Just goes to show that the sax is completely useless for classical music.
Very heavy irony.
Some people don't think the sax is suitable for classical music.
Don't shout.What do you mean CLASSICAL MUSIC. ? Do you mean THE CLASSICAL PERIOD as opposed to THE ROMANTIC PERIOD. ?![]()
At the minute I am practicing Nimrod, the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, and Barber's Adagio - any one of them leaves my embouchure exhausted. It has to be good!
I think your tag "never give up on a dream..." is very profound. As I get older my sense of time telescopes outwards - when I was 20 or so the thought of spending 3 years doing something seemed an age - now it seems like a pleasant diversion. I have just gone part time at work and I am looking forward to spending time becoming really good at soprano in 3 or 4 years time. If I didn't put the effort in, I would still find myself having arrived at that point 3 or 4 years away NOT having done anything. What a waste.
Ok I actually do know something about it - I know my baroque from my rococo, but most of the time I use the term classical in a way that makes it plain to non-musicians what I am talking about. If I tell people I play music from the romantic era they might think I mean Haircut 100. And that would never do..Mack, Google music era for proper definitions. Mozart is considered classical. Beethoven not - he's early romantic.
Roughly speaking music eras match architecture and social styles. So dates are not exact, and outside of academia pretty irrelevant a lot of the time. It's a bit like trying to distinguish between heavy metal and hard rock. The differences are there, but the boundaries aren't clear. Much easier to use broader definitions - same goes for jazz.
But you'd certainly have a fantastic day....Ok I actually do know something about it - I know my baroque from my rococo, but most of the time I use the term classical in a way that makes it plain to non-musicians what I am talking about. If I tell people I play music from the romantic era they might think I mean Haircut 100. And that would never do..
Don't shout.
I'm, like most commoners, using it in its broadest, non-academic sense. So pretty much anything from the baroque era onwards, but excluding popular, jazz from 20th century.
but I dislike a Tenor Sax playing Mozart