I almost didn’t watch the rest of this, cause I already know not to say that…. Glad I thought again. I’ve been practicing assiduously for three years and never liked my sound. I think I kept ignoring fundamentals that I “already knew”…. Time to start over.
Great video! As I've found with many interests that I have, the more I think I know, the more I realize that I don't know anything. Or better, I have only just begun to scratch the surface of what there is to know. Sometimes, I have to fight the frustration of there being so much to learn while thinking, at age 64, that there's very little time left to do it. At those times, I have to remember that I've chosen to run a marathon not, a sprint and I probably don't need to learn every little thing there is to know.
Great tips although hopefully I will get my first tenor saxophone tomorrow I ordered it.. I figured I would try my hand I play the guitar piano Bass and also some trumpet. So hopefully I can learn how to play the saxophone as well 🎷🙂👍
Forgive me Jaime, 😂😂😂, I´m still in that group and at that point where I can´t say anything other than: “ I play the sax not only with those four mistakes, but I also have 20 or 30 more like few others…, Thanks for your help, you make every thing easier and much better for us. Thank you for your enormous help to continue learning. Music is life and vice versa‼️. A big hug. Sorry for my poor english. Abrazo grande Jamie.
Music, in my opinion, is emotion put into sound. Now you tell me when you ever have all your emotions figured out, cause I know plenty of grown, experienced adults who don’t. Not to say that you can’t, but even people who meditate and reflect all time, or play their instrument all the time, still learn new things to do with them all the time.
@@GetYourSaxTogether Sorry, my point is that you can always learn something new. Even if you practice the same things all the time, there will be more optimization or different ways of doing them. The comparison being your mental state and emotions, people are always learning new ways of handling themselves and others. If Music is intended to be an extension of your thoughts, then that combination equals tons of extra learning you must do in order to master yourself along with the instrument. For me at least, it’s not just about sounding good, it’s about “what does this melody say to me, or what emotions does this chord progression define?”.
As I try to play death by glamour on Alto sax I can get the first part good and I try not to say "I can't do this" or "I'm not gonna play this for a solo" I tell myself to keep trying but I just give up and try another song, once again I can't get i can't get it...
I already know I still have a lot to improve, I sound pretty much like all your examples (with the incorrect techniques….) oops It kind of feels like you made this video especially for me😜
@@GetYourSaxTogether I'm serious. I'm just off to play at a wedding fair (I play tenor sax at receptions etc). People often say how much they like my interpretation (i.e embellishment ) of songs. Where did I learn to do that..?
The four worst words? Without clicking play... my guess would be: I'll play tomorrow. Or I'll play tomorrow instead, if the contraction counts as one word and not two.
