One of a family of single-reed woodwind instruments with a brass body
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Where can I get started with my improvisation?
I have been playing the alto saxophone for a while now. I have also improvised from time to time and have some theoretical and practical background on the instrument, harmony, scales, etc.
I have ...
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What are the best techniques to play overtones in the saxophone?
I play Alto Saxophone, and I've been wondering this for quite a while now.
I've not played one single overtone yet, so what are your suggestions?
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Learning flute as a saxophone player
I've played sax for around 20 years. I recently picked up a cheap student flute from a pawn shop. Can anyone provide tips on proper embouchure? Any other tips on getting a decent sound would be ...
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Warnings/Comments/Suggestions for low brass player learning tenor sax?
Let me start by saying that trombone is my main instrument next to piano and I've been playing it for several years.
I had a fleeting thought about attempting to learn tenor sax. I'm already ...
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Saxophone sometimes out of tune by nearly a fourth
Our band's saxophonist has a bizzare intermittent fault with his soprano sax (so normally uses his tenor or alto sax).
Sometimes it's fine and sings beautifully, but other times it'll be out of tune ...
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On a saxophone, what is the difference between an overtone and an altissimo ?
I know about true or false harmonics tones on various instruments but I do not understand what an altissimo is. Just very high notes? Can you produce them on every kind of saxophone? Can you play a ...
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Adjusting clarinet or saxophone reeds
How do various techniques and equipments for adjusting reeds compare? e.g.
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Music sheet notation explanation (Alto sax)
I just got some new sheet-music for alto sax and wonder how to play this notation:
For example in these contexts:
Thanks for every helpful answer!
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How can I improve my fingering on the saxophone in the high notes and overtones?
I have a couple of months working on my improvisation and I'm having some issues with fast passages on the saxophone's higher notes and overtones (starting from D with the left hand palm).
I'm ...
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Karaoke Software for practicing sax
In my sax classes, my teacher accompanies me with his piano. He corrects my timing mistakes. Also, it sounds better than playing alone.
I just came up with a software which can help me to do it at ...
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How to make Electric guitar sound like a saxophone
I'm not talking about midi or synthesizers. I have a Digitech Rp 500 processor. I want to know what settings I must do to make my guitar sound (atleast in a rough way) like a sax.
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What is the best position for a Sax reed?
What is the best position for a Sax reed? Is it to be level with the front edge of the mouthpiece or slightly ahead or behind the front edge? By how much. Is this the same for Clarinet too?
I have ...
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How to achieve this sax tone?
I was listening to Balek by Marc Moulin, and really liked the bright tone of the soprano (or maybe alto?) sax that was soloing: 20 second solo excerpt
Would any StackExchangians know a good ...
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Guidance in buying a tenor saxophone
I want to buy a tenor saxophone.
The thing is that I used to play a bit on a very old (& nasty) one and now I want to make an upgrade.
I was thinking of buying it from the thoman superstore ...
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How to change the timbre of a sound incoming from a microphone (example, from panflute to sax)? [closed]
first of all sorry for my ignorance but for what concerns music I only know the analogic world.
I saw a video of a guy that played an electro panflute, the panflute was connected to a little box, the ...
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How do I continue improving my saxophone technique?
I've started learning saxophone three weeks ago. I'm having really good fun with it and I play it whenever I can.
I already play drums, bass guitar, and trombone so I know a bit about music, but not ...
