skirmish
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Two weeks into my new relationship with the saxophone I think I'm making progress. When I bought my used Gulf the girl also gave me a 'Learn as you play' book so I've been making headway through that.
Notes so far are G A B C F E F# and D E F G A using the Octave key. While I'm managing fine with the normal notes (and reading the music) I am finding it more difficult with the notes using the Octave key. Sometimes I just get the low octave note, regardless of using the key and other times I get the 'murdered parrot' sound which definitely gets the dog's ears pricking up!
My current reed is a 1.5 and I wonder if that could be contributing to this problem?
I've also found a local teacher who is recommended by a friend so hopefully once I start the lessons any problems I'm experiencing will start to be ironed out.
Definitely enjoying the sax though so far and I'm sure I will stick with it.
Dave
Notes so far are G A B C F E F# and D E F G A using the Octave key. While I'm managing fine with the normal notes (and reading the music) I am finding it more difficult with the notes using the Octave key. Sometimes I just get the low octave note, regardless of using the key and other times I get the 'murdered parrot' sound which definitely gets the dog's ears pricking up!
My current reed is a 1.5 and I wonder if that could be contributing to this problem?
I've also found a local teacher who is recommended by a friend so hopefully once I start the lessons any problems I'm experiencing will start to be ironed out.
Definitely enjoying the sax though so far and I'm sure I will stick with it.
Dave