I tend to play the whole tone scale on augmented 5th chords (e.g. C whole tone scale over a Caug) but I am not sure if there is any harmonic rationale for this. It seems to work resaonably well.
Hello all, I recently purchased this true tone because I fell in love with it.
I am just learning how to play (again) it's only been 30 years. At any rate I'm practicing on my B. arist...
I used a Link Tone Edge on mine. I also had an old red VanDoren that worked well with it. It takes a piece with no baffle and a large round chamber. Your problem with the low notes might be a matter o...
I have a Buescher True Tone low pitch Tenor saxophone. Silver with pearl keys.Serial number 136014 with Dec 8, 1914 being the licnse date. Any thoughts on this saxophone and how much it may be worth?
Hi all I have been playing alto for about 6 months I have a Yamaha 62 and I am useing standard mouthpiece and a selmer C I am using Jazz Rico 2s reed I have tried other reeds and still have the same p...
Hi Phil:
I have a great King Tempo/Keilwerth Tone King alto for sale for $500 dollars.It has been overhauled and plays superbly with new pads springs, cork etc. The lacquer is near 100 percent and th...
Hi Phil:
I have a great King Tempo/Keilwerth Tone King alto for sale for 500 dollars.It has been overhauled and plays superbly with new pads springs, cork etc. The lacquer is near 100 percent and the...
Hi Phil:
I have a great King Tempo/Keilwerth Tone King alto for sale for $500 dollars.It has been overhauled and plays superbly with new pads springs, cork etc. The lacquer is near 100 percent and th...
...e 'sound of a vintage' horn is kind of meaningless. Some vintage horns have very dark, pretty tone, some a much fuller tone, some much brighter. I love the tone of the Yani, its not too brig...
...playing the alto sax for about 6 years. I have really had only one consistant problem. I have very airy tone. I have a 2&1/2 reed so everyone I have talked to have said that that probably isn'...
If you're not already doing it, work on long tone excercises on these low notes. This is a great way to firm up intonation, strengthen your embouchure and increase your breath support besides. Af...
They don't work for rolled tone holes? Hmmm... I was considering sending my alto to him whenever I decided I needed new pads, but... Oh well.
Why aren't they good for rolled tone holes?
Does anyone know her name? I think i'm in love... What a tone, what a tone.
Interesting...
I have been having alot of tone problems with my Soprano. I acidentially bought a set of 4 reeds. Since I had them and needed a reed, I decided to try one.
Well, the tone proble...
...d the ultimate classical mouthpiece.
I play a Selmer LT for alto, and like the smooth, round mellow tone, with no edge whatsoever. I don't care for the tone on a tenor...
...pending of/on/to (not English isn't that good ) your mouthpeace. I've got an Otto Link Super tone master, you know, one of those metal ones, and I'm playing on a 2hard jazz select reed...
I am about to purchase a silver/nickel Maxtone saxophone imported from France, if you have played one or own one of the sax's i'd love it if you could tell me what the quality and tone is li...
...d sounding "aah" syllable. This should help keep the pitch down somewhat and also improve the tone. All this can be practiced individually in long-tones with a tuner.
I have a 4-page long...
...where.
I do agree with Hal Wadleigh that a Buescher/big chamber combination will have the mellowest tone. But it will probably be TOO mellow for most schools, unless someone there has had contact ...
Pete's satin gold alto is making me drool..... Too bad I already have 3 True Tone altos, if I were to bring another home I'd have way too much explaining to do!
Bob Fowler
The Vandoren 'Optimum' is what I'm using with mine. Great ligature with 3 different tone plates.
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I have a 440hz 'A' tuning fork. What note do I play on a soprano saxophone to match this tone?...
...uthpiece to a runyan and need some advise on what is a good facing value. which values gives volume and tone.?...
...horn as a 'jazz' player, doing mostly improvisation and the like, then the added facility and tone that some attribute to the 'short horns' will be an asset.
However, if you ar...
...arinet has extra articulations for the C# (low reg.) and Eb, and is one of those models that has the C# tone hole actually going through the joint between the two main body sections and on the top of ...
...he G, G# and Aux F would need to be changed ( bearing in mind that the sound will come out of the Aux.F tone hole ), with perhaps the side Bb too. The danger here is that it can have a knock-on effect...
...rom a specially engineered high refractory ceramic material, these mouthpieces offer a new demension in tone, stability and responsiveness.
All the Best! Aaron...
... for all kinds of non-pad based leaks - it's just a method of ensuring an absolute seal on all the tone holes. It's a hell of a job to get the film on though, so it's very much a last r...
I don't like Rico reeds because I don't think they give a good tone. I prefer to use Van Doren 2.5 or 3 with an 80/2 mouthpiece.
Keep your Mojo working Zoot
...k eBay and see what has sold too.I am interested but not for more than $900. Does this Couf have rolled tone holes? Again I am interested and if you still are can you send me some pics. My email addre...
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