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Saxophones: gear, playing, repair, impro
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Articles & Resources
A collection of the" best of the best" contributions by members. Playing, improvising care & repair tips and hints. Contact us if you want to publish an article.
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Be creative - collaborate with Wikiloops backing tracks
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Test forum
Testing...testing....Try stuff out, signatures, avatars, smilies, attachments, quotes. Posts here are temporary, not included in your post count.
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Ask the Sax Bot (now retired)
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Topic feeds This section pulls threads from any of the above forum categories and displays them based on search filters. e.g. all threads marked as started by (or for) beginners are included in the Beginners search forum and may be from any of the other sections.
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Looking for answers
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Popular Discussions
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Beginners' discussions
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Tech, repair & maintenance
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John Talcott in memoriam
A collection of posts by the late John Talcott one of our most prolific and helpful members. May he rest in peace.
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Archives Pre March 4 2009 posts. The old breakfastroom.co.uk forum has now been imported and we will be moving threads to the current forum.
SAXOPHONES
Equipment, setups and gizmos: new, vintage and anything inbetween
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JAZZ THEORY
Questions & answers on jazz theory and improvising
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BREAKFASTROOM
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PLAYING
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PRODUCTION
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All aspects of teaching and learning & resources
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SOUNDCLIPS
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TECHNICAL
Repair, maintenance, construction, mouthpiece refacing etc...
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BEGINNERS
Beginners' questions and thoughts. No question too stupid.
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Member Blogs (currently active)
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Saxophones Pork Tales: Saxophone Repair DIY Adventures.- Started by PigSquealer
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Saxophone beginners Come on now, join the band....(Beginners blog)- Started by cappers
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Popular Discussions on the Café
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Saxophones Carrying a tenor on a (motor)bike?- Started by Jay
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Great Players Who sparked your love of Sax music- Started by jools
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Playing the saxophone Learn to play by ear or by reading music- Started by Taz
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Tech/maintenance My new "DIY" pads...- Started by DavidUK
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Theory & Impro Do we really need theory?- Started by jbtsax
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Playing the saxophone The Cafe Trio grown to Octet down to Sextet- Started by trimmy
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Misc Reviews Yamaha YDS-150 Wind Synth
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Playing the saxophone Learning to Read v Playing by ear- Started by BigMartin
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