Introduction G'day from Oz

[neilius]

Hi from Brisbane Australia.

I renewed a high school interest in Jazz (a long time ago), and bought myself a Yamaha WX5 midi wind controller, which I am enjoying very much.

I'm always on the lookout for Jazz pieces for Sax which I could use to improve my technique.

Thanks for setting up this site. I'm looking forward to getting access to the other resources on this site.

BTW, I know a few web links for free sax sheet music and exercises. Please let me know if its appropriate to post that info somewhere in the forums.

Regards

Neil

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi and welcome to the Breakfast room.

You have access to the extra pages now.

Yes you may post links here, although the sites should not be infringing any copyright as I am unltimately responsible for them.

 

[ken]

Welcome and greetings from Spain Neil.

I don't know 'why' but I'm on the list for the ewi4000. Do you also play a conventional instrument?

Ken

 

[neilius]

At 6:24:14 PM 04/05/06, Ken wrote:
Welcome and greetings from Spain Neil.

I don't know 'why' but I'm on the list for the ewi4000. Do you also play a conventional instrument?

Ken

Ken

Don't laugh, but I've played recorder for about 38 years. Mostly Irish folk music, but I play a pretty reasonable "Basin Street Blues" on it when I know no-one is listening 🙂

I haven't looked at the EWI. I am very happy with the WX5 - it's versatile, very forgiving, sounds great and has more personalities than some crazy people I know 🙂

Neil

 

[ken]

Hi Neil,

Nothing wrong with the recorder, never played one, but I'm told the fingering is quiet similar to sax ???

I didn't have a choice t'ween wx or ewi... it's an on order prezzie!

Few nights back I saw a guy performing with a wx5, connected through (I think it was called) a Keltron MIDI-DJ... sounded absolutely awesome.... and I not a fan of midi.

Ken.

 

[neilius]

Yes you may post links here, although the sites should not be infringing any copyright as I am unltimately responsible for them.

I found a lot of free sheet music of sax lessons for beginner and intermediate at:
http://saxlessons.com/lessons.htm

Also, sheet music for lots of traditional tunes at:
http://www.darsie.net/tuneweb/

 

[griff136]

hi and welcome from sunny Devon

 

[neilius]

Nothing wrong with the recorder, never played one, but I'm told the fingering is quiet similar to sax ???
Ken.

Ken - yes, recorder is similar but it gets a bit more complicated on cross fingerings on the high notes, plus the sax has the cool extra keys for sharps, flats, and high / low notes.

Incidentally, the WX5 has a lot of alternative fingerings which makes it much easier to play jazz. E.g. you can use right middle finger for A#, G# and F#, so it sort of encourages you to be lazy. I can't remember if you could do that with the real sax. Can you?

 

[ken]

At 10:35:35 AM 05/05/06, Neilius wrote:

Incidentally, the WX5 has a lot of alternative fingerings which makes it much easier to play jazz. E.g. you can use right middle finger for A#, G# and F#, so it sort of encourages you to be lazy. I can't remember if you could do that with the real sax. Can you?

Neil,

Can't say I've found them all yet, but yes, I have discovered a few places I can stick my middle finger to get a few sharps! 😱 🙂

Yes there are also some alternative sax fingerings as you mention.

Ken.