JamesOxford
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Finally picked up a tenor, so texted my neighbours warning them to let me know when it becomes unbearable. Luckily both said noise was ok, so I no-longer have to worry about building a room within a room or investing in a mute.
I've only played the tenor over a weekend, but I am ready to swear fealty and abandon the alto. Assuming I am now a tenor player, I wonder how other tenor or Bari players who travel for work etc. ever get to practice?
Not that anyone is travelling much at the moment, but in general. I used to take my alto into the woods to play, the size of the tenor is on the cusp of me choosing not to be arsed.
I read with interest the review here of the Yamaha YDS-150 and have seen the Roland Aerophone and other wind controllers. It seems these are somewhere between being an instrument in their own right, novelty instrument, or practice device. The Emeo is pitched as a practice device rather than instrument, has more realistic keys than other controllers and solves the problem of playing anytime, anywhere without disturbing others; as usual with these devices, embouchure practice is unresolved. The main problem is the price, $1550 is more than a lot of people starting out would spend on their saxes.
I feel like this problem (playing quietly, with something small and light enough to travel with) is something that manufacturers keep moving closer to, but no solution is quite there yet.
Seems getting a cheap soprano may be the best practice device for a tenor player? Could possibly DIY mute one too, or this, if it is a real thing:
Digital Mute For Woodwind Instruments | Freedom Player. (I've never touched a soprano, so don't know what their issues would be or how softly they could be played.)
What are your thoughts?
I've only played the tenor over a weekend, but I am ready to swear fealty and abandon the alto. Assuming I am now a tenor player, I wonder how other tenor or Bari players who travel for work etc. ever get to practice?
Not that anyone is travelling much at the moment, but in general. I used to take my alto into the woods to play, the size of the tenor is on the cusp of me choosing not to be arsed.
I read with interest the review here of the Yamaha YDS-150 and have seen the Roland Aerophone and other wind controllers. It seems these are somewhere between being an instrument in their own right, novelty instrument, or practice device. The Emeo is pitched as a practice device rather than instrument, has more realistic keys than other controllers and solves the problem of playing anytime, anywhere without disturbing others; as usual with these devices, embouchure practice is unresolved. The main problem is the price, $1550 is more than a lot of people starting out would spend on their saxes.
I feel like this problem (playing quietly, with something small and light enough to travel with) is something that manufacturers keep moving closer to, but no solution is quite there yet.
Seems getting a cheap soprano may be the best practice device for a tenor player? Could possibly DIY mute one too, or this, if it is a real thing:
Digital Mute For Woodwind Instruments | Freedom Player. (I've never touched a soprano, so don't know what their issues would be or how softly they could be played.)
What are your thoughts?
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