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 Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:40 pm
megamanfan66 MHHornfreak: you use 5's? Holy moly. I can only sound good up to 4 1/2; any higher and it gets really airy. I have to try that, though... 5's for marching band. Sounds like a good idea. Yeah i was even able to play altissimos with em. Not good at all for jazz or symphonic, i use 3's or 3 1/2's for jazz and symphonic band. The great part was that nobody could bum reads from me because they didnt have the chops for 5's xD
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:47 pm
lol xD i used 5's for my clarinet in marching band
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:40 am
MHHornfreak megamanfan66 MHHornfreak: you use 5's? Holy moly. I can only sound good up to 4 1/2; any higher and it gets really airy. I have to try that, though... 5's for marching band. Sounds like a good idea. Yeah i was even able to play altissimos with em. Not good at all for jazz or symphonic, i use 3's or 3 1/2's for jazz and symphonic band. The great part was that nobody could bum reads from me because they didnt have the chops for 5's xD Sweet sig.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:36 pm
MHHornfreak megamanfan66 MHHornfreak: you use 5's? Holy moly. I can only sound good up to 4 1/2; any higher and it gets really airy. I have to try that, though... 5's for marching band. Sounds like a good idea. Yeah i was even able to play altissimos with em. Not good at all for jazz or symphonic, i use 3's or 3 1/2's for jazz and symphonic band. The great part was that nobody could bum reads from me because they didnt have the chops for 5's xD Hahaha! Not too many people have chops for 4's! Well, I bought a box of Rico Jazz 5's for marching band, along with three vandoren 4 1/2's. They play FANTASTICALLY!!! And I know exactly what you mean by strong sound! They're awesome reeds. That should last me the entire year, and maybe next, too! Ha! Now I can do the same thing! No more reed-moochers anymore!
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:45 am
lol o.o i ended up using my mitchell lurrie (probably spelled that wrong o.o) 5's for concert band for a while...cause all my 3's were broken D:..xD that was a fun experiment xp
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:12 pm
I play the alto and the bari and would like to play (if I can find one) contrabass ( if you have never seen one look it up).
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:19 pm
megamanfan66 MHHornfreak megamanfan66 MHHornfreak: you use 5's? Holy moly. I can only sound good up to 4 1/2; any higher and it gets really airy. I have to try that, though... 5's for marching band. Sounds like a good idea. Yeah i was even able to play altissimos with em. Not good at all for jazz or symphonic, i use 3's or 3 1/2's for jazz and symphonic band. The great part was that nobody could bum reads from me because they didnt have the chops for 5's xD Hahaha! Not too many people have chops for 4's! Well, I bought a box of Rico Jazz 5's for marching band, along with three vandoren 4 1/2's. They play FANTASTICALLY!!! And I know exactly what you mean by strong sound! They're awesome reeds. That should last me the entire year, and maybe next, too! Ha! Now I can do the same thing! No more reed-moochers anymore! And when your done with one you can file it down for more life! xD
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:31 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:50 am
Silver Eye Snake er...I have an alto, but I don't know how to play it yet (I'll be learning that this year). I've been wanting to play it forever though ^^ Hm...I feel so out of place/stupid. I don't suppose you would have any tips for me, would you? sweatdrop Well don't feel stupid! I'm not a know-it-all. I'm only 13. But I have played Sax for three years. I'm currently on the Bari. I really want to play suprano! It looks challenging. In each sax you have to blow a different way. With reeds: the higher the number, the more you have to keep it wet. You must make sure you sax is warmed up before you start playing. If your sax isn't warmed it will squeak. Messing up is perfectly fine. That is unless you are in a band that travels for ribbons and what not.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:51 am
KiSsEmOcHiKa Silver Eye Snake er...I have an alto, but I don't know how to play it yet (I'll be learning that this year). I've been wanting to play it forever though ^^ Hm...I feel so out of place/stupid. I don't suppose you would have any tips for me, would you? sweatdrop Well don't feel stupid! I'm not a know-it-all. I'm only 13. But I have played Sax for three years. I'm currently on the Bari. I really want to play suprano! It looks challenging. In each sax you have to blow a different way. With reeds: the higher the number, the more you have to keep it wet. You must make sure you sax is warmed up before you start playing. If your sax isn't warmed it will squeak. Messing up is perfectly fine. That is unless you are in a band that travels for ribbons and what not. o.O well...your sax doesn't really squeak cause it's not warmed up....it's more that YOU'RE not warmed up...
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:21 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:27 am
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:36 pm
pezhi KiSsEmOcHiKa Silver Eye Snake er...I have an alto, but I don't know how to play it yet (I'll be learning that this year). I've been wanting to play it forever though ^^ Hm...I feel so out of place/stupid. I don't suppose you would have any tips for me, would you? sweatdrop Well don't feel stupid! I'm not a know-it-all. I'm only 13. But I have played Sax for three years. I'm currently on the Bari. I really want to play suprano! It looks challenging. In each sax you have to blow a different way. With reeds: the higher the number, the more you have to keep it wet. You must make sure you sax is warmed up before you start playing. If your sax isn't warmed it will squeak. Messing up is perfectly fine. That is unless you are in a band that travels for ribbons and what not. o.O well...your sax doesn't really squeak cause it's not warmed up....it's more that YOU'RE not warmed up... lol true....i just say that so it's not all my fault lol rofl
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:35 pm
I play Alto Saxophone (the best instrument in the world. lol)
I'm in regular band and jazz band and when I'm in high school, I'll be in marching band!
I love the alto saxophone. It's sssooooo much fun biggrin
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