Having reached the ripe old age of 55 yrs, and having never played anything musical ever, I've taken up tenor sax
.. can't stop smiling (and having fun). I've had it a week and have my first lesson Tuesday. Using the book 'a tune a day' I am managing to play au claire de la lune.
However, although I am tonguing every note in, I cant work out if I should use my tongue to stop the note or just use breath control. To be honest there is so much going on when I play the 'tune' I can't tell exactly what I am doing, basically I don't want to start a bad habit. When I use my tongue to 'stop' the last note I play it sounds like a 'parp'. When I stop the note without using tongue(usually because I've run out of puff) it sounds better to my untrained ear. I think I'm ending each note with my tongue in preparation for the next note, but with doing something so new, just keeping time is somewhat of a major achievement.
Any help gratefully received, please keep it simple I don't yet understand any technical terms.
However, although I am tonguing every note in, I cant work out if I should use my tongue to stop the note or just use breath control. To be honest there is so much going on when I play the 'tune' I can't tell exactly what I am doing, basically I don't want to start a bad habit. When I use my tongue to 'stop' the last note I play it sounds like a 'parp'. When I stop the note without using tongue(usually because I've run out of puff) it sounds better to my untrained ear. I think I'm ending each note with my tongue in preparation for the next note, but with doing something so new, just keeping time is somewhat of a major achievement.
Any help gratefully received, please keep it simple I don't yet understand any technical terms.
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