Archive for category Saxophone
Choosing a Mouthpiece, Reed & Ligature setup
In the musical life of every saxophonist comes a time when a few very important decisions have to be made. Decisions that cannot be put off, nor should if be ignored. These decisions are: “Which mouthpiece should I use?”,” What reed should I play on?” And although it is often ignored but just as important, “What ligature should I use?”
SaxTips Podcast #22 – Your Mouthpiece, Ligature and Reed Setup, 5 Tips to Improve your technique. Listener email.
1. Your Mouthpiece, Ligature and Reed Setup, 2. 5 Tips to Improve your technique. 3. Listener email. Music by the Munich Saxophone Family and Spherical. Call in your comments or questions: +1-302-476-2517 SaxTips Podcast #22
Alternate Fingering: High Notes
This week, we’ll shortly explore alternate fingering for notes in the higher range. Alternate fingerings have the purpose of making things easier for us to perform and extending our technical ability. Some alternate fingerings serve the purpose of changing the timber of a certain note. The easiest way to demonstrate this is to play your [...]
How to Quit Playing Sax
Before you get the wrong idea, I’m not trying to get any of you to give up playing the sax. During the careers of nearly every musician, (and many of them quite famous) there comes a time when one has doubts whether all that they are doing, playing, etc will ever amount to a successful [...]
Calisthenics for the Saxophonists
As we all know, playing the saxophone (or any other instrument for that matter) is not a natural activity for the human being. Therefore, it can be at times physically challenging playing an instrument for long periods of time. Although we have purchased our instruments (therefore, it must do what WE say) and not the [...]
