Hi
Lovely to have you back, perhaps a new diary for second time around 😃
Jx
Oh no, and you'd be grateful that I don’t as you would get something like this:
Monday: I switched to my jazz mouthpiece but could not find any, of the many, old used reeds that would work with it, everything was very spitty sounding and frustrating. I’m wondering why I’m putting myself thorough this, maybe my sax would be best as a wall decoration.
Tuesday: wow, same mouthpiece and one of those old Java 3 reeds and I feel like I was playing a saxophone, not a hose pipe. Notes were popping out and felt stable. I’m feeling much more positive, palm keys still elusive, but I was able to get the low Bb fairly consistently, and even did some overtones. Now I’m wondering why I ordered a new mouthpiece this morning as there is nothing wrong with this one! Yesterday it was so obvious my lack of ability was equipment related.
Wednesday: Oh no! I read a review and watched a youtube video on a mouthpiece I’ve never heard of, and realised I should have ordered this one. I’ve been away so long the mouthpiece landscape has changed so much.
Damn it, this is hopeless, why, when I can read the music, do I insist on throwing in a random G# in that descending run? But that’s not the worst of it, I’ve changed reeds four times before switching to the classical mouthpiece and then back again in the hope of finding a combination that would work. How can things change so much in a day! I’m thinking of ordering some harder reeds as that’ll help with the palm key notes, that and snugging up the embouchure a little. Is there a discreet way to learn the saxophone? It feels like every mistake, of which there are many, is broadcast clearly for all to hear.
Is that sideways ’S’ a mordent or a turn? Not that I can remember the difference, and either way it requires lightning fast fingers. Speed, agility and grace are terms I’ve never heard anyone use when describing my many dubious attributes.
Did I find the tenor this difficult... maybe I should dig it out… I can’t remember what mouthpiece I have for it…
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