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 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:26 pm
KILLFIRE11 If anyone has any suggestions ANY suggestions on how to play jazz well...errrrr...better than how i can play it now IM ALL EARS!!!!! blaugh Well...I just got my district Jazz Band CD tonight, and I do Bari Jazz, as well as alto/soprano on occasion. I just happen to be mostly Bari now. I do Jazz Band districts almost every year, so I am fairly experienced. I can help if you require it. Just PM me any questions.
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:29 am
I play the tenor sax in jazz band. im fairly good. if you have any questions you can pm me too.
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:53 pm
ffviiigurlrina I play the tenor sax in jazz band. im fairly good. if you have any questions you can pm me too. I'm supposed to play the Tenor in my jazz bad, but they ran out, now i dunno what im gonna do. sad ... anyways, i actually came into this thread because your name caught my eye... xd FF8 rox! w00+!
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:10 am
RinoaHeartilly ffviiigurlrina I play the tenor sax in jazz band. im fairly good. if you have any questions you can pm me too. I'm supposed to play the Tenor in my jazz bad, but they ran out, now i dunno what im gonna do. sad ... anyways, i actually came into this thread because your name caught my eye... xd FF8 rox! w00+! "Oh thanks. I guess." Smiles sheeply. "Anyways so what is yall's favorite songs to play?"
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:53 pm
ffviiigurlrina RinoaHeartilly ffviiigurlrina I play the tenor sax in jazz band. im fairly good. if you have any questions you can pm me too. I'm supposed to play the Tenor in my jazz bad, but they ran out, now i dunno what im gonna do. sad ... anyways, i actually came into this thread because your name caught my eye... xd FF8 rox! w00+! "Oh thanks. I guess." Smiles sheeply. "Anyways so what is yall's favorite songs to play?" On the sax? Right now, whatever's easy in pep band. I can't get out the low notes, embarrasingly enough. My teacher says "drop your jaw" and I do, and nothing comes out at all. Any advice from those who actually know how to play sax?
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:31 pm
Durza the Shade On the sax? Right now, whatever's easy in pep band. I can't get out the low notes, embarrasingly enough. My teacher says "drop your jaw" and I do, and nothing comes out at all. Any advice from those who actually know how to play sax? Well...I have played bari and tenor, mostly bari, and it is weird at first. It takes some time to adjust after playing a higher instrument, and eventually you will learn to drop your jaw and still be able to play. Sometimes taking more mouthpiece helped me, but that goes for high notes, too. After a while, you shouldn't need to take in extra mouth piece, and they will just come. Well...I don't know any really good specific pieces of advice for you. Maybe just keep trying? Eventually you should be able to get them.
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:16 pm
Hey, I've got a question about why my reeds have been playing ... stupidly. I used to be able to play with just any reed, but now, I don't know if my mouthpeice is being retarded (Its 5 years old..) or what. I have a reed right now that plays well, but its getting really broken, and i need a new one, but whenever i put a new one in, it sounds really airy. I don't think its a leak in the instrument itself, because if I play with the reed I've got, its fine. I wish i knew what was wrong, because I really want to change my reed sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:02 pm
__penguin__ Hey, I've got a question about why my reeds have been playing ... stupidly. I used to be able to play with just any reed, but now, I don't know if my mouthpeice is being retarded (Its 5 years old..) or what. I have a reed right now that plays well, but its getting really broken, and i need a new one, but whenever i put a new one in, it sounds really airy. I don't think its a leak in the instrument itself, because if I play with the reed I've got, its fine. I wish i knew what was wrong, because I really want to change my reed sweatdrop Have you switched reed types? Like companies...because I know when I played Ricos for my entire sax career, then switched to Vandorens I got the same results. Turns out the Vandorens are really thick, compared to others and it didn't fit my mouthpiece quite right.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:42 am
ffviiigurlrina "Oh thanks. I guess." Smiles sheeply. "Anyways so what is yall's favorite songs to play?" Um...wow....I love a lot of songs...oh "Brick House!" xd
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:39 pm
__penguin__ Hey, I've got a question about why my reeds have been playing ... stupidly. I used to be able to play with just any reed, but now, I don't know if my mouthpeice is being retarded (Its 5 years old..) or what. I have a reed right now that plays well, but its getting really broken, and i need a new one, but whenever i put a new one in, it sounds really airy. I don't think its a leak in the instrument itself, because if I play with the reed I've got, its fine. I wish i knew what was wrong, because I really want to change my reed sweatdrop That happens to a few of my reeds. It takes me a few days to break in new reeds.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:04 pm
Tacincala __penguin__ Hey, I've got a question about why my reeds have been playing ... stupidly. I used to be able to play with just any reed, but now, I don't know if my mouthpeice is being retarded (Its 5 years old..) or what. I have a reed right now that plays well, but its getting really broken, and i need a new one, but whenever i put a new one in, it sounds really airy. I don't think its a leak in the instrument itself, because if I play with the reed I've got, its fine. I wish i knew what was wrong, because I really want to change my reed sweatdrop That happens to a few of my reeds. It takes me a few days to break in new reeds.
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:23 am
Tacincala That happens to a few of my reeds. It takes me a few days to break in new reeds. Really? It takes one 8 hour marching rehearsal for me to break a reed in. whee
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:51 am
Durza the Shade On the sax? Right now, whatever's easy in pep band. I can't get out the low notes, embarrasingly enough. My teacher says "drop your jaw" and I do, and nothing comes out at all. Any advice from those who actually know how to play sax? I had a real problem with low notes at first too (I switched from flute to tenor... so you can just imagine the problems there xp ). I hated low notes for a long while until I got the hang of it. My advice is to practice doing long tones with the low notes, and to practice working down to the low notes. That's what I did. Also, if you're using the school's sax... it could just be that. ^^;; I used the school's sax for close to a year, and I had SO much trouble, but when I got my own (new) sax, it was a LOT easier to get out the notes.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:58 am
i play piano and all saxes, kinda small selection, but i'm hoping to start playing the tuba, or somehting different
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:43 am
I don't know if this has been mentioned yet... but once you've had sax, there's not goin' back. 3nodding
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