@CourtneyDanielle94 check ur saxophone get it serviced there could be a leak just like what happened to mine, also check ur mouth peice if its positioned properly
@CourtneyDanielle94 Depends on the horn you have. Student horns will usually have cruddy sound in the higher register because the palm keys are sort of half-assed. They aren't made to a specific measurement for great intonation like professional horns.
@evergreach2346 I have to disagree. My Yamaha 23 never had a cruddy sound in the high register, it was always in well in tune. In fact, when I got the unlaq custom Z, I had more problems with my upper register going sharp. I had to do a lot of adjustment to my embouchure. Perhaps, it's his embouchure that is the problem.
Reasons the Saxophone is an easy instrument to play:
-easy fingering as compared to a bassoon or a clarinet. (anyone that can sightread music and have 10 minutes with fingering chart can play almost instantaneously.
- range of pitch (no explanation needed)
- embouchure (also anyone who plays will agree that the embouchure needed to play a tenor sax is much easier to develop as compared to an oboe, bassoon, are clarinet.
I am not saying it is a bad instrument. Learn to read folks.
dude, clarinet fingerings and sax fingerings are REALLY close together.....and instrument difficulty ranges from person to person.... to me,clarinet is easy once you get the embouchure down, i played clarinet before and bassoon to ME is easy once you get the fingerings down.....
I actually find embouchure easier on clarinet. I don't have much experience with it other than messin around with my friend's clarinet once and my sound was easily better than his and most of the clarinet players' so I don't think saxophone is easiest to play by any means. I think dynamics are easier on saxophone thought. I wouldn't know about other instruments though. I hear that double reeds are the hardest to learn.
Given your experience, its puzzling to me that you note range of pitch as an 'easy' aspect of the horn. I assume you mean just the natural range, and you're not really referring to altissimo? You are right though, the sax is easy to pick up on a basic level compared to other winds, but it will take a lifetime to master, especially if you are concerned about tone production and good technique.
You're talking about instruments like they are cars or some sort of property.
And yes, any idiot could pick up an instrument and start playing the notes in front of them. But what almost nobody can do nowadays is actually put the spiritual component in playing the music.
Just because you've spent your whole life reading from a sheet of paper and doing what you're told doesn't mean you are a musician. Playing an instrument means that you have to use it's sound to create some sort of emotion.
Yeah, but somewhere along the ways, classical musicians got this nonsense in their heads that you should ONLY play what's written and only in the exact what that the original performer/writer would have wanted it done.
Music is a thought, mothing more, nothing less. It's conveyed in a language in such a form that others can understand. Sheet music is a means of merely recording what you "said". Improvisation and reading from sheet is like the difference of public speaking with and without a script. I hope that no one was saying that I'm not a musician. In an orchestra setting you will mostly be reading whereas at my old schools jazz band, I was mostly improvising.
I don't want to argue about what makes someone a musician because honestly, any thing that can clap is a musician. the way I see it, with music being but a thought, is that a musician needs not to even play an instrument. (Instrumentalists do however).. Everyone is a musician just not everyone can contribute to the musical world because they haven't taken the time to study their language.
@BananaPriest Me? Surely you are mistaken, while on the subject, I am going to take a leap and say that YOU probably don't automatic acceptance to Berklee? Just saying.:)
@relyt799 hmmm I think you're half right. Music is a universal language that, yes anyone can understand. However, with improvisation you can have the music in front of your, and be improvising making variations off the melody that you're reading. Esp. with a tune that has a strong melody, such as "Autumn Leaves". Or you can have a Modal piece like "So What" have to come up with your own melody. I really don't believe it matters if you have the music in front of you or not. tho, i get the jest.
I am a professional who lives in NYC. He is pretty good. Maybe not the best. BUUUUUUTTTT........ He knows his stuff. Probs not the best teacher. Having said that it is mad that people try to learn the sax over u tube.. people who do will never be good. You need to have a proper teacher in my opinion.
@vandoren59 yeahh... i taught myself using a finger chart.. im 1st chair out of five. and ive been playing for 2 1/2 - 3months. seriosuly better off with just a finger chart rather than all this expert village crap. half the people dont even know their stuff... this guy is okay and has pretty good tone for such a crappy mic though
I absolutely love the tone you emit. I play on a S80 Selmer mouthpiece, however the horn I have is less than a beginner (Kolhler). Keep the posts coming. . .do you have any scale exercises to help me flow when improvising?
all the comments I read on the 1st page have nuthing to do with Jazz whats up wit dat. maybe we should talk about rap and moon walking. Jazz people gotta feel it learn it be it all it takes is 1000s of hrs and then you might get a gig
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yea ppl bitch too much bout the stupidest shit, who cares bout the strap n wat they think of it, ill hook a sax to some damn overalls n see wat tehy think
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For the love of god kids, LEARN HOW TO SPELL! Also, marching band is only for losers and old people....and jazz musicians who need an extra 50 bucks so they can buy alchohol for the week...or food.
