Hello! I am a young saxophonist with interests ranging from music to lifestyle. Subscribe to step into my world of music and join me on a journey of development as I study a wonderful instrument and share my thoughts and experiences with you. Cheers, Aidan
I know this is a two year old video, but in case you're still looking for a way to control MIDI with a foot controller: Look into Arduino-type based solutions. I've put together a controller using a Teensy board that sends USB and 5-pin MIDI, has several momentary buttons, and takes two external Expression pedals inputs. The MIDI commands are determined in code and then assigned in the DAW. The enclosure itself is made with plywood and aluminum. If you have even a little bit of soldering and coding experience, this is doable.
The background of traffic passing was something I thought was very interesting and I have never heard done before. It really added to the beauty of your playing - excellent job!
I think that's fine, I never "switched" per se as I carried on playing alto alongside soprano, if you can afford to keep playing alto too, that's a really good route to go. Everything I say in the video still stands; expect the soprano to be more sensitive to changes in embouchure and air so it will require more finessed technique. Once you put in a few months of work though, the effort really pays off and it's great fun!
I've been an Alto Sax player for a long time and I'm planning to buy a Soprano Sax, that's why I am here watching, just to make sure with my decision...
Hey, thanks for the comment. Sorry, I should have been clearer. That's the right worksheet and this vid guides people on how to approach exercise 3. The plan is to create a bunch of worksheets and each worksheet has its own little playlist of 5 or so videos which correspond to each individual exercise on the sheet. So imagine, 5 separate worksheets would mean 5 different YT playlists, each consisting of 5 or so videos. It is pretty convoluted but I think it's the best way to dive deep into the nitty-gritty of technique. Hope that clears it up and thanks again for the support!
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Thank you alot for the video. It was very helpful. I am a percussionist and I'm really interested in learning how to play Saxophone. Ive never blown into an instrument before....judging I am a percussionist. A lot of people recommend I start off on Alto but I want to start on Soprano. Should I got for Soprano first?
I am a long time clarinet player and have been learning alto sax for a few months. (I am hiring the alto). When the time comes to buy my own instrument I was thinking of getting a soprano sax, because I love the sound. As a clarinet player, I am familiar with the issues of intonation and tight embouchure. Given this, I was wondering if learning the soprano would be a bit easier for me?
This is a really tricky question. I would usually recommend alto. However if you play another woodwind instrument such as Oboe or Clarinet and already have a strong music foundation, a very good sense of tuning and intonation and a developed embouchure; then the leap to soprano can be less of a challenge. If you don't have any prior experience though, you will find alto easier and you'll enjoy it far more than wrestling with the challenges of playing soprano.
so I've been playing alto for almost 5 years now.I really like the sound of a soprano, but i am not sure if it is too difficult or not.Can i start learning?
Of course you can start learning! Soprano is a great instrument and if you try and be a bit more disciplined with your embouchure/tuning, there's no reason you can't pick it up. You might find, as I did, that as you progress on soprano, there will be parts of your alto playing that also improve massively so it's worth giving it a go.
Hey! I was playing alto and I swapped over to soprano, playing it with vibrato and all notes, I less than 2 hours! I definitely think you can do it! Let me know how you do!
