Squawky
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Hello, all!
I am a high school student from Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania, and I have been playing the glorious golden instrument since about 4th grade. I was on alto for about 6 years before picking up the tenor, which I really have enjoyed, perhaps even more than the alto.
As you can see in my sig, I have a Bundy alto, which was the alto my parents bought me to start out on. Eventually, I would like to buy a good professional alto, but for now I'm alright with my starter. I also got a Super 20 tenor as an early graduation gift after playing on my school's tenor for quite some time (there really is a spectacular backstory to how that instrument ended up in the shop for purchase).
I'm a budding jazz-head, working on a few transcriptions right now, mostly Stan Getz, but I look forward to trying some Coltrane or Turrentine in the near future.
I also just had my eyes opened to Francois Louis ligatures, which really are quite spectacular! I had the privilege of playing one last week at a concert in which I was tenor in a small combo playing Kenny Dorham's Blue Bossa, and it really opened my sound up and gave me some hefty projection.
(Despite my post count, I am still pretty much a newbie on this forum. I started a thread a little back to address a mouthpiece issue of mine, but I still wanted to give CafeSax a nice, formal hello, since this forum really is a blessing - there's so much helpful information!)
I am a high school student from Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania, and I have been playing the glorious golden instrument since about 4th grade. I was on alto for about 6 years before picking up the tenor, which I really have enjoyed, perhaps even more than the alto.
As you can see in my sig, I have a Bundy alto, which was the alto my parents bought me to start out on. Eventually, I would like to buy a good professional alto, but for now I'm alright with my starter. I also got a Super 20 tenor as an early graduation gift after playing on my school's tenor for quite some time (there really is a spectacular backstory to how that instrument ended up in the shop for purchase).
I'm a budding jazz-head, working on a few transcriptions right now, mostly Stan Getz, but I look forward to trying some Coltrane or Turrentine in the near future.
I also just had my eyes opened to Francois Louis ligatures, which really are quite spectacular! I had the privilege of playing one last week at a concert in which I was tenor in a small combo playing Kenny Dorham's Blue Bossa, and it really opened my sound up and gave me some hefty projection.
(Despite my post count, I am still pretty much a newbie on this forum. I started a thread a little back to address a mouthpiece issue of mine, but I still wanted to give CafeSax a nice, formal hello, since this forum really is a blessing - there's so much helpful information!)