@Icanactaullyplay you're pretty rude, sir. You can actually play, and you can't even spell your tag right?
Now as far as the playing itself goes, there are some things to like. A lot of people already hit a lot of the first things I would've commented. The first time I performed this piece, I played like hell... chalk it up to nerves. One thing I really could recommend is practicing a lot with a tuner, specifically working on keeping good intonation while getting a good sound.
1st movement: The tempo was too fast. Pay close attention to tuning. The technical sections need to be ironed out.
2nd movement: You're using WAY too much tongue. A note must be stopped by the airstream rather than the tongue. And again, the fast licks could use polishing.
Oh I forgot intonation...some severe intonation problems at times between the two instruments. Another plus I forgot was the altissimo...the player seemed to have a pretty decent handle on that aspect.
Some parts of this were very sloppy (especially in the first movement). Some parts of the Muczynski are hard, but some parts aren't and it were the parts that were handle-able that I heard sloppiness. Tone in the saxophone was pretty good....vibrato and warmth of tone could have been better. The piano player sounded very confident to me, but I am also more of a saxophonist. There were some good musical decisions made as far as tempo and dynamics. Overall not a bad performance.
The saxophone missed quite a number of high notes...what a pity
eric07109 2 weeks ago
I think this was decent. Not terrible by an means. But not fantastic. I agree with fredzter6 and ENsaxist. You're doing good. Keep it up.
mrpeterson93 1 month ago
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maggiemexiface 5 months ago in playlist S/E
Do some altissimo work homie, you're on the right track.
fredzter6 1 year ago
You're terrible, quit saxophone.
Icanactaullyplay 1 year ago
@Icanactaullyplay you're pretty rude, sir. You can actually play, and you can't even spell your tag right?
Now as far as the playing itself goes, there are some things to like. A lot of people already hit a lot of the first things I would've commented. The first time I performed this piece, I played like hell... chalk it up to nerves. One thing I really could recommend is practicing a lot with a tuner, specifically working on keeping good intonation while getting a good sound.
ENsaxist 1 year ago
1st movement: The tempo was too fast. Pay close attention to tuning. The technical sections need to be ironed out.
2nd movement: You're using WAY too much tongue. A note must be stopped by the airstream rather than the tongue. And again, the fast licks could use polishing.
Keep working on altissimo.
DCATPYEO 1 year ago
Oh I forgot intonation...some severe intonation problems at times between the two instruments. Another plus I forgot was the altissimo...the player seemed to have a pretty decent handle on that aspect.
JPSaxMan 1 year ago
Some parts of this were very sloppy (especially in the first movement). Some parts of the Muczynski are hard, but some parts aren't and it were the parts that were handle-able that I heard sloppiness. Tone in the saxophone was pretty good....vibrato and warmth of tone could have been better. The piano player sounded very confident to me, but I am also more of a saxophonist. There were some good musical decisions made as far as tempo and dynamics. Overall not a bad performance.
JPSaxMan 1 year ago