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Author: wannabe tenor sax playa
Date: 2004-04-15 23:56
I don't mind not havin the melody anymore when i play the tenor sax.I love the low instruments.I was goin to play the bass clarinet but then i stubbled over the tenor sax and it's cool.But are the tenor sax notes easy to learn.is the tenor sax really that loud. can people really hear what your playin when there at another house.?????
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Author: Carolyn
Date: 2004-04-16 00:31
I've recently started to learn flute, and it's very similar to tenor, so i'm sure you'll do fine. One thing you'll have to work on is making your tonguing less severe...I don't know why, but it seems like all the flute players i know who play tenor (or any sax for that matter) tongue too hard, making thwappy noises. I'd suggest when you first get started, get together with a friend who's good at sax who can help you fix any big mistakes you make. I did this with a friend when I first started playing flute, and it helped me a lot.
P.S., My neighbors say they can hear me when I practice...but it's gonna take a while when you're first starting out to be able to play very loud and still have good tone at the same time.
GOOD LUCK!
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Author: Section leader
Date: 2004-04-16 02:29
Yes it's all true! The Tenor sax can be played really loud and really soft. One of the things i notice with beginning sax players is that they all say their head feels like it's about to explode. That means that they need to loosen their emboucher. In simple terms, make LITTLE openings in the corners of the mouth. I can't say that it will be easy learning the sax it's hard. Switching to another instrument is almost the same as picking up a instrument for the 1st time. The fingering might be learned a little quicker for u since the flute fingering is similar to the sax. THE MORE time you put into PRACTICE the QUICKER you will learn it! When i lived in an apartment about a year ago other people in the building would comment me and tell me that they could hear me playing my instruments. Now that i live in a house, no one has said anything because i live right by a train and a highway so theirs noise anyway. One really good thing that came out of that was a marching band director of a highschool was walking by and heared me playing and asked me to join his marching band and that was the beginning of my marching band experience.
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Author: Andy The Woodwind Man
Date: 2004-04-16 06:02
Yes, Tenor Saxophones are loud, but then again so are most instruments. You can learn to play softly though. If you have a problem with neighbors use the experience to improve your intonation and tone in a piano or pianissimo range. The thing I did when I was playing tenor sax in high school was take every dynamic level down at least 2 steps at home. Chances are your dynamic range will improve. Your pianos will be quieter and your fortes will be louder.
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Author: JfW
Date: 2004-04-16 16:26
learning to make loud noises isn't difficult. Learning to project a refined tone is something alltogether different.
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Author: Snowboardgurl
Date: 2004-06-06 19:28
In grade 6 I taught myself the tenor, and i never had problems with it being too loud. In fact, my teacher always told me to be louder, so loudness depends on the person. I found the fingering easy to learn with the correct fingering chart, which I do not recommend the one from this site. The only problems I had was learning to hold the instrument with my fingers, instead of my neck, being able to control my blowing, so my head didnt hurt, and my mouth was not used to the mouthpiece, so my mouth hurt. My advice is that if u do not want to get lessons, get a good starting book with a fingering chart, and follow it clearly. It takes a bit to learn, and a lot of patience, but in about a month you should get it, it should just click, and then you'll be fine for the basics from there.
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