What do you feel the value on a Bundy in this condition. It's playable, she's been practicing on a Yamaha that we rented from the school temporarily until I could find one. Now she's ...
I have a Conn Ltd made in Elkhart Ind. On the bottom of the back the following is listed:
PA D.DEC. 8,1914
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M145121
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I would appreciate any ...
My (Big) Band has an outdoor community gig on Saturday afternoon. We're the closing act, and the producer of the event JUST called me to see if we could close with something patriotic.
We don ...
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to let you know about my new website featuring an online book and series of lessons entitled, "Beginning Saxophone: The Jazz Approach." If you are a beginning ...
If you have any bio info on Don, I would appreciate a copy. Perhaps an old interview in a music mag or some info off of a CD liner. A photo from a live performance would also be great. I will send a ...
Hello Folks,
Just a note to let you know I've posted another free lesson at my website. Visit the site and click on the "Free Stuff" page link on the menu bar. The new lesson is ...
... uch for the tips!
Yes, I play jazz more than classical these days, but I love having the classical books for tech training. It's just great for getting your speed up while also playing ...
I'll have too look deeper into what sound this is, but most pitch bends can be achieved by a combination of "lipping up" (applying more pressure to the reed via lips and movement) and ...
Hi.
i went to www.realbookonline.com and downloaded all the files. i zipped up the realbook fakebook and posted it in the following newsgroups to make it easier to gain access to. it is a little ...
... ic of Ireland and the Fiddler's Fake Book. The web page http://www.folk-tales.com/fake_fiddler_book.html describes these publications.
If you are a saxophonist and want to ...
Folks,
can anyone give me a lead to a really good jazz or busking songbook that has (a) all the right songs: all the old jazz standards from the 1930s and 1940s and not too many pop tunes and (b) ...
Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to let you know I've added another lesson to the site:
The Flat Nine - The use of flat nines in resolving dominant chord harmony is addressed in this lesson. ...
A C melody is not an alto or a tenor. It's inbetween, but closer to a tenor. You don't hear much about them these days because they really don't make them any more.
If you have tenor ...
I'm playing in a band with a guitar player who doesn't play 1 note when it's possible to play 4 (or more), and, in truth, is a hell of a good guitar player. However, coming in after a ...
Oh dear-a fatal mistake that tuner,diagnosis of various registers-best forget it,we're all in the same boat. But yes some horns are better made(attention to little details like intonation)-the ...
Heh... Wellll, I'm here only to advise. You are free to do as you please, needless to say. I'm not the sax police.
You did say, "I don't see any advantage in learning ...
Thank you for the information. The year 1953 sounds about right based on what my husband told me. The only visible markings on the sax are:
Front of horn: Ambassador
F. E. Olds ...
Thanks for the answer. The SML I'm looking at is this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/SML-Strasser-Marigaux-PRIMAX-Alto-
Saxophone-Jewish-Star-/230545275228?
pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash= ...
In doing some reseach about the hits by Dennis Yost and the Classics IV, I was given the following info by the recording studio that did the sessions;
SPOOKY- CLASSICS IV MIKE SHAPIRO TENOR
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Do you have any good books/videos to recommend for the self-taught saxophonist?
Some background: I've been playing for the past 12 years or so, small stints... some improv here and there. I ...
If you do traditional big band and/or pit orchestra work, then I'd suggest that you get a horn with the low A. It's too much a part of the composer's and arranger's toolbox in ...
Mainly in Bb, but the first one made (also the first saxophone, coincidentally), was pitched in the orchestral system (in C)
One that you can acquire without criminal activity, sale of your wife or ...