Jeff

Hi Guys

Here’s a version for Alto sax.

You say for Alto

Hi James, I had a look at the focusrite solo option, but my USB Mic will work fine until when I get to record again. I’ve transposed a number of Largos and Larghettos from my Baroque CD’s I have acquired. Corelli, Tellerman, Bach and various other composers. As usual I just called them Largo and forgot to place the composers name on the sheet, so…[Read more]

Hi James

It’s good to hear of someone enjoying South Africa.

I have a tech question for you. How would you set up a microphone if there is a distance of 12m between a microphone and the sound system?
What would you buy? USB can only cover 5m, so I guess it would have to be a XLR setup?

Cheers
Jeff (working on Largo etudes)

I spoilt myself and bought a YAS62. It it 200g heavier than my YAS26 and has a more mellow sound.
I played my YAS26 with a 1,9mm MP but discovered that the YAS62 is more free blowing and I didn’t have enough wind power to spare.
I had to go back to a narrow gap MP and I’ve only just moved back to a Selmer C**.
Isn’t it strange how another Yamaha…[Read more]

Hi James

Good to see you are still playing.

You could do what I do and place all the recording equipment in a suitcase.
It could even be wired up so you just open it up and plug in the mains and you’re ready to GOGO.

Cheers
Jeff

Hi Mark, thanks for the info. I had found the BetterSax chart, but the video is also really helpful.
I was hoping for a person with the same YAS-62 sax I have, to tell me his/her fingering for G#/Ab.
I have tried Jonas’ Alto fingering but some of these just don’t work on my sax (my lack of skill?)

The Theo Wanne Water MP has made it much easier…[Read more]

Hi Mark, the Spooky track is Johnny’s latest version in his music catalog.
Shapiro & Middlebrooks.
Excellent value for money, clear sheet music and quality backtracks.
Cheers Jeff

Hi Mark
I’ve been using the Vandoren Java Green and the Vandoren Blue Reeds. Numbers 2, 2½ and now 1 on the H2O MP.
I rinse my reeds after playing and store them in a plastic tube with a sponge soaked in Listerine,
so they last me many months.

Funny story, our local shop had a special on the Theo Wanne Fire MP and as it was marked down I bought…[Read more]

Clearly a song written about Tax Returns should be written in Ab minor 😉

Hi Sx poet

All that money for a spinning wheel! Looks very technical – lol

It’s very simple to use, take the Eb disk for example. We move by three notes. There are three groups of four notes which we move around. The same colour block indicates the transposed note. If you are are transposing from piano (concert) to Eb sax you move in an anti-clockwise direction. If you are are transposing from Eb sax to piano you move in…[Read more]

Blue Lagoon recorded on my new YAS-62 saxophone

Hi Johnny, thanks you for the feedback, it is most appreciated. You are correct as I have been forgetting the basics for a while and only been focussing on the tunes. I’d even caught myself not breathing from the diaphragm! I will certainly add some practice time on the long tones. One issue I have whilst recording is nervousness. It becomes a…[Read more]