The first time I picked up my new saxophone, I had only taken one saxophone lesson in my life and didn't really know what to expect. So I recorded a video and threw it up on youtube. After posting them as a joke, I received pretty positive feedback. I know I'm really really horrible, but this way I can track my progress - and you can too, if you want! I honestly wouldn't mind pointers as to what I'm doing wrong, especially with embouchure, as I constantly find myself blowing air from the sides of my mouth, especially when I'm tired, which is kind of a buzz-kill.Now, I don't practise the saxophone every day, so I'm not going to be uploading new videos regularly. This is more of an approximation of progress when I reach what I feel are milestones. Obviously, when I stop sucking, new video logs will no longer be funny and therefore I'll probably not waste your time with them unless I can pinpoint a problem I need help with.
If people don't want to see this kind of thread, then I won't mind if it's removed.
Day One:
I already posted these videos somewhere, and they're pretty hilarious!
Day Two:
I spent about 2-3 hours fiddling with my horn, trying to make some sounds. I also bought a saxophone book today, it was pretty much the only book that had beginner stuff in it that wasn't intended for 12 year olds with private tutors, so I splurged a couple of Hamiltons and cruised my way back home. I didn't intend to make any videos, especially since all the songs in that book are dead boring. However, at the end of my session, I decided that the moderate pain on the back of my neck, the stinging crampy sensation in my mouth and the HORRIFYING throat maleurs had to be there for a reason. So I spent twenty minutes trying to play some of my favorite tunes: The beginning of the Tetris theme and "Quest for Fire" by Iron Maiden. Since I can't do the altissimo notes yet I had to play it at least one octave lower than Dickinson's voice but it's almost understandable so I guess my mission was a partial success!
If you're wondering why I'm not wearing a shirt in the following video, it's because I thought I'd look better as a bad Tim Cappello impersonator with a hat than that version of me in the above video for this particular tune...
As you can see, I'm having some major embouchure dilemmas as well as some slight accuracy problems but the accuracy problems are just because I'm playing by ear and I'm not really that good at imagining sounds in my head.
Enjoy and feel free to laugh, a beginner and his perils are always hilarious!
More to come! I'm not sure if I should just continuously edit this post if I post new updates or if I should post a new post every time, I'd be happy to hear from people what they think would be better!
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