o <------
O <----
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And octave. That one.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:22 pm
umm, i can't quite see what you're going at with that diagram. is it an altissimo B?
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:36 pm
I play the tenor saxophone, but even if I didn't play maybe like a couple of measures or even the whole piece, my band teach probably wouldn't even notice. :[ I don't think my band teacher realizes the potential we (me and some other tenor) could have if he busted us not playing, you know? Just to at least make us feel like the band need us. :]
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:08 pm
hey i play alto in jazz band and i play baritone saxaphone in concert band i can play any sax and i make the concer band have a awesome bass section it consitst of a quiet tenor sax trombone and bass clarinet a medium loud baritone and a extremly loud makes trumpets cry bari sax aka ME !! go baris razz
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:36 pm
hey !!I just joined
I play bari and will be playing alto for marching band biggrin
but I can't seem to get out any notes below low c (on alto)
any one have tips???????? question
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:10 pm
blue-mirage123 hey !!I just joined I play bari and will be playing alto for marching band biggrin but I can't seem to get out any notes below low c (on alto) any one have tips???????? question ...Did you try loosening your ombesure?
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Banana stickers are metal
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:19 pm
Banana stickers are metal blue-mirage123 hey !!I just joined I play bari and will be playing alto for marching band biggrin but I can't seem to get out any notes below low c (on alto) any one have tips???????? question ...Did you try loosening your ombesure? not much, thanks for the tip smile I'll try it and mabe go for a softer reed...
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:16 pm
use more breath support. push with your stomach and keep that breath support up.
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:58 pm
Currently I play the Alto, but I'm learning the Bari. If I'm lucky I'll learn bass sax. That'll be fun.
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:52 am
Twilight Scribe I surprise myself; and I surprise my BD too. Because most of the baris at our school are crap (he thinks I should buy one, but I can't until I sell my flute); and I happen to have one of the worst ones there; yet my tone isn't that bad (most of the time). Like, we had festival today (AIBF) and he said we sounded great! My instrument is missing screws and little parts... and I sometimes have problems with the high notes, they sometimes sound off, and the E sounds sharp no matter how hard I try to pull it into tune... So I'm going to take my flute in and see if maybe the school wants it... V.V It's never been played; I switched to saxaphone shortly after I got it. I had jazz second semester. Any tips on what models of baris there are that are good?
I'd just suggest one of those. They all are great.
Then I played on this one old piece of crap bari once, and there were like leaks and everything was wrong with the thing. I couldn't get a note out.
If your school can afford it, get a new or in-good-condition Yamaha.
If your school can't, I suggest having a repair man fix the missing parts, and as for the E... That's just a bad note on all saxes, I think. But you can tell the repair man to fix the key heights (Don't think I'm an expert; I learned this fact from my band director that the heights of the keys have a lot to do with how a note comes out. Keys get bent overtime. The manufacturers have certain specifications about the exact heights the keys should be at, and the repair man ought to be able to fix that.)
=)
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:57 am
And baris are really expensive, always over 2,000 bucks. Unless you want a real piece of crap, which you obviously don't, so that's why I suggest you try and get your school to purchase a new one.
Andddd.
I play alto, tenor, and bari. Alto in my free time or in church band, tenor in marching and pep, and bari in concert. xD
Love bari the most, I would say.
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