bass
Folks,
where can I find a stand to put my Conn 14M bass sax on? It really is awfully heavy.
I've seen someone playing a bass sax on a stand that allowed them to play it standing up rather...
My friend has 2 old bass saxophones (in Bes) , one still plays very good, does anybody can tell me something more about their age, and maybe something about the prices of these old bass saxophones.
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'Sanyone know when Conn started putting the bis key on their bass saxes. Before that time, was the side Bb the only Bb, or did 1x1 work too.
(The search begins - a bass sax will be mine)
1. Bass sax is in Bb, right? 2. What is the best bass sax made?
I might have the opportunity to get one through sponsorship. I think it would be cool to have when playing funk so you can get the l...
...of the pad sizes (in 32nds of an inch) for a Conn alto (160XXX), alto (91XXX), baritone (189XXX) an 14M bass (263XXX)?
I've tried to get Ferree's Tools, who make the ringed Reso-padsm to...
Folks,
On my Conn 14M bass sax the longest pivot rod on the upper stack has lost its screwdriver head - one of the two halves must have split off at some point in the past.
How does one best f...
I'm guessing he meant baritone when he said 'bass'. Hope he reads this before he goes to the music store and asks for a bass sax
...ch:
Selmer, Model 40 (Rosewood), EEb contra-alto=.988' Selmer, Model 41 (Rosewood), BBb contra-bass=1.333' Selmer USA, Model 1440 (plastic), EEb contra-alto=987' Leblanc, Models 350...
...3) as well as my Conn (tenor type neck) other C melody made in 1916 plays well intune. I use Rico Royal Bass Clarinet #3 reeds. I compared the original C melody reed with the bass clarinet reed and th...
...no preamp in between the turntable and sound card. When LPs were recorded, they were equalized with the bass brought down and the highs boosted (to fit more music on the side of the LP). Without a pho...
I'm using the Digi-Tec Harmony Machine along with a Korg signel processor and a DOD Bass Chorus stomp box.
...'t mention is that Leblanc made the decision to produce both their EEb contra altos and BBb contra basses with the same bore. Selmer chose to make a distinction and produce their instruments in b...
I had to play bass drum in marching band one year in high school, because no one in the drum section could keep time.
S'truth.
...'ve played them along with my trombone playing friend in the Marine Corps. I know they write it in bass clef and Bb....maybe even Eb as well. There's some catchy tunes in there.
Hope thi...
I recently started playing the saxaphone- I already play guitar/bass/keyboards and my girlfriend is pretty good on the clarinet. I love the sax now so much but we are having a hard time getting it (an...
...hat's what I used to think.
Just find one good one (well ...one alto, one tenor, one bari, one bass, one soprano, one sopranino, one C soprano, one saxello, one C melody.........)
P.S.
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The Bb instrument transposition, which is done for soprano clarinets in Bb, cornets and trumpets, bass clarinet, tenor sax, soprano sax or bass sax, is to read or think everything up one full st...
Yes, the sax plays music written in treble clef (even the bass sax!), unfortunately the sax is a transposing instrument. As an example, the alto sax is an Eb horn. When it plays a C, it sounds like a ...
...39;Twin Tenors' (RCA/novus). Bob Mintzer, Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick (piano), Michael Formanek (bass) and Peter Erskine (drums). Recorded Nov. 1992 in NYC. If you need help finding a copy of t...
I was there in 1998 and played bass in the world record orchestra of 1236 saxophonists. A truly amazing musical experience! And don't underestimate the belgian beer...
First all saxophonists ...
Contrabass... Hmm...
First, let me start out by saying this:
DON'T HIT THE LOW NOTES FIRST!
You will blow your 'Test tickles' right out of your nose.
I believe that LA S...
...of maxtone alto saxophone
its not a selmer, that's clear but its got a real smooth sound on the bass tunes specialy
http://sicksites.magnify.net/video/JAZZ-in-MADININA-
FRELIN-BRANDON
E...
...039;Caribbean Fire Dance' before I heard him play it live a couple of years ago, with three horns, bass, and drums. Knocked me on my ass!!! My buddy Fran Wyatt was on drums with him for a while, ...
I am a reforming bass clarinet player (yeah, I know the jokes..*g*) who is now playing alto for my church during the Sunday and Wednesday services. Due to other financial constraints, I can't aff...
Nice horn, Primeye. Yours looks very similar to my own, except for the mouthpiece (neck area, I guess). Based on my research, there were two necks (as you said) the New York style, and the 'viii&...
...e, but I have had trouble finding a ligature to fit my bari mouthpieces ( a Morgan 1C, which requires a bass ligature, and a Selmer S-90 that is just slightly too small for the Selmer metal bari ligat...
...s that when you are doing a show or band work and most studio work you need the bari the alto sax & bass clarinet and who knows what else. Add the instrument stands to all of this and the use of a...
...rn.
But I play a lot of bari, so it's essential that those low notes are 100% in tune with the bass bone, esp when cranking out octaves, fifths, or unisons. If I don't tune this way, it&...
Hi All
I'm getting back to playing sax after a 20 year break. I'm playing bass in an informal band with some friends and picked up an early 60's, USA made, Conn 12M Bari last summer...
...azz scene. He has played with musicians like Marcus Miller.
Marcus Miller lays down some funky bass and played alongside Miles Davis, now he leads his own groups.
I liked the shape of Han'...
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