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 Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 9:26 pm
toco clarinet xXxKoKoRoMixXx I agree toco, i would never stick my foot into my bari sax. It's just...wrong. I've never actually seen a contra bass up close. How much bigger is it than the bari sax? it's quite a bit bigger. the contra bass was about 6 feet(slightly taller than me) and the bari is just barely at my stomach(the top of it). oh. my. god. I-I want to play it. I mean, i'm short, only 5'5" (sometimes 5'6" with my shoes on) but, I want to play it xD the lower the better.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 12:26 pm
toco clarinet kazikago5123 dang... my private instructor put his foot in his alto and tenor to play low a.... so yeah.... Saxophone is the guitar of jazz XD XD O.o actually...the guitar is the guitar of jazz. the saxophone is the saxophone. : no reason to compare it to something that has a completely different role. Dude, who usually gets the melody in jazz. (cough cough saxophone) and what stringed instrument is in the rhythm section? (cough cough guitar) and comparing the two guitar is the main instrument for rock, and saxophones are typically the main instrument for jazz. So when I said that the sax is the guitar of jazz, Its because its the main instrument of the jazz genre as guitar is to rock music.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 10:47 pm
kazikago5123 toco clarinet kazikago5123 dang... my private instructor put his foot in his alto and tenor to play low a.... so yeah.... Saxophone is the guitar of jazz XD XD O.o actually...the guitar is the guitar of jazz. the saxophone is the saxophone. : no reason to compare it to something that has a completely different role. Dude, who usually gets the melody in jazz. (cough cough saxophone) and what stringed instrument is in the rhythm section? (cough cough guitar) and comparing the two guitar is the main instrument for rock, and saxophones are typically the main instrument for jazz. So when I said that the sax is the guitar of jazz, Its because its the main instrument of the jazz genre as guitar is to rock music. actually, trombone and trumpet get just as much melody as sax, if not more. guitar is still a rhythm instrument in pop music. singers are the main attraction of popular music.
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:06 pm
Blackheart115 toco clarinet Blackheart115 there isn't a fingering for it, but you can do it if you know how haha Sit down and play a low A, cross your legs, then stick your foot in the bell. It's fun haha your foot lowers the pitch a half step. that is neither practical, nor impressive. neutral it annoys me when someone thinks they're cool because they can stick their foot in their sax. yes, i realize it's a joke. no, it's not funny to me. it's like sticking a potato in your car's exhaust, only not as dramatic. more like disrespectful neutral . why would you do that to your own horn? contra bass doesn't have a G#/Ab key as far as i know. i've seen a contrabass played live and seen it up close too. the particular model didn't have an Ab, and it's not common for someone tobuy their own contra bass, so manufacturers don't try to experiment with the design. If you're too stuck up to experiment new musical aspects, maybe you shouldn't be a musician. Shes right, a large part of music is having fun while practicingperforming it. Just because your soul is too empty to accept that music is fun, doesn't mean you can be a troll online and compare someone experimenting with their instrument to hate crimes... seriously, just because you're too closed minded to accept something doesn't always mean it's wrong.
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:17 pm
Peutaiite Blackheart115 toco clarinet Blackheart115 there isn't a fingering for it, but you can do it if you know how haha Sit down and play a low A, cross your legs, then stick your foot in the bell. It's fun haha your foot lowers the pitch a half step. that is neither practical, nor impressive. neutral it annoys me when someone thinks they're cool because they can stick their foot in their sax. yes, i realize it's a joke. no, it's not funny to me. it's like sticking a potato in your car's exhaust, only not as dramatic. more like disrespectful neutral . why would you do that to your own horn? contra bass doesn't have a G#/Ab key as far as i know. i've seen a contrabass played live and seen it up close too. the particular model didn't have an Ab, and it's not common for someone tobuy their own contra bass, so manufacturers don't try to experiment with the design. If you're too stuck up to experiment new musical aspects, maybe you shouldn't be a musician. Shes right, a large part of music is having fun while practicingperforming it. Just because your soul is too empty to accept that music is fun, doesn't mean you can be a troll online and compare someone experimenting with their instrument to hate crimes... seriously, just because you're too closed minded to accept something doesn't always mean it's wrong. you're rejecting my ideas without knowing the full extent of my reasoning. i believe that is a suitable definition for close-mindedness. Now that we've established that we're all close-minded: I have no problem experimenting with music. I experiment with it all the time. Just because i don't have the same sense of humor as other people doesn't mean I'm close-minded. The fact remains though, that it's not practical. Saying that they're "experimenting" with music by sticking their foot in their bell is like saying someone is experimenting with pyrotechnics by compiling a bunch of chemicals and throwing them together, completely disregarding their chemical properties. Sure, it can get you the desired effect, fire and explosions, but it's not necessarily safe and it's not a good habit. Playing with your foot in your bell is bad posture and will not give you a very nice tone. Sure it's less drastic than dangerous chemicals, but that's the point of a comparison: to help you see something you can't see with the actual subject in question.
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:31 pm
i am a total tenor sax player. i have been playing for 5 years but i also play alto. i just like the sound of the tenor better, it is more majestic i find. out of all the interments i play saxophone is my fave.
