Playing the saxophone Adapting a Piano Piece for Sax Quartet - What Options for "Octave Tremolo"

[PiccoloPirate]

The trill or flutter tongue sounds doable, just a matter of the control/quality of the tone with respect to what the others are playing.
And the actual tune is? 🎯

St. Albans and Jamaica in NYC, where most of my buddies and I grew up, lotsa Gospel and Jazz.

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Tremeloes, is that like potatoes,
just ask Danny Q. 😱

 

[Pete Effamy]

The trill or flutter tongue sounds doable, just a matter of the control/quality of the tone with respect to what the others are playing.
And the actual tune is? 🎯

St. Albans and Jamaica in NYC, where most of my buddies and I grew up, lotsa Gospel and Jazz.

My breath is still bated regarding your scoring of an octave tremelo split between two saxes…

 

[PiccoloPirate]

I was taught, if you can hear it in your mind, you can score it, and if not, patience is a virtue.

 

[Pete Effamy]

I was taught, if you can hear it in your mind, you can score it, and if not, patience is a virtue.

Not off the hook. You promised. I can hear what you proposed in my mind - unfortunately.

 

[PiccoloPirate]

If it's a Bb Sop, playing the G2 and D3, and we want to use the Eb Alto to play/sound like the octave below tremolo notes, it is important to remember that the lowest sounding notes/tones, when fingering Bb on either horn will be Ab3 and Db3.
Good exercise for those following this thread, and studying arrange/comp.

 

[Pete Thomas]

I was taught, if you can hear it in your mind, you can score it, and if not, patience is a virtue.

No but you have to take into account the fact that whatever you score must be playable by most players. I think your idea of alternating between octaves by using two players is OK in theory - but tremolos never have exact timings so would not be practical to notate in real life. Both tremolos and and trills are usually tempo ="as fast as possible"

 

[PiccoloPirate]

^^^^
True.
Another important thing taught to me, for composition, write for musicians that you can afford to pay.

 

[Pete Thomas]

write for musicians that you can afford to pay.

You can say that again!