I bought a Xaphoon!

[MandyH]

Hi all, my new Xaphoon arrived today.
This is my summer project - to learn to play it!

I think I have driven my family mad enough so far today.....I can play "London Bridge is falling Down" by ear!

 

[Jeanette]

Have fun

Jx

 

[kevgermany]

Poor family.

 

[Targa]

Aren't you supposed to play it by mouth?

 

[old git]

Aren't you supposed to play it by mouth?

Only if you do not have a pierced ear drum.

 

[Ads]

Well its one way to get the family to buy you a new Sax ! ... in fact all sorts of Bribe related situations can evolve . hopefully before the brief novelty of the thing wears off and it ends up on E-Bay ..

 

[Reed Warbler]

Why would anyone with four good saxes want to buy a xaphoon, let alone play London Bridge is falling down on it?

 

[kernewegor]

Why would anyone with four good saxes want to buy a xaphoon, let alone play London Bridge is falling down on it?

Yes - what's wrong with Frère Jacques?

 

[Ads]

Yes - what's wrong with Frère Jacques?

Nothing until you hear it played on a Xaphoon !!

 

[Pyrografix]

I had one for about a month - then it went the way of many other xaphoons back on the good ol' eBay!

 

[MandyH]

I am determined to succeed.....one day

 

[trimmy]

I am determined to succeed.....one day

I remember saying that too......

 

[BrianJoeSandy]

I have one. It is fun and you can take it anywhere - even on a plane.

 

[Chris]

you can take it anywhere - even on a plane.

Wouldn't this be classed as an act of terrorism..




OK I'll get my coat and leave quietly..

 

[Eduan Steenkamp]

Is the Xaphoon really that difficult to play? I ordered one last week. Hopefully it will be here on Monday.

Any pro's and con's from any of you that have played or tried to play the xaphoon?

 

[saxyjt]

It's kind of tempting, but I have enough toys to master for now, so I don't really need to waste my time with yet another one.

I quite like the video showing how he makes these:

 

[MandyH]

It's not difficult to play - you can get notes out of it easily. The mouthpiece is an odd shape - you need a very open "O" shaped mouth to play it.

I found it has some fingering which are "not saxophone" which made it challenging for me, until I started learning clarinet and discovered that they do exist on the clarinet.

But I haven't given it any time recently. It's still hanging around the music room, with the Dood....

 

[Dabaqallo]

I like the sound. It's like midway between a clarinet and a saxophone.

 

[Alice]

The Dood abides...