Getting a Saxophone soon any experienced players have any tips for me?
Saxophone
Nicholas Hernandez
Hunter Torres
tfw too shy to practice at home
Hudson Ortiz
you Shouldn't be
Lucas Peterson
You should buy a new mouth piece, a new ligature and a new neck strap. The mouth piece, ligature and neck strap that come with it are shit. For the neck strap, go with Neotech its like 20 bucks, for the ligature and mouthpiece I would recommend selmer, specifically an s80 mouthpiece. Never buy a Rico neck strap with a metal hook, i did and I broke my neck strap ring. One last thing, stick with it, it will bring you some of the best experiences of your life.
David Green
you must wear sunglasses while playing it
Colton Gutierrez
Matthew Sanchez
Learn how to play this:
Liam Adams
pretty much this. although its usually okay to wait a bit to upgrade the mouth piece since you haven't developed your airflow yet
Tyler Miller
New neckstrap is unnecessary unless its completely unusable. I recommend a C* Selmer mouthpiece and Vandoren optimum or M/O ligature
Owen Lopez
stop now. No one thinks ur clever
Elijah Murphy
You can go straight for the harder reeds. It will be tougher at the beginning but if you stick with it you'll get stronger much faster. Also, when you decide to get a new mouth piece be aware they can make the instrument sound very different, so keep in mind what style of music you want to play - it's not just "oh they say this one is good so I'll get it" - it must be good for YOU.
Hope you enjoy your new instrument pal!
James Rodriguez
>You can go straight for the harder reeds. It will be tougher at the beginning but if you stick with it you'll get stronger much faster.
This is false. Start at 2.5. then go up to 3 if that gets too soft. I recommend using Vandoren V12 reeds when your chops get real strong
Cooper Sullivan
OP Here thanks for the advice. What were somethings you guys did in the beginning that you were not supposed to do??
Isaac Thomas
If you play sitting down, hold the sax between your legs and not off to the side of the right leg, unless your a manlet or a tenor / bari.
Learn how to use a reed. Its ok to use your upper teeth and bite down on top of the mouthpiece as long as you aren't trying to bite through it, but for the bottom side of the mouthpiece your lip should cover your teeth like an old man.
Dry your reeds after you use them so they don't get moldy.
Aaron Brooks
blow on the thin end so noise goes out the big end
Carson Wright
once you settle on a specific model, buy two or three and test them all out for intonation, return the ones that aren't as good
b & d flat are problem notes, at least on alto
Juan Myers
How is that false? When I started I played on 1.5 reeds. Then later playing in a band they told me this tip and I realise how right it is.
Pay attention to how hard you're biting the mouthpiece and try not to pull down on the saxophone. This will make it tough to practice for long and it's hard to notice at first when you're paying attention to the sound and fingers
Owen Peterson
been playing alto for 14 years
my best advice is to stop playing and just learn piano instead :^)
sax's main strength is getting girls (the stereotype is true) so if that's what you want, keep playing
Liam Morales
I used too much lip
Brandon Ross
Don't forget saxophone are the most expensive instrument, and thats mostly because they're easy to be in need of repairs. so protected like a baby.
Luis Hill
Also don't chew any gum before playing senpai. The sugar fucks it up