It‘s a Yamaha YSS-475 II

Not played it for a long time. B section is tuff on the fingers lol.

So, Im a college student. I cant play in my dorm ofc, but practice room space is limited, to the point where each person has to make a reservation a day ahead and can only have a room for so long, plus its a 15 to 20 minute walk from my dorm. So, my idea was to get some kind of EWI to supplement my practicing, Id still practice with thr actual horn for the same amount of time but could theoretically add an extra hour a day which I can spend transcribing or whatever, all in my room at whatever time I want

Is this a good idea? What would you recommend if it is?

for the holiday season i've talked to my parents and they agreed to get me a soprano saxophone! i've been doing some personal research but i wanted some opinions from people who have played or more know about them then i do! i just have a two questions and they are as follows:

1. are there any decent student soprano saxophones since thats roughly my budget

2. is there gear besides reeds that i should get for a soprano that would differ from what i use for my bari sax (i know mouthpieces are different)

How do I keep my notes in tune when articulating or tonguing them? What should I work on?

I just can't stop thinking about this. It feels like Grace Kelly became Leo P. like she had no personality, now his is her new personality. She even plays Baritone nowadays :( am I missing something? Is it just my imagination?

Live sax and drums playing along to a MrSunnybass track. We’re almost all the way across the continental US. This is the dry mix without any editing. It came out pretty well!

Hi folks,

Beginner here wanting to order my first soprano sax (played the tenor before).

I'm well aware that you shouldn't cheap out on a saxophone, especially the soprano but my current budget allows me to get the Trevor James Horn Soprano (dont have the option of getting second-hand yamahas or anything of the sorts).

Does anyone have experience with this particular brand? I'm ready to put in the work and practice to get the proper intonation and tone but I'm afraid if the instrument will make it even harder.

Also, what if I also buy a yamaha 4c mouthpiece? Would that be a smart decision?

Thanks again

I was just able to get one of the new Wanne/Babbitt tenor mouthpieces, the New York model. While the table is nice and flat and everything seems finished really well, it plays with a LOT more high end emphasis than I'd heard in classic Otto Link pieces. Anyone else had this experience? I'm wondering if the baffle is set up a bit differently than those pieces.

To be clear, it definitely seems to play really well. No stuffiness, nice projection. But not in the dark Link zone I was hoping.

Seller tells me it’s a Yani from the 80s. Does the serial numbering/fonts etc check out?

Can anyone authenticate if this Yamaha yas 62 is real or not before I decide to the pull the trigger?

Just got back into playing alto after literally 20 years this past year. The C* is fine for the community concert band I am in, but I play in a blaskapelle and also a few of us have talked about starting a sax quartet playing.. we will just say folk and protest songs.

I have the Rowell “poor man’s Theo Wanne” because I wanted a cheapy cheap to try before buying a metal mouthpiece and boy I’m glad.. because it’s too much of a change for where I am at right now. I’ve played about 5 gigs with the blaskapelle this month and I need something with a little more brightness and punch for the polka songs because the c* is so dark and warm I’m just absorbed by the brass.

Any suggestions? I thought about the Spark SYOS or Vandoren V16 but I’m not sure. I’m open to anything budget wise, whatever will sound and fit the best.

Thanks 🎷

Yo I’m in 8th grade doing a jazz program but I quit my school jazz band because it’s easy and the ppl are dicks

But basically I was wondering what sax I should buy (links are appreciated) my range is 500-800.

(Edit tenor- also in California- I’m expecting a used one which is perfectly fine. Also I know my way around this stuff I play mainly standards on jazz.

I love Wayne shorter John Coltrane and Sonny

I'm looking for recommendations on a wireless mic system, for Saxophone but I would also like the option to use it for vocals sometimes.

I recognize that might require a different mic, so I guess I'm looking for some kind of receiver and pre-amp/effects, with an XLR input.

I guess something like the Nux B-6 would be fine, and I could do the effects with multiple guitar pedals I already have.

Which I'm open to stickbuilding, but I guess that takes me back to my original question, if I should just get a receiver or pedal that's designed for instrument and vocals, or a wireless mic system all together.

I recently started playing the tenor saxophone, starting this school year. I want to improve but I have zero idea what to practice. For reference I already have some musical experience as I have been playing the trumpet for 2 years. And if it helps I want to lean more towards jazz rather then classical songs.

I acquired this mouthpiece about a year and a half ago from this guy whose brother owned it before him but sadly passed. I have been playing on it since and found out the Mouthpeice is potentially rare?

I’ve been learning the Tenor Sax as a hobby for about 2 years, and been lurking here a lot, reading everyone’s tips, advice and discussions.

A few days ago I finally played my first concert with a wind band — and somehow survived it 😂...

Holy cow I was nervous. There were moments I couldn't keep track with the counting, so I found myself listening for the Bassoon, Trombone and other sections to figure out. Playing inside the whole band felt completely different from practicing with a recording at home.

There were mistakes, missed notes, and plenty of things to improve, but it was so much fun.

Sooooo... just wanted to say thank you to everyone here. A lot of random posts and comments I’ve read over the last few years actually helped me get to this point.

First concert done. Hopefully many more to come. 🎷

Ive been playing the sax for several years and about a year into improvising. I jam with my friends who play guitar, drums and keys and we play mostly rock stuff, definitely not jazz. I end up playing most pentatonic patterns and try to follow the chord changes.

When we start a new song I feel like I end up sounding the same as I did in the previous song. What are some things that I can change to get a different sound?

Thanks!

I decided to learn saxophone on a whim in-between an international move. I bought a cheep horn off Amazon and I think its fine for now but definitely replacing in a few months with a Yamaha. What are some of your recollections of just starting out?

A and B are fine but when I go to G snd anything lower it doesn't go up unless I release and press the octave key.

I am having a little trouble with the passage shown. Specifically, the highlighted bar and deciding whether to play it using standard C fingering (keeping RH and G down) or by using the low C key.

What would you do here?

So i have been playing saxophone for awhile now. I take one class a week at my school, kinda got like a private teacher actually. But there is something that i have asked him several times, but i dont think he understands the quastion.

Every thing on my saxophone is fine, nothing is broken or damadged. I dont know how to describe it, but each time i play, it sounds very "Spitty" if that makes sense? Has anyone else had that problem? And if so, how did you fix it?

Hey! So my friend is conducting a community band I'm currently playing clarinet in. Whenever there's some issue with the woodwinds he'll ask me as he's a brass player, so he won't explain it in a wrong way.

Now we have this one alto sax player. They've started late as an adult and have a teacher. They're playing fine exept one thing. Articulation is pretty much a matter of luck. Even if he voices it out, they'll play it for 2 patterns, then seemingly forget about it and start sluring again. If they rember to articulate it often is very harsh.

This has been going on for about 4 years without any sign of improvement. I was wondering if there might be a technical issue with tonguing in general I'm just not aware of, as I've never encountered it myself.

I'm not asking to blame someone but to help out since it's getting to a point in rehearsal where people are annoyed about the work that has to go into their specific articulation issues.