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August 2, 2016 at 4:09 pm #39347
I resumed my lessons yesterday with my Instructor, first one since late March with the whole tongue-tie/oral cavity problem showed itself–went great. This was also the first time he got to hear me with my Winslow ligatures that I bought back in the Spring and said he noticed a big difference in the way of a bigger, cleaner tone v.s. the Francois Louis ligature I was using before, so that’s an encouragement. We worked on reviewing things we had been doing and advised me, for the time being, not to play past high F# for at least another month, don’t need a relapse. The plan is for this whole month we’ll be just rebooting the embouchure/air support, tuning, basic exercises for scales, etc.. just to get the full range of motion going. In a couple months time we’ll pick back up on the Improvising sessions that I was doing before all of this started….I can’t even begin to describe, from a mental/emotional viewpoint, how good it feels to be playing the Saxophone…it’s really hard to describe. In the time that I couldn’t play, it felt like something was ‘missing’. It’s pretty amazing to see how good playing music can make you feel.
JOHNNY–Have you had he chance to compare the Winslow ligature v.s. the ligature the Guardalas some with? The ligatures that come with the Guardala looked pretty good.August 3, 2016 at 7:34 am #39350just getting back into it and have several mp’s and ligs to go through.
so over the next few days or week I will be doing that as I get back to recording again.August 3, 2016 at 10:39 am #39359Michael-
Glad you are blowing again! I am new at it and would miss it.
Mel
August 3, 2016 at 12:51 pm #39363@ Johnny–cool, hope you enjoyed your vacation…I’m very jealous too. Reading how you mentioned you’re just getting back into it makes me think of my own situation of just getting back into it, funny timing of things 🙂
@ Mel-have fun with it and enjoy it all, that’s what it’s all about. When something happens to you like it happened to me, it makes you realize just how much fun you have playing Saxophone 🙂August 3, 2016 at 2:59 pm #39364I did a gig last Sunday so that was the first time I played my sax in almost 2 months.
the only complaint i had was my inside bottom lip got a little sore the next day… and that was most likely from
the altissimo screaming. other than that I felt great. after playing for over 30 years has it’s rewards I guess!August 3, 2016 at 4:04 pm #39365yes it does have its rewards, being able to pick up your Sax and play a gig without having played for 2 months, that’s crazy. For someone like me, let 2 months go by without playing like what has happened recently and it’s like I got a little work to do LOL The good news is that, even after the last few months of not being able to play and just now recuperating, on my first practice I was still able to hit Altissimo notes at will and with full control, awesome sign to say the least….that was until my Instructor stepped in and said to lay off of those notes for at least another month LOL My excuse is that I couldn’t help myself, what can I say? (LOL) I only did it the one time and it was enough for me to see that I’m on my way back to playing 🙂 I’m thinking when my Oral Cavity says I’m ready, my first upload will be your song of “Harlem Nocturne”..it’s really great for rebooting the embouchure, air support, tuning, articulation, etc.. I haven’t forgotten any of the notes to your songs, it’s just the other stuff that is lacking a little due to not playing….only wish I could pick up the Sax and play a gig after 2 months of not playing like you can…I’m very jealous to say the least LOL
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