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  • nice job. I have a son who plays alto sax. Did you just listen and transcribe, or did you have the music? Keep up the good work. Love the alto sax, and love that song!

  • @fisherman6231 I promise that I will pay you a shemale so you can relax and close your mouth ;)

  • Hey man awesome job on the solo...what fingering did you use for the high F# at the very end?

  • screw the haters man, u did a killer good job, thanks for the upload! :)

  • You have a really nice tuned sound, very similar to mr Woods!! I am also play the tenor/alto and know how hard is to play that, so good job! And this video is from 2007, I'm sure that now you are even better!

    Anyway, don't listen to all haters, they don't know a shit about good education, feelings, music... and saxophones!

  • esse sax é de plastico ?...ta uma merda o timbre vai estuda gordo

  • uma bosta

  • this is great, loving the sound from your selmer, its a beautiful tone, ive just brought a one myself there great horns! anyway love the cover ive done one of bruno mars 's version if you get chance take a look at it!

  • He doesn't suck at all!

  • like if he sucks!!

  • like if you thought it was the bruno mars version.

  • Hey check my page out watch my "rehearsal" video. Me and my friend are a 2 man band that consists of guitar(me) and saxophone him. Yes there are mistakes in it but it was just our practice so enjoy and comment guys

  • i thought this read all the things your are...i got excited for a little bit

  • spot on m8 wish a cud play half as good

  • good i play da sazophone n im in da six grade

  • Fantastic Young man you have a great gift and a great future, God Bless you.

  • im in sixth grade and i hope i get that good. im already first chair so i guess im getting there nice job

  • fisherman6231 lets see you play the sax its hard

  • your realy good im just barely starting the sax and one day i hope to be as good as you

  • you are really good at playing it, nice job!

  • Is that a phil barone mouthpiece? and what model of selmer is that?

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  • You're a freakin beast dude

  • dude you are great!!!!

  • it's a great solo...and you played it very well...keep up the good work...! @fisherman6231: why don't you go and boil your bottom?

  • Who else read their hole conversation and realized, wow reading this makes me feel like i don't have a life.

  • I may sound dumb for asking this but what type of Saxaphone is that? Also, when did you get you get your start? I want to start playing but I don't know which type to start off with.

  • I honestly don't understand why other people are hating on your playing. Coming from an alto player in the top band at his high school, I honestly thought that sounded pretty good!

  • that's pretty much how i sound :) but your vibrato and style is better than mine! great job man. what's your set up? mine is a jupiter, dark rovner lig, vandoren 3 (blue box and java), and a meyer 7m.

  • @GTcole 3 1/2 is wayyyy better bud try it, improves sound tremendously, Vandoren great brand

  • is this all by ear? btw nice job man keep it up

  • Good effort, fella - I'd be happy to play like that. Nice control of the vibrato, mostly clean notes, almost pitch perfect. Just got a bit 'lost 'after the backing finished but hey, let's have another video with a full track next time? Keep it up and just enjoy what you're doing.

  • AWESOME!!

  • Truly inspirational after watching this video i practiced my saxophone for 4 weeks and learned to play this melody too thanks bro

  • your the best sax player ever!!!

  • very good man, iv'e watched this video a couple times and i cant find anything wrong with it..

    i mean... you hit every note clearly and to me it sounded good, so i don't know whats up with

    all the negative comments. I've only been practicing alto sax for about a month and a half now

    doesn't sound like much now, but i am starting to enjoy it. but great job.

  • @altosax your pissing me off with all that stuck up shit your doing, saying things like thanks and i appreciate it. And i wasnt trolling i was wanting to hear some good sax music but that wasnt what i got. And grow a pair of balls and stop saying f*ck and just say the word FUCK, how old are you? Do you think your better than everyone else? Cause your not. And my life isnt sitting behind a computer all day on match.com because im too fat to actually talk to a girl in person. Go fuck yourself.

