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Ah yes folks, the day finally arrived when Boozy Squawks finally came out of its case and Suzy had her first lesson.
Some of you may recall that I bought it for £80 about a month ago and had practised a tad on just the mouthpiece. Well, I've since had 2 lots of flu so decided to keep it in its case until my first lesson.
Off I drove in my beloved "Chugger" (Peugeot 306 diesel), complete with Sat Nav (don't laugh, have you tried finding someone's house in Shetland in the dark?), promptly got lost and good old sax teacher saw me drive by, came out in her slippers down the road and off we trot!
She duly inspected Boozy Squawk and gave it a blast. Mmm, lower 2 notes (those big round thingies to all you other newbies out there) don't quite blow right but apart from that, tis fine apparently.
Now silly Suzy hadn't got her gob in the right position so now I'm going around pretending to be Bugs Bunny - crumbs, a LOT easier than blowing like I was doing into it LOL! Sax teacher was quite impressed (so was I but mmm, did I let on?)
Oh joy of joys, the fingering is sooooo much like a recorder. Ha, 3 blind mice coming up then - oh yeah? How come when I do an A it blooming goes up a note then LOL. Lovely sax teacher suspects that as I have only likkle hands that I may be catching one.
Oops, almost forgot - no, I didn't smash my glasses but crumbs, I really do need a new neck strap. Oh, and must get some cork grease too. At least I now know how to put it together and hey, I had put the reed it correctly. I'm going to give it a few months and then get Boozy Squawk serviced as I have had a tad bit of an expensive day.
Why that then? Cos "Chugger" failed its blooming MOT today (bless, it '99 reg) on corroded brake pipes and big hole in the exhaust so I had to get the bus 25 miles back from Lerwick. Good job I popped home after sax lesson (13 miles) and dropped off B&H innit?
Chugger is now sitting in the garage and I get it back on Monday, £350 lighter (correction: hubby's credit card £350 lighter).
Some of you may recall that I bought it for £80 about a month ago and had practised a tad on just the mouthpiece. Well, I've since had 2 lots of flu so decided to keep it in its case until my first lesson.
Off I drove in my beloved "Chugger" (Peugeot 306 diesel), complete with Sat Nav (don't laugh, have you tried finding someone's house in Shetland in the dark?), promptly got lost and good old sax teacher saw me drive by, came out in her slippers down the road and off we trot!
She duly inspected Boozy Squawk and gave it a blast. Mmm, lower 2 notes (those big round thingies to all you other newbies out there) don't quite blow right but apart from that, tis fine apparently.
Now silly Suzy hadn't got her gob in the right position so now I'm going around pretending to be Bugs Bunny - crumbs, a LOT easier than blowing like I was doing into it LOL! Sax teacher was quite impressed (so was I but mmm, did I let on?)
Oh joy of joys, the fingering is sooooo much like a recorder. Ha, 3 blind mice coming up then - oh yeah? How come when I do an A it blooming goes up a note then LOL. Lovely sax teacher suspects that as I have only likkle hands that I may be catching one.
Oops, almost forgot - no, I didn't smash my glasses but crumbs, I really do need a new neck strap. Oh, and must get some cork grease too. At least I now know how to put it together and hey, I had put the reed it correctly. I'm going to give it a few months and then get Boozy Squawk serviced as I have had a tad bit of an expensive day.
Why that then? Cos "Chugger" failed its blooming MOT today (bless, it '99 reg) on corroded brake pipes and big hole in the exhaust so I had to get the bus 25 miles back from Lerwick. Good job I popped home after sax lesson (13 miles) and dropped off B&H innit?
Chugger is now sitting in the garage and I get it back on Monday, £350 lighter (correction: hubby's credit card £350 lighter).
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