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:36 pm
toco clarinet kazikago5123 toco clarinet kazikago5123 dang... my private instructor put his foot in his alto and tenor to play low a.... so yeah.... Saxophone is the guitar of jazz XD XD O.o actually...the guitar is the guitar of jazz. the saxophone is the saxophone. : no reason to compare it to something that has a completely different role. Dude, who usually gets the melody in jazz. (cough cough saxophone) and what stringed instrument is in the rhythm section? (cough cough guitar) and comparing the two guitar is the main instrument for rock, and saxophones are typically the main instrument for jazz. So when I said that the sax is the guitar of jazz, Its because its the main instrument of the jazz genre as guitar is to rock music. actually, trombone and trumpet get just as much melody as sax, if not more. guitar is still a rhythm instrument in pop music. singers are the main attraction of popular music. saxophones may get good melody lines but all interments work together to make the entire piece work together. U cant have a good song with out the rhythm ,melody and counter melody . I have heard some really good pieces that have trumpet as the melody interment or trombone in fact.
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:41 pm
littleangel105 saxophones may get good melody lines but all interments work together to make the entire piece work together. U cant have a good song with out the rhythm ,melody and counter melody . I have heard some really good pieces that have trumpet as the melody interment or trombone in fact. Redundant post is redundant. That is precisely what I said.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:32 pm
I've been playing Alto Sax for what's going to be about three of four years and I need help with my ambiture (idk if I spelled that right) but can anyone give me any tips??
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 7:17 pm
get a private teacher. no body can adequately explain through text how to correctly form the embouchure(that's how you spell it)
imagine making your mouth a rubber band around the mouthpiece. you should be putting equal pressure on every point of the mouthpiece. your mouth should look kind of like an "o"
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:01 pm
toco clarinet get a private teacher. no body can adequately explain through text how to correctly form the embouchure(that's how you spell it) imagine making your mouth a rubber band around the mouthpiece. you should be putting equal pressure on every point of the mouthpiece. your mouth should look kind of like an "o" Indeed. Private instructors help greatly. Since its usually one on one, they can give you more attention than if you were in a class. I would never have made all state without my instructor. biggrin As for embouchure, don't eat the mouth piece. ^_^ Don't chew your reeds, and DON"T FREAKING EAT while you play! lol, that drives me crazy and its pad for the instrument. Also, different reed types can help improve. If you find yourself chronically sharp or flat, you could be needing to get a new hardness of reed.
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:33 pm
Hanchine toco clarinet get a private teacher. no body can adequately explain through text how to correctly form the embouchure(that's how you spell it) imagine making your mouth a rubber band around the mouthpiece. you should be putting equal pressure on every point of the mouthpiece. your mouth should look kind of like an "o" Indeed. Private instructors help greatly. Since its usually one on one, they can give you more attention than if you were in a class. I would never have made all state without my instructor. biggrin As for embouchure, don't eat the mouth piece. ^_^ Don't chew your reeds, and DON"T FREAKING EAT while you play! lol, that drives me crazy and its pad for the instrument. Also, different reed types can help improve. If you find yourself chronically sharp or flat, you could be needing to get a new hardness of reed.
But mouthpieces are so delicious! Especially when they aren't cleaned... xd
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:30 am
Terra of the Lilies Hanchine toco clarinet get a private teacher. no body can adequately explain through text how to correctly form the embouchure(that's how you spell it) imagine making your mouth a rubber band around the mouthpiece. you should be putting equal pressure on every point of the mouthpiece. your mouth should look kind of like an "o" Indeed. Private instructors help greatly. Since its usually one on one, they can give you more attention than if you were in a class. I would never have made all state without my instructor. biggrin As for embouchure, don't eat the mouth piece. ^_^ Don't chew your reeds, and DON"T FREAKING EAT while you play! lol, that drives me crazy and its pad for the instrument. Also, different reed types can help improve. If you find yourself chronically sharp or flat, you could be needing to get a new hardness of reed.
But mouthpieces are so delicious! Especially when they aren't cleaned... xd
especially if you eat while you play smile they have all the residual food-stuff to enhance the flavor.
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:18 pm
toco clarinet Terra of the Lilies Hanchine toco clarinet get a private teacher. no body can adequately explain through text how to correctly form the embouchure(that's how you spell it) imagine making your mouth a rubber band around the mouthpiece. you should be putting equal pressure on every point of the mouthpiece. your mouth should look kind of like an "o" Indeed. Private instructors help greatly. Since its usually one on one, they can give you more attention than if you were in a class. I would never have made all state without my instructor. biggrin As for embouchure, don't eat the mouth piece. ^_^ Don't chew your reeds, and DON"T FREAKING EAT while you play! lol, that drives me crazy and its pad for the instrument. Also, different reed types can help improve. If you find yourself chronically sharp or flat, you could be needing to get a new hardness of reed.
But mouthpieces are so delicious! Especially when they aren't cleaned... xd
especially if you eat while you play smile they have all the residual food-stuff to enhance the flavor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Haha mine smelled like narsty Cheetos + Doritos, which is how the inside of my shoes smell like. rofl
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:35 pm
ravenkitty776 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Haha mine smelled like narsty Cheetos + Doritos, which is how the inside of my shoes smell like. rofl
...Do you eat out of your shoes? xd
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