You guys have no idea what you're talking about, when you get to a certain level and practice as much as he probably does your neck will start aching bad! Oh and by the way Barri is a bad ass man's instrument! Now go and practice kiddies
I agree. Those last comments about the harness just show how stupid kids are nowadays. I'd like to see them practice 8 hours a day everyday with a regular strap - especially if they are as skinny as this guy is. But why would they practice so much anyway in their world of instant gratification? We should hang them by their strap.
haha that strap....haaa...tenors dont even weigh that much...i marched a whole show without using my neck strap....now i can see using it on a barry....nice vid though i have learned something new
What tenor sax you got? I use a Selmer 54 Paris model Bb series II Tenor Saxophone and it's heavy, i have to use a neckstrap, but i only use the normal one.
i was saying that this fag is a bitch cause he is using a neck strap that should only be used for a bari sax (cause for jazz and shit you stand with the bari and it a heavy sax tenor isn't
yeah..loook it up...dekalb county GA,..has the best marching bands across the country it host several battle of the bands compititions and jamborees...bari sax is a concert instrument not meant for traditional style marching......look it up..ignorant
Far from ignorant, Dekalb has no one, Real schools, Avon, L.D. Bell, Carmel, Broken Arrow, and the like, use the bari. So therefore, you my friend, are the ignorant one.
ok are these corp style bands or traditional cuz traditional bands dont use bari.....in the movie drumline was there a bari anywhere in sight.."not at all"...marine core bands dont even use bari...so please kno your history...it is a concert instrument not used for marching
i actually do know my history, and traditional style bands dont even use three valve bugles or trumpets, yet somehow those instruments are staples of the marching field. care to explain that one?
UM YES..traditional style bands do use 3 valve instruments as well as trumpets..they are one of largest sections in any traditional style band.....BARI sax is a new era instrument that is not included much like a contra bass clarinett,,,,please dude u r completely lost at wat a band is and to say college bands are nuthin compared to high school.u r a complete waste
wrong, three vavle instruments were NOT allowed until 1983 up until then only single valve rotary bugles were allowed. and a complete waste? clearly you have no idea who i am. i have a DCI championship with Phantom Regiment, so think i may have SOME idea as to what i am talking about.
no offense but Hollywood lies...in BOA, theres a bari in just about every band...when u do march with a bari, u have to use a harness...yes it is mostly concert band instrument but it can be used in marching bands...
Well considering i've marched bari, I know for a fact you don't have to use a harness, because if you're holding the horn the RIGHT way, a neck strap is enough.
ok...i see how u could do that without much damage in the long run but u don't want all the weight on ur neck while ur marching all the time...a harness is def recomended...
This is the first useful ExpertVillage video I've seen.
blkaznmartin 7 months ago 2
The sax samuraii
JeRuJoHn1994 8 months ago 7
Yeah What Mouthpiece is that and what brand of reeds do u prefer
megster012 10 months ago
I like it...nice sound, good aproach
saxophonedave 1 year ago
One of the few experts from expert village that can actually play! Some great phrasing there! Powerful sound and clean techniques!
mastersgta1 1 year ago 6
wow your so good i wish i could sound like that!!!! this video is really going to help me, Thank you so much!!
SailorScoutCookies 1 year ago
Why do expertvillage videos always talk too much??
macintologist04 1 year ago
Excuse me, but what WAS that melody, it sounds familiar - really familiar. Gorgeous longing sort of melody.
fr3lonbrun 1 year ago
@fr3lonbrun It's "misty"
mastersgta1 1 year ago
@fr3lonbrun The first little bit was Misty I think, but I'm not sure what the second bit was.
crazypianolady 1 year ago
@crazypianolady It's still misty, he's just playing the changes.
eeeeman1 9 months ago
I think his saxophones are red...
BOSEROCKS1 1 year ago
Good stuff.
tintin20001967 1 year ago
ok i play the tenor but when i play a high d is sounds all flat and rubbish does any one know what could be wrong?
