Re: Saxophone Questions!
Re: Saxophone Questions!
20:05 on Sunday, November 13, 2005
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(Meyer5Guy)
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1. How long have you been playing? 3 years
2. Was Saxophone the first instrument you learned to play? yes
3. Do you have private lessons? no but are getting some
4. Have you ever played professionally?no
5. What kind of band do you play in? (jr. High, High School, College, small ensemble...)jr.high jazz and concert and marching
6. What do you love most about playing the Saxophone? The sound of it nothing like any other
7. What makes you continue to play the Saxophone, one day after another? The sounds of it
8. How much do you practice per day/week? 5 times a week atleast
9. How many of your friends are musicians? most
10. How old are you?
11. Which Saxophone player inspires you the most?Phil woods
12. What`s your favourite piece of all time? Meet the flinstones i love the lead alto part i play or chameleon thats great too!
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Re: Saxophone Questions!
20:08 on Sunday, November 13, 2005
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(Meyer5Guy)
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i am 13 also and love the meyer 5 mouthpiece but really my music teacher Mr.Giaimo man at our concerts when he plays the solo its great!
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sorry
20:16 on Sunday, November 13, 2005
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(Meyer5Guy)
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sorry if u misread that i dont love the music teacher hes just a great player and shows me a lot and does awsome solos.
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Re: Saxophone Questions!
20:57 on Sunday, November 13, 2005
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(Wildband)
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1. How long have you been playing? -about 6 years
2. Was Saxophone the first instrument you learned to play? -yes
3. Do you have private lessons? - yes
4. Have you ever played professionally? -Ya sortof, I played in a maynard fergusan concert
5. What kind of band do you play in? (jr. High, High School, College, small ensemble...) -high school symphonic band, jazz band
6. What do you love most about playing the Saxophone? - it is totaly the best instrument in everyway, it can play any style of music, it sounds awsome, it can go as high if not higher than trumpets (-maynard and armstrong of course) and has tons of speacial effects like growling multiphonics
7. What makes you continue to play the Saxophone, one day after another? -I love it.
8. How much do you practice per day/week? - it depends, usualy just 15 to 30 minutes a day, sometimes mroe or less
9. How many of your friends are musicians?- a lot, but i have a lot of freinds
10. How old are you? -16
11. Which Saxophone player inspires you the most?- a load of em, but namly my sax teachers and ppl i know personly
12. What`s your favourite piece of all time? - can`t say.
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Re: Saxophone Questions!
18:17 on Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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(Kurt M.)
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1. How long have you been playing?
-----2 years
2. Was Saxophone the first instrument you learned to play?
-----No, I started on piano, then I switched to clarinet, then finally switching to tenor sax
3. Do you have private lessons?
-----No
4. Have you ever played professionally?
-----Not unless you count playing in a community band
5. What kind of band do you play in? (jr. High, High School, College, small ensemble...)
-----I play in my High School Marching and Concert Band and I also play in my community band
6. What do you love most about playing the Saxophone?
-----You are able to really express yourself on it better than on other instruments
7. What makes you continue to play the Saxophone, one day after another?
-----Its awesome
8. How much do you practice per day/week?
-----At least an hour a day
9. How many of your friends are musicians?
-----Every single one
10. How old are you?
----15
11. Which Saxophone player inspires you the most?
-----Not really sure
12. What`s your favourite piece of all time?
-----A tie between "In the Halls of The Mountain King" and "The Blue Danude Waltz"
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sax`s
14:40 on Wednesday, November 16, 2005
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(Reece)
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1. How long have you been playing? 5 years
2. Was Saxophone the first instrument you learned to play? yes
3. Do you have private lessons? no
4. Have you ever played professionally? no
5. What kind of band do you play in? (jr. High, High School, jazz band, concert band and a small group band oh yer and an all sax group
6. What do you love most about playing the Saxophone? you can realy express your feelings on it
7. What makes you continue to play the Saxophone, one day after another? The sound of it
8. How much do you practice per day/week? at least an hour a day
9. How many of your friends are musicians? most
10. How old are you? 13
11. Which Saxophone player inspires you the most? david sanborn
12. What`s your favourite piece of all time? the dream
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SQ
07:28 on Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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(Roland Kramer)
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1. How long have you been playing?
three years, ten years no sax at all, and now another three years
2. Was Saxophone the first instrument you learned to play?
no, my first is piano
3. Do you have private lessons?
yes, once per week
4. Have you ever played professionally?
yes for piano and singing
no for playing sax
5. What kind of band do you play in? (jr. High, High School, College, small ensemble...)
my sax teacher`s ensemble(s)
6. What do you love most about playing the Saxophone?
sound! and the ability to make it *your* sound.
7. What makes you continue to play the Saxophone, one day after another?
the sound! :-)
and I have a dream: I want to play the music I hear in my head ... on my piano I can do it a little bit.
8. How much do you practice per day/week?
5 hours per week ... hard to find the time for playing!
9. How many of your friends are musicians?
some.
10. How old are you?
41
11. Which Saxophone player inspires you the most?
that changes often ... currently Brandord Marsalis (ts, ss). But there are many many great musicians who inspire me: Keith Jarrett (p), Louis Sclavis (cbl, cl, ss), Jacky Terrason (p), Eric Dolphy (fl, bcl, as) ... hearing them makes me sometimes inspired, sometimes humble
12. What`s your favourite piece of all time?
Bach: the 2nd mouvement of the "Italian Concerto"
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