Mouth on the Mouthpiece

[RockinRobin]

How far up the mouthpiece should I put my teeth and lip etc. This was my test today. I put my teeth on my mouthpiece and kept scooting on up until I could blow the Fork F and the low C, low B, and low Bb. Blowing “Last Date” in G major calls for a low C, one that buzzes, and switching to F major calls for a low Bb. So when I do all that my mouth is correctly on the mouthpiece.

[Anonymous]

For the stuff i do, depending on what style i’m playing, i play in lots of
various mouth piece positions from the tip to the other end, even with
top teeth off the mouthpiece to change the tone in some cases.

but i wont do a kenny g and play it like i’m smoking a pipe.

[RockinRobin]

SX Poet, Sometimes I do a Kenny G smoking a pipe. I noticed that the late Homer “Boots” Randolph holds his mouthpiece a little off to the side, right of center

[saxomonica]

Yes i seen that @William. Some other fellas heaps too.
I’ll be more mindful and make some notes who. @sxpoet, who could it be now ????

Coleman Hawkins sticks it in big time.
Me i’m trying to swallow more MP as well, that is to get a better sound.
It helps coz i ceertainly hammer my tounge rolling of late, and find the tip getz (sic) away from me.
So it strangles the tone. When it gets away. The tip. Balance, Balance. Man, how much is enuff …
ruff ‘eh

Hey – Coleman Hawkins classic is, “Body and Soul”. Recorded October 11, 1939. Youse guys know it??
Check it out!!

Agh me hearties !!
Good link be here ……………
Pirates and Mermaids mayhaps:

https://guff.com/the-best-sax-solos-in-pop-history-when-sax-solos-mattered

[Anonymous]

i never knew the significance behind waltzing matilda,
until i read this article (pardon my ignorance), even the
film cricodile dundee confused about what a dong was.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6664151/The-love-triangle-suspected-suicide-conspiracy-Waltzing-Matilda.html

more respect to waltzing…

[Anonymous]

whoops it was a donk (accent is so confious)

[saxomonica]

hey @sxpoet
thanking you very kindly for the link
interestin’
i learnt to play Waltzing Matilda second song on the button accordion (melodeon / squeezebox)
my first song, the drover’s dream. wild australiana tune, many animals of our locale therein
anyways

i dunno wot a dong is either
maybe ding dong the mouse run up the clock??
(being to rock i guess)
horus fugit / time flies

so
down at sailing club a guy has a Tornado 20′ racing cat (designed by an Englishman, Reg White)
once an Olympic class boat to recently
this particular boat, itz called, “Massive Dong”
true blue

(# for sale on Gumtree in Perth if you’d like to peruse photo captures
came from Europe, some company called Dong somethink, sponsors
guys got pissed and changed the name overnight on him & he liked it so stays
crack up hey!!)

dong is bloke’s 3rd leg
maybe?
hmm

also colloquial
for the sake of example, say –
hey man, i’ll dong ya on the head! get with the program!!

{like hey man if you don’t stay on topic in the Forum here i will hit you over the head.
With a saxophone. Like.
DONG!!}

[saxomonica]

crikey moses who would thunk
@sxpoet donked if me knows cobber
could be a referral to blues song where train left the station and the guy’s donkey up and died
you know the air??

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/donk

[Anonymous]

in the crocidile dundee film, to me donk sounds like dong,
a bit like the english version “fork handles”
instead of “four candles?”

way off top full appogolies

[Anonymous]

in terms of music, i meant comedy i found this sketch

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