CourtneyDanielle94 1 year ago
@CourtneyDanielle94 check ur saxophone get it serviced there could be a leak just like what happened to mine, also check ur mouth peice if its positioned properly
thagodfather007 1 year ago
@CourtneyDanielle94 Depends on the horn you have. Student horns will usually have cruddy sound in the higher register because the palm keys are sort of half-assed. They aren't made to a specific measurement for great intonation like professional horns.
evergreach2346 1 year ago
@evergreach2346 I have to disagree. My Yamaha 23 never had a cruddy sound in the high register, it was always in well in tune. In fact, when I got the unlaq custom Z, I had more problems with my upper register going sharp. I had to do a lot of adjustment to my embouchure. Perhaps, it's his embouchure that is the problem.
mariesalas1 1 year ago
You can play a total of 5-6 notes and solo hella good then playing 12-13 notes and playing crappy
TheSaxismylife 1 year ago
who have u played with beside ur bff mitch kaplin
12345678910aaronable 2 years ago
this guy knows nothing about playing the sax
szaxotrainer23 2 years ago
like the sound a lot! could you say what kind of mouthpiece that is?
NicChambers93 2 years ago 8
@NicChambers93 its a Dukoff
boxing1000 1 year ago
@boxing1000
i have a dukoff and there really good id recomend them
kman3000000 1 year ago
could u teach the notes 4 the jazz improvization and i could go from their because i play the tenor saxophone.
FaHiM852 2 years ago
Sax is the easiest instrument Ive ever played. Skilled musicians play bassoon, oboe, and even clarinet
relyt799 2 years ago
@relyt799 your an idiot.
332546 2 years ago
@332546 and you are an idiot that can't read well.
relyt799 1 year ago
@relyt799 how? based on my comments what evidence do you have that i cant read well?
332546 1 year ago
relyt799 Only someone who doesn't play ANY instruments can say something like that.
nuclear944 2 years ago
Last time I checked, this is slightly more than "not playing any instruments":
-6 years Tenor Saxophone (first chair in school's jazz band ranked 2nd in state)
-4 years Clarinet (2 years in marching band)( 2 years recreationally)
-4 years Bassoon(7-10grade)
-6 years Guitar
-2 years Oboe(11-12grade)
-2 years Vibes and marimba
-3 years piano
-5 years playing a drum set
Now for my defense:
relyt799 2 years ago
Reasons the Saxophone is an easy instrument to play:
-easy fingering as compared to a bassoon or a clarinet. (anyone that can sightread music and have 10 minutes with fingering chart can play almost instantaneously.
- range of pitch (no explanation needed)
- embouchure (also anyone who plays will agree that the embouchure needed to play a tenor sax is much easier to develop as compared to an oboe, bassoon, are clarinet.
I am not saying it is a bad instrument. Learn to read folks.
relyt799 2 years ago
@relyt799
dude, clarinet fingerings and sax fingerings are REALLY close together.....and instrument difficulty ranges from person to person.... to me,clarinet is easy once you get the embouchure down, i played clarinet before and bassoon to ME is easy once you get the fingerings down.....
332546 2 years ago
I actually find embouchure easier on clarinet. I don't have much experience with it other than messin around with my friend's clarinet once and my sound was easily better than his and most of the clarinet players' so I don't think saxophone is easiest to play by any means. I think dynamics are easier on saxophone thought. I wouldn't know about other instruments though. I hear that double reeds are the hardest to learn.
stealthswimmer 2 years ago
Given your experience, its puzzling to me that you note range of pitch as an 'easy' aspect of the horn. I assume you mean just the natural range, and you're not really referring to altissimo? You are right though, the sax is easy to pick up on a basic level compared to other winds, but it will take a lifetime to master, especially if you are concerned about tone production and good technique.
brycejazz 2 years ago
You're talking about instruments like they are cars or some sort of property.
And yes, any idiot could pick up an instrument and start playing the notes in front of them. But what almost nobody can do nowadays is actually put the spiritual component in playing the music.
Just because you've spent your whole life reading from a sheet of paper and doing what you're told doesn't mean you are a musician. Playing an instrument means that you have to use it's sound to create some sort of emotion.
nuclear944 2 years ago
nah, if you're a classical musician, then chances are that all you do is play from sheet music. So you can still be a musician if you do that.
stealthswimmer 2 years ago
Classical musicians such as Bach used improv alot.
korn47382 2 years ago
Yeah, but somewhere along the ways, classical musicians got this nonsense in their heads that you should ONLY play what's written and only in the exact what that the original performer/writer would have wanted it done.
stealthswimmer 2 years ago
Mmm Yeah haha.
korn47382 2 years ago
You got the point!
nuclear944 2 years ago
Music is a thought, mothing more, nothing less. It's conveyed in a language in such a form that others can understand. Sheet music is a means of merely recording what you "said". Improvisation and reading from sheet is like the difference of public speaking with and without a script. I hope that no one was saying that I'm not a musician. In an orchestra setting you will mostly be reading whereas at my old schools jazz band, I was mostly improvising.
relyt799 2 years ago
I don't want to argue about what makes someone a musician because honestly, any thing that can clap is a musician. the way I see it, with music being but a thought, is that a musician needs not to even play an instrument. (Instrumentalists do however).. Everyone is a musician just not everyone can contribute to the musical world because they haven't taken the time to study their language.
relyt799 2 years ago
Interesting observation, but you obviously can't see what I'm talking about...
