I used to play the trumput. Now I am switching to the sax, I am ana dult student, I am 31 years old. I am getting a yamaha yas 23 from the local music store, they ordered me a new one, so it should be here ina week or so. I chose to get a new sax right off the top because I always played used trumpets and they have their problems. I heard Yamaha yas 23 is good-

Can anyone giveme some tips, or good pointers to a spot on the net for some info, I have my name on theboard for saxophone lessons but no one has called me yet.

Greetings,

A good teacher is good to have. They can get you going in the right direction. Practicing the scales and arpeggios with a metronome slowly.

Long tones to help to develop your embochure and sound.

You may want to check out this site: http://www.saxlessons.com/

He has some good stuff. Evan Tate is pretty cool too. He has some online stuff that's great. He's online in Germany. He's a great educator and has some ebooks that are good. Evan Tate: http://www.evantate.com/ You can download his podcasts. They usually come about every week or so ........ he's very informative from a jazz standpoint.

That Yamaha looks like a good horn. I have a friend that bought a Yamaha a few years ago. I played it and it played well. Nice sound.

Looks like that Yamaha Yas 23 runs for about $1700 from this link: http://www.wwbw.com/Yamaha-YAS-23-Alto-Saxophone-i17490.music

I know a lot of these saxophone afficianados frown on the Asian market saxophones but I have played some and some of them play very well. The prices are very reasonable. I remember what they were saying when Toyotas and Hondas were coming out. They improved very fast. It seems the same thing is happening in the horn markets. The orientals get the idea and just keep on improving till they get it right. Look at the Koreans and the nukes ....... took em a while but now they are getting some attention for sure

There are a lot of links for Saxophone players ...... I will see if I can dig em up for you.

hope that helps

donald manuel