  • @fisherman6231 go back to listening to t-pain and playing ps2 dick

  • @fisherman6231 nope...it's called email bud. It's my video, so I get an email when people comment...and if you ask me who's the one that needs a life, it'd be you. Two thumbs up to you for going on youtube and talking about other people for trolling. What do you think you're doing? But thanks for the kind words bro, means a lot :) now go f*ck yourself bro, jump off a bridge, eat sh*t and die, do whatever you have to do, but don't be such an ignorant prick....on youtube none-the-less. #winning

  • @fisherman6231

    your a bitch did you know that. man leave the nerd alone.

  • @fisherman6231 your really stupid...it notifies you when someone comments on yuor video

  • @fisherman6231 dude when you check your inbox it says comment (1) idiot so he might of seen that geez your a dumb troll

  • @fisherman6231 Hey bud, thanks for the comment. You're a real winner! :) I can't wait for some more constructive criticism man. Thanks again. Much appreciated...

  • @altosax55 Don't listen to this fucker he's just a troll, I thought you were really great ^_^.

  • @doble nice vid man your going to go far if you already hadnt and just ignore the ignorant comments

  • @fisherman6231

    Fisherman, learn to spell 2nd grade words before you post. Altosax, this was awesome, spot on until the end where you played that high note to end it, that was kind of awkward. But the main solo part was clean and spot on.

  • @fisherman6231 if you say he sucks so much at saxophone, why don't you post some videos. And you are telling him to get a life when you are the one trolling at a perfectly good video. I think I know who needs a life. And I'm pretty sure its you buddy.

  • @fisherman6231 HAHA! HE can't play?? I seriously doubt that a wee shat on a stick like you couldn't possibly do better. You know why yer' username is fisherman? Because yer' always fishin' fer fish down on yer' knees with yer' daddy standin' above ya with his pants down. And the fact that the owner of this video plays his sax so good proves to yer' small wank ass that he has a life (the thing ya don't have). And one more thing before I stop; THANKS YA SMALL WANK SHAT EATIN' ASS PIRATE!! HAHAHA!!

  • @NCC17O1Q You do realize he's a troll, right? Anyways, great job altosax55, I hope you live a long life of pure jazz, and remember to practice safe sax. The Saxophone (specifically the tenor, although this is an alto) is my second favorite wind instrument, right after trumpet.

  • @fisherman6231 hey asshole  i bet you can even do that just shut your fuking mouth up!

  • i mean that @fisherman6231

  • @fisherman6231 bro stop bein a **** hes better than you so i wouldnt be talkin my god ppl dont know good music when they hear it! shame

  • awesome playing dude and great song/sol, really nice.

  • omg i love this song and you played it really well :)

  • nice job

  • Very good and awesome job with the solo.

  • Damn good

  • I have to play this solo with my music school's Senior Choir in a few weeks. Thank you sooo much for posting this! Really helpful! Ignore the negative people, they're just jealous of your playing :)

  • i think you nailed it mate, top job and well done

  • Lawrence was inspired by your playing and performed it last year.

  • lol at 0:58. feeeelin it ha

    intonation was off a bit at times, but its whatev.

    and people, is transcription really too difficult for you?!? damn! just figure it out the OG way!

  • Nice tone! I'm an alto sax player too (and Bari)!

    Your good! :)

    I'm only gr7 but I am only 14! :)

    You thinking about music school?

    I really liked it - Only criticism was the last note! But I'm sure you know that already!

    Well Done! x

  • this is really good

    but check out

    alto saxophone LETS GO BAND

  • pleaseee put the notes up

  • you done a great job man ...hang in there..

  • For a guy who says that he isn't good, this is really impressive.

  • #1- You are using what looks like a Henri Selmer Paris, GREAT choice of Sax.

    #2- You have a fantastic sound.

    And: #3- Your Altissimo range is GREAT!

  • @menace391 where was the altissimo at? lol

  • Amazing!!! Do you have sheet music for it?!

  • very nice voicing. whats your set-up?

  • where did you get the sheet music? or did you make it up on your own?

  • nice !

