Beginner recording body and soul

[saxn00b445]

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mQ9HpIYxaE0


not the best recording, played the head a bit messily, the reason the video is black is because i had my phone lying on the desk with the camera pointing down into the desk
been trying to work on my sound to get it to be large and warm
any tips or constructive feedback would be appreciated

 

[mrpeebee]

Nice and dark sound, well done.

Keep on doing what you do, you're on the good way. 🙂

 

[MikeMorrell]

Hi @saxn00b445,

I agree with @mrpeebee. Your general tenor sax 'tone' sounded fine to me. There are only a couple of 'comments/suggestions for improvement' that I (as an complete amateur!) can make:
- some kind of 'backing track' (with rhythm) might have helped in 'grounding' your sax solo in a a backing rhythm
- for many of your notes you played wonderfully 'rounded off' notes; the best were the ones that ended with a touch of vibrato!; but some of you notes seemed to end shorter and more abruptly than I would have expected. Possibly due to shortness of breath

I didn't know the 'body and soul' tune but I have listened to couple of sax versions on YouTube. Your version is one of the slowest that I found. Which IMHO translates into 'longer notes' and 'longer (more) breath' Yes, you can expand the duration of your breath. But (just IMHO), you could also speed up the tempo slightly to make sure that (for now!) you don't run out breath. Or - perhaps much easier- mark in when you need to to take 'short' and 'long' breaths

Hope this helps,

Mike

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Check this site for any information about articulation.
You sound like the huff/puff and blow the notes out.
Just takes practice, once you learn to do it correctly. 🎶🏴‍☠️🎶

 

[JayeNM]

Nice and dark sound, well done.

Keep on doing what you do, you're on the good way. 🙂

Wow....where YOU been, bro ?

 

[JayeNM]

@saxn00b445 ....i echo some of comments above, your intonation is pretty good, and your tonality is nice and full and pretty consistent across all notes.

I do agree, articulation is a bit inconsistent but, for a beginner, this is addressable with the suggestions already noted.

Suggestion....practice it to a metronome. Or a backing track. Whichever you feel more comfortable with. Some beginners get stressed at using one or the other, so either will help...

 

[mrpeebee]

Wow....where YOU been, bro ?

Planet Earth, but a bit less active on sax forums!

 

[JayeNM]

Planet Earth, but a bit less active on sax forums!

Planet Earth is a Consruct, tho....haven't you heard.... ?

 

[Dr G]

Planet Earth is a Consruct, tho....haven't you heard.... ?

It's a good thing that Tinkerbell didn't have to depend on you.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Jamie Lee Curtis, best tinker Bell ever. 🧚

 

[Targa]

Planet Earth is a Consruct, tho....haven't you heard.... ?

By the Magratheans.

 

[JayeNM]

It's a good thing that Tinkerbell didn't have to depend on you.

Shhhhh....she's locked up in my potato cellar....

 

[AndyL]

Wow, very nice sound! I like the subtle vibrato. What's your setup?

I'm hearing less of the melody come through in the bridge than in the A section, but maybe that's intentional. Can also be nice in this kind of context of solo playing to outline some of the harmonic stuff that's going on in the gaps in the melody (like playing some very simple outline of a ii V I into the new key going into the bridge, to set up the first phrase of melody).