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Author: mad about sax
Date: 2004-01-06 03:10
Does anyone know what a full time musician makes and if you can get in a marching band in college playing the soprano saxophone?What are the advantages and disadvantages of the straight neck and the curved(if any).Is the fingering for the soprano sax tha same as the tenor sax.
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Author: dSVdsV
Date: 2004-01-06 19:11
i though u do a carreer how what u like. That of how high the pay is.
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Author: musichick
Date: 2004-01-06 20:46
Sopranos are not usually used in marching band... tenor is a better bet. I dont know which one is which, but I know one neck is better for projection. It's very hard to get a job as a musician, you must practice a lot.
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2004-01-07 01:56
possible to get into marching band, but about as likely as concert band. the two necks don't make any intonation or volume idfferences, it's all players preference. with a straight neck you have your sound is projected out and is held at 30-45 degrees from horizontal. with a curved neck your sound is projected down, and you hold the instrument more like a clarinet wiht a curved neck. fingering is the same as a tenor, except for the VERY high notes, every sax is different in the higher altissimo. hope this helps.
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Author: d-oboe
Date: 2004-01-09 15:39
The range of pay can vary greatly. Some orchestras pay you based on the number of "services" you do. (i.e. a rehearsal and a performance is 2 services). Obviously the bigger role you play in an orchestra (principal oboe, or concertmaster for example) the more chance you will get for doing services. There are times when a reduced orchestra is needed, and the assistant players don't get to play. I don't know quite how the deal is with saxophones, and marching bands, but from what I've seen, A, T and B, saxophones are the main ones that are used. Soprano is more of a soloistic instrument, because of its more peculiar tone, and I believe it lends better to jazz, than to a marching band "sound". (not that a soprano sax player could even hear themselves anyways, over the blast of the other saxophones, and not to mention brass!)
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