'Not' a beginners diary......

[nosaxyet]

... but all you kind folk helped me out a lot when I chose my sax so I though I'd give you a brief update.

So it about six weeks and three lessons into my saxophone 'career'. It's been a mixed bag as you might expect but I'm pleased with my progress so far and what's more so is my teacher - though last night he told me I must persevere with a passage I'm finding a little difficult. I rather naughtily moved on as I was struggling with it.

There again, I tried it again today and I'm getting close to nailing it now where as if I'd just stuck to it I would perhaps have continued to be a little frustrated. Moving onto another piece I know better was easier.

Oh and Terry says I should start playing pieces I don't know as well as stuff I know well. I am playing tunes from the Beetles (All My Loving, Hey Jude), Rod Sewart's Sailing, Strangers in the night, Morining Has Broken and a couple more.

I've been running another topic on reading music and the suggestions I received have been helpful also and I am definitely getting better. Most of all I am enjoying it and am soooo glad I went for the Hanson SA-8 - it's a joy to play.

Any way I though I should update you all on progress to date. I have been so busy at work and practicing that I have had no time spare to post.

 

[justin_chune]

Thanks for the update. It's good to hear that you are doing so well. Having a break from something you are toiling with is a good idea. Give it a rest, have some fun, and then go back to it. Hey Jude is a fine tune and so is "Stranglers In The Night" as one of my band directors calls it. Another rec. for Hanson saxophones. You can't beat playing on a good instrument. "Persevere" is the motto of my home town. We have to do it. Have fun.