  • that video with the most thumbs up shouldn't be there. who cares about Bruno mars Billy Joel is a million times better

  • lifting (transcribing) is always a good idea, not bad tone...now work on your long tones and chops, and intonation. Good work!!!!

  • enjoyed it very much

  • Good job man, excellent. Where are you from? where do you live? I see you have a Selmer, try a better mouthpiece, metal or profesional. It would sound much better. But generally pretty good. Keep on the hard wrk

  • its good

  • This is really good! Ever thought of starting something professional?

  • Fuck bruno mars, I mean I have the album and I like his music.

    But this is THE just the way you are.

  • Good job dude! Nice listening as a you play! But make sure you warm up your instrument with some long tones, so that you could make it easier to be in tune in the begging of your solo, especially on a high range... 

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  • Dude... Not bad at all! But you need to let your own personality come out a bit more in the notes and be a little less mechanic in your not playing. Find yourself in the keys and smooth it out a bit more. You've got promising chops.

    Also, a trick I learned from the best friend of legendary saxophonist Gene "Jughead" Ammons (RIP to both of them), when you wash out your sax with water, don't dry it, but rather leave it wet and then play. Hear the distinct smooth sound it gives. Give it a shot.

  • Selmer?

  • lol your not soposed to puff your cheeks when you play

  • @mammawanna

    technique doesn't matter when you're good

  • @mammawanna Well, it's kind of the opposite for saxophone players. Dick Oatts did a clinic with my band before and he even encouraged it.

  • @AzNBabyGrrlJLu

    Depends on the range and embouchure style

  • hahahahaha..

  • You sound great! What type of alto sax are you playing?

  • it sounds pretty good except you are way out of tune

  • Not bad... Then again I don't know anything about jazz. But I know what I like. And I don't like your facial hair. You should let it grow down and not cut it in a line. You'd be quite handsome!

  • nice job!

  • This is amazing!!! I love Billy Joel :)

  • i was expecting bruno mars! shit ^^

  • Well played man, sounds awesome!

  • Bravo! I used to play this solo as a sophomore in our high school jazz band, but it was a simplified arrangement. Your rendition could use a little more polish in some of those more sketchy sections. But, as a whole that was fantastic! My hat is off to you! :)

  • I have to say that I am pretty picky, and this most definitely does NOT sound like shit. I'd be amazed if I heard this live, because it's a difficult solo to play in my opinion

  • excellent, brother. good job.

  • you sound very good~ Keep your good work going!!!

  • love this playalong

    

  • @FvNeRaL if you're going to post on somebody elses video saying "sounds like shit", you better make sure that your own videos are phenomenal....which they are not. Quit being a bitch behind a computer screen, thanks.

  • @altosax55 dude that is amazing

  • @altosax55 Amen, Altosax55 you have inspired me to learn this song on my

    own thank for the post :)

  • @FvNeRaL Yeah this is really good, you couldn't do this solo anywhere near as well as him especially since you said it looks like a clarinet. wtf? No it doesn't. Do you know instruments? This is well done so next time think about what you're doing before you criticize someone's good work.

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  • nice selmer man

  • Not bad for a Freshman. Keep it up. Takes a lot of courage to post something (anything) on You Tube. It's like playing for a world-wide audience. No matter how good you are some folks will love it and others will not.

  • consider getting a new mouthpiece, you sound a bit thin on that one

  • Good Effort dude !!! Keep working on it ...Thanks for posting

  • 30 Bullets needed!

  • uh, pretty damn good, dude! You're blowing a bit flat but, hey, it's all good!

  • @cheloso1 Lmao kid? You bring out your little tuner? He's actually in tune, if anything he's sharp.

  • awesome job man! you nailed it.

  • that was cool man! did yo play it by ear or had notes?

  • i was expecting bruno mars

  • hey boy. you do it very well. nothing to say. just a little bit of feeling. and no more.

  • wow dude thts great could you give out the notes in the next video a song i would just want to learn how to play

  • that was actually really amazing, i cant do that :| i cant even play saxophone, soo...

    but i was expecting bruno mar's ahaha.

