Listening to you play this after hearing the program's go at it reminds me why saxophone pieces are best listened to from an actual performer, phenomenal job! My favorite part is definitely the section with constantly changing time signatures. Reminds me why I'm getting back into music! Keep having fun with it man!
My mind has officially been blown. I had debated whether to go on to study flute or saxophone, but you have definitely decided that for me. I need to know how to do this.
Nice job man! Awesome arrangement and performance by you! I really miss playing sax. I played tenor and bari throughout middle and high school. Really makes me want to get my tenor fixed asap and start playing again!
Deturgio It shouldn’t be too difficult. If you move all of the notes up a 4th, it should be playable for trumpet. Or worst case scenario, you just play it as written in a different key
Hey if it ain't too late man, keep trying. I'm transposing it to be played on bass clarinet. I just found it cause bass clarinet solos are either impossibly fast, require techniques I can't do and have no tutorial, or boring af. Bari solos are some fun stuff
Hi! I'm playing this for a recital at UNT in a few weeks, I was wondering when you wrote this piece and your year of birth for the program? Sorry for the weird question lol, just want to make sure you have all the due credit for this awesome composition!
The piece is quite genius, using elements from classical music and even elements from busking artists suck as Leo P. The only problem is, it takes a very able player to perform.
For this: G#: 1 3 4 +side C (+G#) A: 3 4 5 6 (+G#) B: c1 c2 + 3 (+G#) The G# is optional but it lets my hand sit in a comfortable position and can improve intonation/stability on several upper notes
The most important thing is just making the notes feel right. I would honestly transpose the Bari version up a half step and just read from that (so Bb would be the lowest note). So you’ll have to play a little higher in altissimo but it should work well ergonomically.
Joshua Haugen I mean there are techniques to allow a low A on Tenor. My personal go-to is keeping my tongue on the reed and bending a low Bb down to the A
You can get a good growl a couple of ways. One way is to hum/sing in the back of your throat, strong enough and at a pitch different than the note you're playing. Another method is to do somewhat of a gurgling in the back of your throat. This is the way I first did it and is much, much easier/responsive, but now I primarily hum as this method is rather gnarly. Either way, you'll need to produce the "growl" sounds in the back of your throat, regardless of which method you do. To practice this, you should try practicing doing the sound without your saxophone. Do either method with your hand in front of your face and try to see if you are blowing enough air. If you think you are, try it with your saxophone. I hope that's helpful; if not, ask me any more questions you might have. I haven't thought about it in years, but I remember by watching RU-vid tutorials and just experimenting.
