Hi Guys
I am now six weeks in to my saxophone adventure, practicing every day and still thoroughly enjoying it. Whilst I would make no claims about the noise being good, it is noticeably less horrible than before and I feel improvement in all areas, even sight reading, which has been a stumbling block in the past.
Vixen suggested that I get a teacher. Good advice, I'm sure, but this is not possible as I spend most of my time in China at the moment in an area where there are few expats and I can't even find a drinking buddy, let alone a sax tutor.
I bought a copy of 'Taming the Saxophone' Vol 1 which will be the basis of most of my practice but would like to fool around with some of the standards for fun and sight reading practice. I'm working on 'The Shadow of your Smile' at present and would like any suggestions about where I can find some other similar music. I'm just looking for the simple melody lines, no fancy arrangements and don't mind paying a reasonable amount if necessary. Any suggestions would be welcome.
On the subject of the 'Shadow...', I do have a problem. I think the music is in Am but in the first line, the change from 'your' (E) to 'smile' (lower F#), using the standard fingering(E - Left123 and Right12 on the home keys with the octave button pressed and F# - lift off the octave key and Left1), I get an alarming yelp before getting the F# under control. I had hoped this would disappear with some persistence but I have been at it for almost two weeks already without much improvement. Any help would be appreciated.
I am now six weeks in to my saxophone adventure, practicing every day and still thoroughly enjoying it. Whilst I would make no claims about the noise being good, it is noticeably less horrible than before and I feel improvement in all areas, even sight reading, which has been a stumbling block in the past.
Vixen suggested that I get a teacher. Good advice, I'm sure, but this is not possible as I spend most of my time in China at the moment in an area where there are few expats and I can't even find a drinking buddy, let alone a sax tutor.
I bought a copy of 'Taming the Saxophone' Vol 1 which will be the basis of most of my practice but would like to fool around with some of the standards for fun and sight reading practice. I'm working on 'The Shadow of your Smile' at present and would like any suggestions about where I can find some other similar music. I'm just looking for the simple melody lines, no fancy arrangements and don't mind paying a reasonable amount if necessary. Any suggestions would be welcome.
On the subject of the 'Shadow...', I do have a problem. I think the music is in Am but in the first line, the change from 'your' (E) to 'smile' (lower F#), using the standard fingering(E - Left123 and Right12 on the home keys with the octave button pressed and F# - lift off the octave key and Left1), I get an alarming yelp before getting the F# under control. I had hoped this would disappear with some persistence but I have been at it for almost two weeks already without much improvement. Any help would be appreciated.