As a beginner only 3 days into playing sax this has been one of the best n most informative vids ive watched! Trying to build up my basics with solid info so i dont devolop bad habits making it harder. This helps, cheers to u^
Hi Chez, love your vids. great tips, funny and just a pleasure to listen to. I so agree with what you said about covering your bottom teeth with your bottom lip. My Sax teacher used to get so angry with me when I didn't do this (and rightly so) :-)
Hi Chez, I have been looking for Alto sheet music to play to funky house or upbeat music but I'm not finding anything, do you know of any website or anywhere I can get these? Loving your video's 😘
Simon Proudler hmm...you can get some cool transcriptions of the brecker brothers online or in a book which will come with cd. You a fan of the tune - some skunk funk? So bloomin cool that one! Or for some cute funky jazz numbers, the Gordon Goodwin jazz duets are actually pretty awesome. Also comes with cd. Cxx
he chez have you any quick tips on hitting the sharps every time getting held up on the D and im just learning 'when the saints go' and its just not right without hitting that D nice and sweet thanks
Hi Chez: What is your opinion on the use of Fibracell reeds for both tenor and alto sax? Have you ever tried using them? Thanks for your reply! Regards, Steve
Steven Yee heya Hun. Thanks for getting in touch. I do quite like the plastic reeds for alto although I've not really taken to them on tenor. Here's a link to a review I did which you may find interesting; th-cam.com/video/PIBJNyYzaBo/w-d-xo.html
Hi Steven, we use Legere reeds on our tenor and Baritone sax, find them consistent in tone, useful for beginners who need to concentrate on other things other than the reed, we also tried Fibrecell but the Legere were better, more robust.
metamurph well in theory they are the same width, just tenor reeds are longer. So technically would work but not advisable. They're not made to switch between. Good observation though Hun. Cx
Depends on the size of your mouthpiece and the particular type of sound you wish to produce. For example, if you play a tip size 10 mouthpiece, you may use 1.5 reed throughout your life, because any harder reed makes such a mouthpiece difficult or impossible to play. But that mouthpiece may be excellent to produce a variety of tonal colours that a smaller tip mouthpiece can't.
Thanks for these great tips on breathing, it is always good to remember and improve. You should do a video also on warming up notes ! By the way, your French is great,, waiting for a video in french too ! :-)
Mex Sax ha ha! Are you French? How do you find the videos? Can you follow? I have considered subtitles. Do you think this would be useful for you? Thanks for getting in touch. Cx
Chez Taylor. Sax Yes I am French, living in Mexico. I can follow quite easily although it is true you speak sometimes quickly. Either you try to slow down your pace, otherwise I would recommend you add bullet points to your videos (in this video, the 10 bullet points on breathing). But I don't think subtitles would be necessary. Cheers
Seems as if me all time favorite female Saxophone player Candy Dulfer got a serious competitor now methinx ;) . .Look- and playwise :D .. Grand stuff on your channel dear, looking forward fer more .. Cheers and happy holidays .. Derek
As a beginner only 3 days into playing sax this has been one of the best n most informative vids ive watched! Trying to build up my basics with solid info so i dont devolop bad habits making it harder. This helps, cheers to u^
What a great personality that Chez has, and her energetic passion for the criteria grabs attention and engages the learning process.
Excellent tips, thank you.
Thanks honey! Cx
Hi Chez, love your vids. great tips, funny and just a pleasure to listen to. I so agree with what you said about covering your bottom teeth with your bottom lip. My Sax teacher used to get so angry with me when I didn't do this (and rightly so) :-)
Felix Reali glad you agree. It's a bit of a mute point in the sax world I think... 🤔
Great as usual.
Hi Chez, I have been looking for Alto sheet music to play to funky house or upbeat music but I'm not finding anything, do you know of any website or anywhere I can get these?
Loving your video's 😘
Simon Proudler hmm...you can get some cool transcriptions of the brecker brothers online or in a book which will come with cd. You a fan of the tune - some skunk funk? So bloomin cool that one! Or for some cute funky jazz numbers, the Gordon Goodwin jazz duets are actually pretty awesome. Also comes with cd. Cxx
he chez have you any quick tips on hitting the sharps every time getting held up on the D and im just learning 'when the saints go' and its just not right without hitting that D nice and sweet thanks
parko are you struggling with D across the break? Have you watched my video on split notes?
parko th-cam.com/video/qPKDRee2Ne4/w-d-xo.html
Chez Taylor. Sax yeah i can play F and E fine it's just always the D that catches me out
parko it's a tricky note to tame! Hope that video with tips is useful honey. Cx
Chez Taylor. Sax yeah so do I lol I'm hitting it more times than not but just when I think I've got my tune nailed down that's when it strikes lol x
Hi Chez:
What is your opinion on the use of Fibracell reeds for both tenor and alto sax?
Have you ever tried using them?
Thanks for your reply!
Regards,
Steve
Steven Yee heya Hun. Thanks for getting in touch. I do quite like the plastic reeds for alto although I've not really taken to them on tenor. Here's a link to a review I did which you may find interesting; th-cam.com/video/PIBJNyYzaBo/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much for your reply! Love your tone and as they say "your saxiness"
Try Forestone Black Bamboo reeds!! I just bought one of those as well as a fibracell reed for Alto. The Forestone is WAYYY better.
Hi Steven, we use Legere reeds on our tenor and Baritone sax, find them consistent in tone, useful for beginners who need to concentrate on other things other than the reed, we also tried Fibrecell but the Legere were better, more robust.
Tenor reed on a Alto? I have seen this in places, thoughts?
metamurph well in theory they are the same width, just tenor reeds are longer. So technically would work but not advisable. They're not made to switch between. Good observation though Hun. Cx
how long should you use a reed for before changing to a new one i am a new player on 1.5 reed
Depends on the size of your mouthpiece and the particular type of sound you wish to produce. For example, if you play a tip size 10 mouthpiece, you may use 1.5 reed throughout your life, because any harder reed makes such a mouthpiece difficult or impossible to play. But that mouthpiece may be excellent to produce a variety of tonal colours that a smaller tip mouthpiece can't.
Thanks for these great tips on breathing, it is always good to remember and improve. You should do a video also on warming up notes ! By the way, your French is great,, waiting for a video in french too ! :-)
Mex Sax ha ha! Are you French? How do you find the videos? Can you follow? I have considered subtitles. Do you think this would be useful for you? Thanks for getting in touch. Cx
Chez Taylor. Sax Yes I am French, living in Mexico. I can follow quite easily although it is true you speak sometimes quickly. Either you try to slow down your pace, otherwise I would recommend you add bullet points to your videos (in this video, the 10 bullet points on breathing). But I don't think subtitles would be necessary. Cheers
Seems as if me all time favorite female Saxophone player Candy Dulfer got a serious competitor now methinx ;) . .Look- and playwise :D .. Grand stuff on your channel dear, looking forward fer more .. Cheers and happy holidays .. Derek
Deerstet Music Productions awesome sauce! So glad to receive this Derek. Thanks so much for getting in touch & for supporting my channel. Xxx
Chez Taylor. Sax , my absolute pleasure Chez, its a huge joy and pleasure to watch your videos .. Keep it up lady :)) xx