Speaking As A Sax Player.... WOW! - Page 4

Praxeas · #31 02-28-2007, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Makes me want to go practice my soprano, my alto & my tenor.

Justin Hamby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RyChdda7m8

I always thought it was interesting that brass is divided into voice ranges....is there a baritone or a bass?

Kae · #32 02-28-2007, 01:17 AM

Actually a sax is a woodwind insturment. They make a baritone. Years ago some of those baritones where very big, larger than what is common today. They also make a keyless sax which is used for teaching.

Praxeas · #33 02-28-2007, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Kae

Actually a sax is a woodwind insturment. They make a baritone. Years ago some of those baritones where very big, larger than what is common today. They also make a keyless sax which is used for teaching.

why is a sax considered a woodwind instrument?

Kae · #34 02-28-2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Praxeas

why is a sax considered a woodwind instrument?

It has a reed.

Praxeas · #35 02-28-2007, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Kae

It has a reed.

that's it? Can't it be made of metal though? That's all that it takes to make something a woodwind instrument? lol stange

Kae · #36 02-28-2007, 02:07 AM

I'm not sure what you mean when you say can it be made out of metal. A sax is definately made out of metal. The reed is what makes a sax a woodwind, strange though it may be. I remember seeing pictures of very large saxophones and thought they were baritones. They are actually contrabass saxophones and can be 7 feet tall. Here is a link to see some pictures.

http://www.saxophone.org/buyersguide/contrabass.jpg

Digging4Truth · #37 02-28-2007, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Praxeas

I always thought it was interesting that brass is divided into voice ranges....is there a baritone or a bass?

I have played the Bari Sax as well (Baritone) but it was HUGE.

Actually... this may just be common knowledge to everyone but I found it rather interesting when I realized it a few years back.

If you play a song on the soprano sax and then pick up the alto sax and play the very same notes (leaving room for certain nuances due to the number of flats or sharps as compared to the soprano) then the notes you play wil be the alto singing part.

If you then play the same notes you played on the soprano on the tenor then you will be playing the tenor part... and so on.

Like I say... most of you may roll your eyes and say... "well DUH!!"

But I just never thought about it until I changed horns during a choir practice several years back.

Monkeyman · #38 02-28-2007, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Falla39

Speaking of a Sax player, you should have heard the Boston Brass play at

Denver Stanford, Jr's funeral last Saturday! It was the most unusual

funeral I have attended. Sis. Kathy Hernandez (Eli) played sax with the group

and then they highlighted her alone. Rev. Henry Wasserman, sax Bro. Sam

Kelly (Denver)trumbone, Denny Hahn, keyboard, I can't remember all the

players but it was very good!!! I am sure Bro. Stanford, Jr. would have loved

it!!

Blessings,

Falla39

Are you in the new england area?

Monkeyman · #39 02-28-2007, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Alright... we seem to be sax player rich around here. I have a problem. I have been playing the sax for 31 years now and I have never been pleased with my tone. I would like to get that warm tone that the pros can do.

Well... I decided not too long ago to go out and buy a professional quality sax.

I had my mouthpiece with me and I put my mouthpiece & reed on the new sax to try it out. It sounded just like mine. (of course mine at that time was a King Super 20 which is not a total junker either)

I then decided that I might need to start shopping for new mouthpieces. I know that the shape of the cavity in the mouthpiece is key in attaining various tonations.

So... do any of you have any suggestions as to what mouthpiece would be good for the warm smooth medlodic tone that I have searched for all this time? I still have the same beginners mouthpiece I have been using since 1979.

ask AFF member Petrol, he plays/records and he works for www.musicstop.com
He's also part of my band but lives 2 hours away so we don't get him around as much as we would like.

Digging4Truth · #40 02-28-2007, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Praxeas

that's it? Can't it be made of metal though? That's all that it takes to make something a woodwind instrument? lol stange

Reeds were all made of wood (well... cane actually) back then and it was a woodwind because you blew on a wood (cane) reed.

That makes oboes, clarinets, saxes etc woodwinds.

I only use plastic reeds though so I must play a plastic wind instrument.

I play Bari Synthetic Reeds on my alto & tenor & Fibracell on my soprano.

Fibracell looks like reed but it's not. It is also not a true plastic reed like the Bari. It is a composite reed.