Re: Soprano Saxophone



>On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 23:01:18 +0100, the Leones wrote:
>
>> Does anyone on the list play the soprano saxophone?
>
>Yes.
>
>>  Don't know about Alto Sax, I played Tenor(Eb) same time as clarinet.
>
>I suspect that you either played the Eb Alto or the Bb Tenor.
>
  CAPITAL LETTERS USED FOR CLARITY. Yes Barry, I MEANT Bb (because I used
same music as for clarinet)

>> embroshure,
>
>>  Embochure same as clarinet. Mouthpiece virtually identical EXCEPT because
>>of "barrel" size of "riser", they are NOT interchangeable.
>
>I'm getting an idea why you didn't much care for your tone on sax! The sax
>uses a much looser embouchure, different angle into the mouth, and the
>mouthpiece varies substantially from the clarinet.

  CAPITAL LETTERS (@ Clarity). Yes, correct again. I couldn't seem to get
used to the change. Some people have no problem, but I had trouble. When I
was mentioning embochure, I was  speaking from the angle that for a person
who has played clarinet, SopSax is "practically" the same (as opposed to
say, trumpet or flute.)


 If you tried to play the sax like a big metal clarinet, you really weren't
getting everything out of it that you
>should have.

  CAPITAL LETTERS (@) Correct again. While I DID try to play it as a sax
and not as a clarinet, I had gotten a little too far with clarinet and had
a hard time adjusting. I would recommend to ANYONE that IF playing these
things, try to do some of EACH and not get too "Ingrained" in one or the
other.

  BIG BIG problem (for ME) was that I was way too deep into "Dixieland" and
when I tried the sax, I had a tendency to run all over the place and that
is NOT the way to play one. I didn't know a REAL sax teacher at the time
and was "winging" it.
>
>>The VAST
>>assortment of mouthpieces these days makes it almost impossible to not find
>>one just right for YOU.
>
>True enough, but you really need to play for a while to be able to find
>the right one. A good teacher can recommend a good starter (I always start
>my
>students on Meyer rubber pieces on alto or rubber Links on Tenor).

  CAPITAL LETTERS: Correct again King Friday. The mouthpieces can REALLY
make a difference. I feel even the ligatures can matter and of course the
reeds are PARAMOUNT. I prefer a 2 "Fibrecell" synthetic. Had I had a good
sax man to show me the "right stuff", I'm sure things would have been
different.

>
>> Get a teeth guard
>>till inside of lower lip gets used to the pressure.
>
>Oy vey! If you're playing blues, jazz, or rock your lower lip should be
>turned out, and even for legit playing, there should be very little
>pressure. Reed control
>should come from your lips, not your jaw!
>
  CAPITAL LETTERS: Yes, correct again, but you are WAY FAR ahead of me. My
assumption was that in the beginning, while the "newbie" is feeling their
way around and just learning the key/note positions, they will make
occasional mistakes with the way they hold their mouthpiece. Even a
short/slight amount of this will wound a player (with teeth).

  My post was coming from a strictly BEGINNER viewpoint. Obviously, someone
with as much experience as you (on SopSax) will be more advanced and tend
to reach ahead of MY explaination, because your mind set is "already"
advanced.
  (I) would explain things the same as you IF I were talking clarinet (with
which I am MUCH more familiar).


>> etc. Are there similarities to the clarinet?
>
>>  Practically same (except one is metallic sound & one is dull sound)
>
>Gevalt!
>

  CAPITAL letters: Unfamiliar with word Gevalt. I didn't want to use words
like Dark, Rich, Bright, Sharp, Mellow to explain the differences because
even though they are commonly used in catalogues, they always bring more
querries (I.E. Heat)       Your fan (OR A.C.), smokey-joe


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