I don't know you, I've never heard or seen you play, so I'm not gonna argue anymore...
Now I'm gonna turn off this virtual world and go record some music.
nuclear944 2 years ago
Wow @relyt799: you are a stupid, music is a natural wonder, not a thought.....you obviously don't know what you're talking about
BananaPriest 2 years ago
@BananaPriest Me? Surely you are mistaken, while on the subject, I am going to take a leap and say that YOU probably don't automatic acceptance to Berklee? Just saying.:)
relyt799 1 year ago
@relyt799 hmmm I think you're half right. Music is a universal language that, yes anyone can understand. However, with improvisation you can have the music in front of your, and be improvising making variations off the melody that you're reading. Esp. with a tune that has a strong melody, such as "Autumn Leaves". Or you can have a Modal piece like "So What" have to come up with your own melody. I really don't believe it matters if you have the music in front of you or not. tho, i get the jest.
mariesalas1 1 year ago
i can't believe people are on here arguing over bari saxes in marching bands. i mean really...does that matter?
setherscan92 2 years ago
this is my first day on grade 7 sax so to me this guy is kinda good
lovyazlots 2 years ago
Agreed..
I am a professional who lives in NYC. He is pretty good. Maybe not the best. BUUUUUUTTTT........ He knows his stuff. Probs not the best teacher. Having said that it is mad that people try to learn the sax over u tube.. people who do will never be good. You need to have a proper teacher in my opinion.
vandoren59 2 years ago
@vandoren59 yeahh... i taught myself using a finger chart.. im 1st chair out of five. and ive been playing for 2 1/2 - 3months. seriosuly better off with just a finger chart rather than all this expert village crap. half the people dont even know their stuff... this guy is okay and has pretty good tone for such a crappy mic though
shiveshkabra 2 years ago
I played through the 6th grade it's kinda hard dont say You can out play me just saying but improv is easy if you put time into it
sabeshemso1 2 years ago
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this guy has terrible jazz timing and feel
ChasinTranes 2 years ago
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I would have to agree. I'm a sophmore in high school, and I'm better than this guy.
Zeddmore94 2 years ago
I absolutely love the tone you emit. I play on a S80 Selmer mouthpiece, however the horn I have is less than a beginner (Kolhler). Keep the posts coming. . .do you have any scale exercises to help me flow when improvising?
tallen87 2 years ago
all the comments I read on the 1st page have nuthing to do with Jazz whats up wit dat. maybe we should talk about rap and moon walking. Jazz people gotta feel it learn it be it all it takes is 1000s of hrs and then you might get a gig
EddEnglish 2 years ago
how much would a saxo for a beginer cost?
thank you
borges107 2 years ago
new student models are round 300 to 500 i believe.
AtEveryOccasion 2 years ago
thaks my friend!
I actualy got a alto saxo just a few days ago...
All the best!
borges107 2 years ago
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emmma0 2 years ago
Are You For Real???
jonafriskymonsue 2 years ago
are you stupid?
dalton9931 2 years ago
people are pretty confused in these days...
just let go everything and you'll see that...
borges107 2 years ago
he gets a great sound out of that sax
aren1331 2 years ago
Wow!
Alastair6 2 years ago
yea ppl bitch too much bout the stupidest shit, who cares bout the strap n wat they think of it, ill hook a sax to some damn overalls n see wat tehy think
FingerLickinGravy67 2 years ago
SAX BRA!
But i couldn't give a shit. The man knows exactly what he's talking about, and he's a great player to boot.
