New here - hello!

[Loony Moon Hare]

Hello, just registered and thought I'd drop by and introduce myself.

I'm 38 and recently picked the sax back up. I originally learned to play at school and got up to grade 5. I was playing at a standard beyond grade 5 but sadly I struggled with music theory so couldn't take the 6 practical -

My kids' school has just started a community orchestra and the head nabbed me during the school run with the words 'a little bird tells me you play saxophone' and I found myself joining in and remembering how fun it is to play.

I've managed to pick up fairly well where I left off after some daily practice sessions and I'm now enjoying exploring what I can get out of the instrument. I was taught pretty classical stuff to play so I now have free range to explore all sorts of stuff and I'm working on tone. Noodling around with overtones has been fascinating to me!

I sadly no longer had the Armstrong alto I had at school but bought a Trevor James classic alto recently which I love

I'm due some inheritance soon and going to treat myself to a tenor sax also.

Anyway, nice to be here and looking to learn from you all.

 

[Andrew Sanders]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Andy

 

[kevgermany]

Big welcome from me, have fun!

 

[Jeanette]

Hello and welcome to the cafe

Glad to hear you are enjoying playing again.

Jx

 

[DrBob]

Welcome! I've only just joined. I've also got a Trevor James alto which is great. Only just joined this place myself but it is full of really helpful posts and people. Enjoy!
DB

 

[Pyrografix]

Welcome aboard!

Cheers,

Amanda

 

[MandyH]

Hello and welcome....

I also play in a school band. However I was surplus to requirement on my alto, but nabbed swiftly when I bought the bari!

I love the sax and the kids at school are so tolerant of my inabilities.

Our version of Hawaii-five-0 has the tempo marking "uncomfortably fast", the first time that I reached the end with the rest of the band (after several weeks) I felt that I'd really achieved something ))

Enjoy your playing

 

[Justin Chune]

Welcome to the cafe. I'm sure you will love the tenor.

Jim.

 

[sushidushi]

Welcome to the café and welcome back to the sax.

 

[old git]

Welcome to the caff©, yellowbelly.

Good to play what you want to, isn't it?

ENJOY!​™

 

[rudjarl]

Hi Loony, welcome to the Cafe

 

[jazzarazzer]

Welcome from another neewbiee

 

[Tenor Viol]

Hello and welcome.

I've been playing alto for about 18 months, but I succumbed and bought a tenor just before Christmas and I've just started playing it in a community wind band with vast sweeping hoards of flutes and clarinets, vast populations of altos, plus a few tenors, bari, sops, clarinets, and assorted brass and members of the heavy metal department... It's great fun.

 

[Loony Moon Hare]

Welcome to the caff©, yellowbelly.

Good to play what you want to, isn't it?

ENJOY!​™

Lol, not a native Yellowbelly - I'm a Black Country lass by birth, and yes it is great to play what I want.

 

[Loony Moon Hare]

Thank you all for the welcome. I hope I do enjoy the tenor as much as my alto. I'll certainly enjoy shopping around for it anyway!

 

[TomMapfumo]

Hello!

 

[Saxdiva]

Hi and welcome. I'm new too so I'm not sure you'll learn anything from me. I am a master at buying new saxes though. I'm totally hooked after a couple of months and have added a tenor and soprano to my alto. It wasn't intended, it just happened!

there's great advice and friendly folk here, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

 

[navarro]

Hi have fun great place here Regds.n

 

[Reed Warbler]

Best of luck NMH. I left the sax for 43 years, distracted by the wonders of slide trombone. What a joy to pick one up again; am totally hooked!

 

[Bigtwin]

after a couple of months and have added a tenor and soprano to my alto. It wasn't intended, it just happened!

Were you just clumsy with the welding rig?