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Isn’t She Lovely on Alto Sax

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Leads in with a C# to an F on alto sax. You could just start with the F. I heard a sax player play it this way.

That means it would go up to a Bb on tenor or soprano.

Try learning it by ear! That’s how I learned it.

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Saxophone Commentary on Starcraft Remastered Game

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There’s a game called Starcraft which is played competitively as well as a sequel (II).

I play a little. Was playing one game and the guy playing me started off being rude pretty much from the beginning. I figured he might win, since I don’t play a ton.

But I kept playing. The game goes for about six minutes.

Then I thought it might be fun to add some saxophone to the game. So I recorded over with some soprano sax.

Had been thinking about music as a conversation recently, especially after talking to Jeff Coffin again.

Controlling the Beast that is Soprano Saxophone

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Anyone ever played a straight soprano sax and if so are they hard.?

-Robert

sopranos

I played a straight soprano a few times early on including trying out the new Yamaha models in the photo above.  (bad photo, I know!)

The soprano lets you play ideas in the upper register without busting a blood vessel on altissimo. Although, altissimo does become easier once you put in some initial work. It does take some initial work though.

However, it is a bit more challenging to get the intonation and sound on it. Especially for a vintage horn.

For me, I prefer the sound of the tenor and alto in most cases.

If you like the sound of soprano, you’ll need to work on getting it under control.

I have been playing soprano more this year after I got one. It’s a vintage horn and took some time to get used to.

The first song I worked on playing was the Cantina Theme by John Williams. For some reason, I thought of that. And also tried some Kenny G tunes on it.

It’s getting more comfortable at this point. Still tends to take a bit more out of my embouchure than alto or tenor. Though, I remember alto did something similar when I first began playing it more.

What’s your opinion on it?

When should you memorize music? When should you read it?

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Was talking with someone on Sax Station and they wanted printed sheet music for seven seconds of music. Basically, I thought that was unnecessary.

If you think about it, it’s a lot more convenient to have something like that memorized and it doesn’t take that much work.

But it does take some work.