befor you buy a soprano try to get a school owned tenor sax and try that. its exactly the same as soprano. all saxs have the same fingering but alto and bari are same pitch and soprano and tenor the same. also talk to your director befor getting a soprano because the majority of the time the songs playd in a school band dont have a soprano sax part. their mainly only used in jazz but if your realy want to play a soprano you might be able to talk your director into letting you play a trumpet part for there the same too
Re: Tips for playing Soprano??? 18:07 on Sunday, April 26, 2009
a very very good brand for a very very cheap price is rossetti. mine plays better then most of my friends selmer altos and i got it brand new for only $320 if you dont mind paying a good bit though check out yamaha and selmer. not sure of their prices though. and as far as reeds go start with rico. as you progress switch to rico royal or vandora. vandora is by far the best but are alot more fragile and exspencive, i accidently made a loud squeek and cracked my vandora reed but i couldnt a rico
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Re: Tips for playing Soprano??? 18:45 on Sunday, April 26, 2009
I believe the technical name is Vandoren? I have never heard of a Vandora reed? Lets not tell this guy to go hunt down a reed that isn't in existence. When looking for a good reed, try finding a Vandoren V series. The number after the V differs from instrument, however the Vandoren V series are among the highest quality reeds. The regular Vandoren reeds are that equivalent to Rico Royal, just slightly better.
Re: Tips for playing Soprano??? 07:19 on Monday, May 11, 2009
Well When it comes to soprano i would not worry about playing a tenor first. All saxs are keyed the same way so when your reading music you are fingering the same note no matter what horn you use. Whatever you do, do not go out and buy a cheap POS soprano just so you have one. Make a true investment in a horn. if you spend 200-300 on a soprano just remember that you get what you pay for. I have a cannonball soprano that suits me just fine. As for reeds its all about what works best and what mouthpiece you have. There are pieces that have soprano parts. Mainly Holst pieces that i know of but there are others