  • VERY GOOD but try to make your own solos

  • i was expecting bruno mars

  • @TheTohmi lool, same!

  • @TheTohmi who would want to waste their time covering that song....now this is a real song

  • you sound like that guy from the simson's that sells comics, any way you sound really good

  • wow this is amazing.

  • faut encore faire des pauses de son^^

  • epic man, i wish i could play music with my eyes closed like you did, but im in marching band and that would probably be a bad thing. anyways nice, sounded awesome

  • How long have you been playing?

  • Not bad

  • My favourite part is from 0:18 to 2:04

    its 0:18 cause that when he started

  • Nice!

  • You are sooooo gooood!! upload more:)

  • You are sooooo gooood!!

  • Great Job

  • dude can u PLEASE DO A TUTORIAL

  • wow..awesome dude... i dont like billy joel, but u make it sound awesome

    kudos to u sir u are indeed an amazing saxophonist

  • Not the best? Are you kidding me!?  That's fantabulous

  • Whats the notes to this? I cant find them anywhere!

  • do you have a sheet for this ?? 

  • Well done you have certainly nailed that solo note for note, a bit of effects on that sax and that could be you!! Well done...much respect!

  • Isn't it cool... to be able to feel the buttons that soloist pushed, and to be able to put out the same tone he did?

    It's just too bad you didn't feel the emotion he did.

  • You guys think it'd be hard for me to play sax? I have no experience in music reading it or playing it, I'm 20.

  • @pincheernesto

    Define hard, first. It'll take some time, yeah, but if you love it enough to play everyday, you can do it, sure.

  • do the whole thing, improv through lyrics

  • good job man. I hope to start learning how to play within the next 2 months. Hopeuflly it wont be that hard

  • I'm a music major in college too and can honestly say that sounds really good. The only part that was weird was the end there without a background chord, but not a big deal at all. I'm a classical saxophonist so couldn't ever use this for a jury but it sounds great. Are you playing on a Selmer Reference 54?

  • Ohhh my goodness!!! You're amazing! Can I do this on a clarinet?

  • that was absolutely incredible... you are soooooo good. I play sax too and I hope i can be that PRO. :)

  • Wow!!!!!.... Very good player.... :)

    Didint really like the ending. But Very very good.

  • Absolutely marvellous!

  • That was great Dude - I'm just starting to learn, and that was very inspiring - thanks and keep up the great work!

  • Excellent job dude.

  • great playing !

  • man that was some epic playing. nice arrangment 8)

  • Really nice!!

    Keep on moving!

  • Awsome... just awsome

  • VERY GOOD

  • your technique could be better but great tone.

  • yeah!! esos sax romanticos suenan muy fregon!! excelent!

  • thats amazing you sound real good love the alto sax forever

  • Valeu , o cara é bom , muito bom

    tem futuro

  • you have too much wrist/hand/finger movement..you need to work on that to get faster

  • @Passion613 I think thats how ur suppost to play a sqax. get in the groove. no one wants to watch a sax player just stand there and act all boring and plain!

  • @SuperAshCash well, you can move your body, but you need all the action you can get from your fingers...

  • Just warming up I see, what a fucken awesome solo great piece of work thanks for sharing.

  • Great solo, you should check out Diana Krall's cover with Michael Brecker, ridiculously impossible altissimmo

  • could you please list the notes you used or hook me up with the sheet music please.

    Thank you so much. Fantastic job by the way.

  • @blazebiker14

    Youtube won't let me post a strisght link but go onto 'saxshed(dot)com' and go into the transcriptions section, its's near the top of the first collume of transcriptions

  • @blazebiker14

    Youtube won't let me post a straight link but go onto 'saxshed(dot)com' and go into the transcriptions section, its's near the top of the first collume of transcriptions

  • hey, what kind of mouthpiece are you using? meyer? and also the sax is a selmer reference 54 right?

  • Great, but you should of played the head of the song too.

  • I wanna play this so much, do you have the music or did you work it out by ear?

    You play it beautifully

  • GREAT JOB

  • this is really good. sounds nice.