Ahsfb61 3 years ago
well actually most jazz musicians did marching band in high school dude.
sdrockstar81ca 3 years ago
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For the love of god kids, LEARN HOW TO SPELL! Also, marching band is only for losers and old people....and jazz musicians who need an extra 50 bucks so they can buy alchohol for the week...or food.
albanothemadman 3 years ago
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lucky you got alto sax and the straght sax ill have only a tenor and i rule at it!
cubimuffin 3 years ago
You guys have no idea what you're talking about, when you get to a certain level and practice as much as he probably does your neck will start aching bad! Oh and by the way Barri is a bad ass man's instrument! Now go and practice kiddies
sdrockstar81ca 3 years ago
I agree. Those last comments about the harness just show how stupid kids are nowadays. I'd like to see them practice 8 hours a day everyday with a regular strap - especially if they are as skinny as this guy is. But why would they practice so much anyway in their world of instant gratification? We should hang them by their strap.
grrrroink 3 years ago
NICE VIDEO
I LEARNED SOMETHING COOL
jazzmanjunior 3 years ago
haha that strap....haaa...tenors dont even weigh that much...i marched a whole show without using my neck strap....now i can see using it on a barry....nice vid though i have learned something new
sweetbennyboy 3 years ago
What tenor sax you got? I use a Selmer 54 Paris model Bb series II Tenor Saxophone and it's heavy, i have to use a neckstrap, but i only use the normal one.
lewisthemusician 3 years ago
LOL! Play a C# (non - overtone) without a next strap... I love to see that
heysupyall111 3 years ago
nice tone
dalecedric 3 years ago
i learned more in just this one video than in all of that alto fags videos combined
be has the right idea of improv
and hes an awesome player(nice altissimo) but why is he wearing a sax bra with a tenor
inless you have back problems done wear a bra
i play my beri with a tenor strap and im inebut if you have to march a beri wear the bra(as long as its leopard print)
extremesushirolling 3 years ago
who marches with a bari???...pleez join a traditional style band...
soundofdasax 3 years ago
marching bari sax is gay(so is bass clarinet)
i was saying that this fag is a bitch cause he is using a neck strap that should only be used for a bari sax (cause for jazz and shit you stand with the bari and it a heavy sax tenor isn't
extremesushirolling 3 years ago
who marches bari? tht would be everyone tht is worth anything. only garbage bands dont march them.
PainWds 2 years ago
lol...you must dont listen to traditional style marching bands?...lol...HBCUmarching bands and GREat college maching bands dont include BARI SAX
soundofdasax 2 years ago
umm, college bands? those are pathetic, for actually marching band, i.e. high school BOA bands, all of them will have baritone saxes
PainWds 2 years ago
yeah..loook it up...dekalb county GA,..has the best marching bands across the country it host several battle of the bands compititions and jamborees...bari sax is a concert instrument not meant for traditional style marching......look it up..ignorant
soundofdasax 2 years ago
Far from ignorant, Dekalb has no one, Real schools, Avon, L.D. Bell, Carmel, Broken Arrow, and the like, use the bari. So therefore, you my friend, are the ignorant one.
PainWds 2 years ago
ok are these corp style bands or traditional cuz traditional bands dont use bari.....in the movie drumline was there a bari anywhere in sight.."not at all"...marine core bands dont even use bari...so please kno your history...it is a concert instrument not used for marching
soundofdasax 2 years ago
i actually do know my history, and traditional style bands dont even use three valve bugles or trumpets, yet somehow those instruments are staples of the marching field. care to explain that one?
PainWds 2 years ago
UM YES..traditional style bands do use 3 valve instruments as well as trumpets..they are one of largest sections in any traditional style band.....BARI sax is a new era instrument that is not included much like a contra bass clarinett,,,,please dude u r completely lost at wat a band is and to say college bands are nuthin compared to high school.u r a complete waste
soundofdasax 2 years ago
wrong, three vavle instruments were NOT allowed until 1983 up until then only single valve rotary bugles were allowed. and a complete waste? clearly you have no idea who i am. i have a DCI championship with Phantom Regiment, so think i may have SOME idea as to what i am talking about.
PainWds 2 years ago
lawl. DCI is amazing. What year were you a champ? 96 or last year?
royalecrown 2 years ago
no offense but Hollywood lies...in BOA, theres a bari in just about every band...when u do march with a bari, u have to use a harness...yes it is mostly concert band instrument but it can be used in marching bands...
mimie211 2 years ago
Well considering i've marched bari, I know for a fact you don't have to use a harness, because if you're holding the horn the RIGHT way, a neck strap is enough.
Zeddmore94 2 years ago
ok...i see how u could do that without much damage in the long run but u don't want all the weight on ur neck while ur marching all the time...a harness is def recomended...
mimie211 2 years ago
I agree I am going to march with it next year!
SuperBandgeek1994 2 years ago
super tone. dave your a great player ,fab,,
elvischevy 3 years ago
yay free lessons
santinobass 4 years ago 17
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he sucks dick
Manny864597 4 years ago
You're an asshat. You probably don't even play.
Taishudo 4 years ago
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Lol Tai's right, that guys a big dick, hes a drum player and he sucks ass.
Razorblade17 4 years ago