Round Midnight on Xaphoon

A few bars of Round Midnight, recorded 'round midnight. Figure I should post a video at least once every 3 years.

Pocket Sax in C, La Voz Med. Soft reed

Note: with a soft reed, you can bend the low C down pretty far, in this case to a low Bb. This preserves the original key of 'round midnight.

Sound isn't quite synced up to the video- webcam software...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• xaphoon
• round
• midnight
• thelonious
• monk
• pocket
• sax

[jgk381]

Hi, I assume the answer is yes, but are these rather loud instruments? I'd like to get one, but I live in an apartment and concerned about the noise factor bother neighbors. Thx, Nice playing :-)

[rmvsintheta]

@jgk381 Sorry for the late reply; the xaphoon can actually be a pretty quiet instrument once you get it under control. I'd say it probably has the same volume range as a clarinet. When I first started it either made no noise at all, or just a terribly loud honking noise, so when starting out you might make a racket, but it'll smooth out with practice :)

[ekb123]

this video is most popular with males age 13-17. Go Rob!

[rmvsintheta]

@ekb123 and 20-something Jeopardy contestants apparently

[GREGLUHOWY]

Thanks for posting this. That tip about the soft reed is much appreciated that hadn't occurred to me. 

[giladigital]

great job! you make it look so easy! but its not :( i cant even make a decent sound yet

[jgk381]

@rmvsintheta Thanks :)

[malmouxable]

the best player of zaphoon of youtube!

( so +1 for choising this tune absolutely good)

[ryankO0sh]

wow, this is pretty amazing. i've never heard a xaphoon player with that dark a tone before. i absolutely love it. great job :3

[janisbrod]

this is the greatest instrument i've ever heard!

[dmitrysbor]

Man

you best I heard on plastic C!

[TAofMoridura]

I'm an ancient sax player. I loved this! Fine musical sense and tone. Congratulations ...