I've been playing the sax for almost 10 years now and I'm very impressed by how good you sound after just one year. I've played everything from soprano to bari a good amount and i can tell you right now that tenor is BY FAR the hardest to develop good tone. On the tenor most people just simply sound terrible, for many months or even years, before they get a good sound on the instrument. You clearly put in a lot of work, keep it up .
I'm just thinking of getting started on Sax and came across your videos. Excellent progress by the way. I don't even have a sax yet, but I've been playing guitar for 40+ years (and limited piano), so I know what learning a musical instrument entails (plus I have relatively strong music theory). Is there advice you could give to get off to a good start / avoid some of the pitfalls?
Thanks. I started from the same situation as You. Basically its a lot of work. Biggest tips i could give You are. Dont go to fast to the higher register so you dont make some bad habits. A good teacher for a start would be nice. And prepare yourself for a lot of long tones / tone practice. On a Guitar and piano You don't need to worry about tuning, but on the sax practicing with a tuner is a must. I will make a video in the future about this, but only when I will feel competent enough.
Impressive stuff! This is the first video of yours that I have seen. It's an incredible retrospective on a year that you clearly spent a lot of time in a very effective way to learn the instrument like that. It strikes me that you must play another instrument at a high level already? Either way, what you have done is inspired!
Woooow cool) keep up the good work you went through the initial steps quite quickly, and I must say you have a great result don't stop exercising and it will be even better)
Just stumbled across your channel. amazing work for a year! pink panther was one of the first song i learned on sax, what a classic. If i could recommend anything from my 18 years of sax playing after I listened to you play that. 1. Embouchure. If you can play and record a side shot of yourself and youll see where your mouth is on the mouthpiece and how the sound can change. At points notes would come across sharp or slightly aggressive and that could be either being to high up on the mouth piece or your lowering your chin to far. Embouchure is really key further down the track with more advance techniques and will be painful if you don't have the strength for it. standing while playing can help you with this since the sax isn't resting on something and your able to get a natural shape if that makes sense. 2. tempo and rhythm. Listen to your solo and pay close attention to the drums, mainly the snare, you swing the notes with the beat but when you get back to the intro its on beat, not swung. you'll get that volume when slurring your notes come through cause i guess you're putting some soul into it. Great progress so far, will be keeping track of your videos. P.s. if you want to train your staccatos and slurs i recommend flight of the bumblebee at half tempo and work your way up until you can get it down pat. its a great challenge highly recommend.
Yeah. I'm kinda struggling on the higher notes, above second A. They are flat, not full bodied and aggressive. I can make every lower note sound nice but not the higher ones. Also its impossible for me to play concert G2 on the mouthpiece alone. Do You have any tips on that?
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I love seeing how much you've progressed, you've gotten so much better and your tone is to strive for
Thank You so much!
I've been playing the sax for almost 10 years now and I'm very impressed by how good you sound after just one year. I've played everything from soprano to bari a good amount and i can tell you right now that tenor is BY FAR the hardest to develop good tone. On the tenor most people just simply sound terrible, for many months or even years, before they get a good sound on the instrument. You clearly put in a lot of work, keep it up .
Thank you so much! Yes, getting a nice sound is very hard, im fighting with it every day.
The work you’ve put in shows man, keep up the work king
Excelente. Meus parabéns. Bom trabalho
thank you!
Great content i really love the Way a saxophone sounds
Thank You!
Love to see someone else using Reaper, such a great DAW!
Yes it is!
I'm just thinking of getting started on Sax and came across your videos. Excellent progress by the way. I don't even have a sax yet, but I've been playing guitar for 40+ years (and limited piano), so I know what learning a musical instrument entails (plus I have relatively strong music theory). Is there advice you could give to get off to a good start / avoid some of the pitfalls?
Thanks. I started from the same situation as You. Basically its a lot of work. Biggest tips i could give You are. Dont go to fast to the higher register so you dont make some bad habits.
A good teacher for a start would be nice.
And prepare yourself for a lot of long tones / tone practice.
On a Guitar and piano You don't need to worry about tuning, but on the sax practicing with a tuner is a must.
I will make a video in the future about this, but only when I will feel competent enough.
So smooth. Good job!
Thank You!
Amazing man! I'm learning as well and I'm working on to play as good as you do!🎉
Thank You. Keep practicing! :)
Impressive stuff! This is the first video of yours that I have seen. It's an incredible retrospective on a year that you clearly spent a lot of time in a very effective way to learn the instrument like that. It strikes me that you must play another instrument at a high level already? Either way, what you have done is inspired!
Thank you. I play the guitar also. But sax is my first wind instrument. Yes I try to practice as much as I can and stay motivated.
Woooow cool)
keep up the good work
you went through the initial steps quite quickly, and I must say you have a great result
don't stop exercising and it will be even better)
Thanks! Im trying to every day.
You use reaper? Thats great
Reaper is the best!
man I have been slacking
You need to practice!
Just stumbled across your channel. amazing work for a year! pink panther was one of the first song i learned on sax, what a classic.
If i could recommend anything from my 18 years of sax playing after I listened to you play that. 1. Embouchure. If you can play and record a side shot of yourself and youll see where your mouth is on the mouthpiece and how the sound can change. At points notes would come across sharp or slightly aggressive and that could be either being to high up on the mouth piece or your lowering your chin to far. Embouchure is really key further down the track with more advance techniques and will be painful if you don't have the strength for it. standing while playing can help you with this since the sax isn't resting on something and your able to get a natural shape if that makes sense. 2. tempo and rhythm. Listen to your solo and pay close attention to the drums, mainly the snare, you swing the notes with the beat but when you get back to the intro its on beat, not swung. you'll get that volume when slurring your notes come through cause i guess you're putting some soul into it.
Great progress so far, will be keeping track of your videos.
P.s. if you want to train your staccatos and slurs i recommend flight of the bumblebee at half tempo and work your way up until you can get it down pat. its a great challenge highly recommend.
Yeah. I'm kinda struggling on the higher notes, above second A. They are flat, not full bodied and aggressive. I can make every lower note sound nice but not the higher ones. Also its impossible for me to play concert G2 on the mouthpiece alone.
Do You have any tips on that?