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 Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:28 am
Peutaiite music_peace_love_recycle wow! that's a lot of saxes!!! we only have 3 in our wind ensemble and 6 real ones in jazz band! (2 other ones have to play trombone parts b/c we only have one trombone and one euphonium xD) Lucky. I wish there were only 3 in my wind ensemble, sadly, there's over twice as many. Although jazz band is the same situation. razz We have them on trombone too.
Large saxophone sections are amazing! When they play well, at least. xd It's really good in marching band, but unfortunately, not for concert band. D=
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:31 pm
Having lots of saxes in jazzband seems odd for me. There are some composers that wrote parts for two baritone saxes but that's rare.
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:37 pm
Terra of the Lilies Peutaiite music_peace_love_recycle wow! that's a lot of saxes!!! we only have 3 in our wind ensemble and 6 real ones in jazz band! (2 other ones have to play trombone parts b/c we only have one trombone and one euphonium xD) Lucky. I wish there were only 3 in my wind ensemble, sadly, there's over twice as many. Although jazz band is the same situation. razz We have them on trombone too.
Large saxophone sections are amazing! When they play well, at least. xd It's really good in marching band, but unfortunately, not for concert band. D=
Well ya, it would be. But sax is pretty much the worst sounding instrument if played badly, because it's hard to volume control at first. And let me tell you, some of the newer members have more than small tuning problems. :/ Ya, I've looked a list of names for a high level concert band, and they only had 1 tenor and two altos. (I didn't see how many baris) @MHorn. Our sax section for band is one member too big, (me. lol) We have 3 alto's instead of 2. But it's fine. I double with someone, and the other member plays nice and full, (loud. razz ) so we needed to double a part. We have 2 baris as well, but one of them is playing a trombone part. (We only have 1 real trombone. O smile
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:53 pm
I play alto, but I want to start playing the Baritone Sax...
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:42 pm
Hi everyone. I play clarinet right now but I want to start playing Saxophone like next year so I can be in Jazz band. Which sax should I play? I was thinking mabye alto sax. Also is it hard playing saxophone?
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:23 am
KayKay1220 Hi everyone. I play clarinet right now but I want to start playing Saxophone like next year so I can be in Jazz band. Which sax should I play? I was thinking mabye alto sax. Also is it hard playing saxophone? should it matter if it's hard? it's not particularly hard to make SOUND on any of the saxes...it's extremely hard to make it sound GOOD, though. once you know how to make it sound good, it starts to come pretty naturally.
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:45 pm
it's not hard but who cares i love my alto sax
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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:05 pm
i play the tenor sax i love it EXCEPT
it's rly heavy to carry around >.>
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:08 pm
well i play alto, and I'm ok at it. But i kind of suck at the lower notes. not enough air speed to support the sound.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:43 pm
Inu Harrlance well i play alto, and I'm ok at it. But i kind of suck at the lower notes. not enough air speed to support the sound. technically, lower notes need slower speeds of air...not higher.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:54 pm
toco clarinet Inu Harrlance well i play alto, and I'm ok at it. But i kind of suck at the lower notes. not enough air speed to support the sound. technically, lower notes need slower speeds of air...not higher. I think he meant air support?
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:05 pm
Peutaiite toco clarinet Inu Harrlance well i play alto, and I'm ok at it. But i kind of suck at the lower notes. not enough air speed to support the sound. technically, lower notes need slower speeds of air...not higher. I think he meant air support? quite possible. i guess some people don't distinguish between the two.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:54 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:56 pm
toco clarinet KayKay1220 Hi everyone. I play clarinet right now but I want to start playing Saxophone like next year so I can be in Jazz band. Which sax should I play? I was thinking mabye alto sax. Also is it hard playing saxophone?
Alto's not hard, since you play clarinet you shouldn't have much trouble switching.
@toco lol XD
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