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interesting quote

I use differing techniques to adjust intonation in the two styles. I tend to tune a bit higher when playing jazz because, as I said earlier, jazz musicians tend to hear the pitch higher than classical musicians. Also, jazz saxophonists are among the softest instruments in many jazz groups, competing with brass, drums and…[Read more]

Jeff i finally got my sax repaired last summer, i was lucky that i bought a midi sax to carry on practicing with (EMEO midi sax identical to a sax body) , which i still use if i don’t want to disturb anyone.

You’ll have to upload some C major scale recordings between the different mouthpieces on the 62 sax. I wouldn’t bother with the student sax,…[Read more]

Hi Jeff,
The main thing to remember is everyone on this website that i have come across are decent folks.

My playing hasn’t changed much since recording 10 years ago, the only difference is i’ve got better recording microphones and software that can tinker with the final sound.

The thing i found with playing guitar chords, is i could sit in the…[Read more]

don’t you just love comedy?

life’s too short…

appears to have a bug in the display system, when you append an old forum post?
Seems to overlap onto later postings, and make them unreadable.

i guess if people were honest, they would say i sound like a herd of elephants sitting on an ants nest juggling dustbins with their trunks.
i’m scared of uploading now.

i guess if people were honest, they would say i sound like a herd of elephants sitting on an ants nest juggling dustbins with their trunks.

i’m scared of uploading now.

i guess if people were honest, they would say i sound like a herd of elephants sitting on an ants nest juggling dustbins with their trunks.

i’m scared of uploading now.

Three transposed tunes

Hi Jeff,
i only have one mouthpiece guardala king, other than the yamaha mouthpiece covered in mould that is still festering in the yamaha sax case. lol

Hi Jeff,
i haven’t ordered the mouthpiece as they are out of stock. Gives me time to change my mind.

definitely, his backing tracks sound like the real thing.

Excellent idea Leo, the school my youngest daughter went to, donated her an electric guitar when she was playing clarinet in the school band. She had two school band trips abroad, in Belgium and Italy and fully enjoyed playing.

Then i bought her clarinet off her, just in case she wants to pick it up again later on in life, so i’m now practicing…[Read more]

think of all those poor upcoming young sax players looking for a good sax to buy.

i’ve seen quite a few used Selmar’s come up for sale over the years, and i refuse to buy them, otherwise i could be depriving an upcoming player of getting their hands on a great sax.

i can understand you not parting with them. Have you got names for each one, like…[Read more]

I’ve kept my list in a ‘checklist’ spreadsheet, where i have tick boxes in the left hand side rows, to keep track of songs i bought over the years.
Then i just copy and past the list of songs to this forum.

the advantage of using a spreadsheet, is you can add new songs to the bottom, and just resort the list.

you don’y know me – should be you…[Read more]

apologies for any miss-spellings

if you have good hearing, then you should listen to the same note played on a dark mouthpiece and then played on a bright mouthpiece. On a dark mouthpiece you wont hear as many harmonics in the pitch as you will hear on a bright mouthpiece, as other pitches try to compete with the main pitch.

In fact when a Pro Sax player changes to a different…[Read more]