"Daddy, is your saxophone damaged"?

[s.mundi]

Please allow me to give a little background information. My daughter and I have a great relationship. We are open and discuss all topics (food, feelings, education, sex, love, religion, money). Every couple of years, I work on reinventing the way we communicate with each other.
Today, I was working on a new song and asked my daughter for her opinion. I respect her honest opinion and suggestions.
She said, "Daddy, is your saxophone damaged or reed too hard because your face looks like you have a serious constipation problem"?
The evidence was in her video.
I won't be working on songs, scales, improvisation, tone, or any of that other fun stuff. I'll be working on playing the saxophone without having constipated facial expressions.
NOTE: The excessive wrinkles and eye bags aren't going anywhere.

 

[Pete Effamy]

I won't be working on songs, scales, improvisation, tone, or any of that other fun stuff. I'll be working on playing the saxophone without having constipated facial expressions.

Easy, just stop practising whilst on the loo.

 

[Caz]

chill, it's just your stankface.

 

[JayeNM]

The evidence was in her video.

...you could've at least posted the video, eh ?!

 

[6441]

Or study this gent, especially the beginning, the end and the eyebrows.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJtjpG8EgKk

 

[Ivan]

Milk of Magnesia

That'll shift things

 

[Pete Effamy]

That's the Smooth Jazz "I'm really feelin' it man" face. Spot the upside down lig?

 

[Halfers]

Ahh, the Dave Liebman method..

 

[s.mundi]

Ahh, the Dave Liebman method..


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Liebman could be my twin.

 

[Colin the Bear]

That's the Smooth Jazz "I'm really feelin' it man" face. Spot the upside down lig?

That's the right way.

 

[Pete Effamy]

That's the right way.

Don’t think so..

 

[Caz]

 

[JayeNM]

That's the right way.

Don’t think so..

Actually, I just recently was watching a Neville Bros. vid, and Charles actually had his lig on upside down....sooooo.....FWIW....

View: https://youtu.be/QVzogH8JgjY

 

[Pete Effamy]

Actually, I just recently was watching a Neville Bros. vid, and Charles actually had his lig on upside down....sooooo.....FWIW....

View: https://youtu.be/QVzogH8JgjY

I can't really make that out on the video other than the screws are topside. Looks like a metal lig?

@Colin the Bear The BG ligs are like Rovner and designed to be used screw on top.

 

[Jeanette]

I thought rovners could be used either way?

Jx

 

[6441]

For those who have said here that you can "use rubber bands as a ligature", why would it matter as long as it holds the reed in place?

 

[Pete Effamy]

I thought rovners could be used either way?

Jx

You could, but they didn't design them thus. Many BG ligs have inserts. I never tried them "upside down" - might sound the same.. but they will certainly do a great job of holding the reed still either way up.

 

[Jeanette]

Obviously not the ones with plates

https://www.rovnerproducts.com/assets/templates/bella-html5/images/AllOneLigatureInsert_p1.gif

Jx

 

[Pete Effamy]

Obviously not the ones with plates

https://www.rovnerproducts.com/assets/templates/bella-html5/images/AllOneLigatureInsert_p1.gif

Jx

No, but I didn't mean those - the BG lig in my pic earlier shows a rubber insert like a tyre tread.

 

[s.mundi]

We all make the same facial expression, so it must be normal.

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It appears that all people that play the saxophone make the same facial expression. It may be normal.