I Wanna Wake Up With You , Soprano Sax [PORTABLE]
Selmer C Star: This was my first soprano sax which I used for years, particularly when I was doing lots of classical playing. I used to play with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Australia, and I used this very mouthpiece.
I wanna wake up with you , Soprano sax
The remaining bassists tried in vain to wake up their section mates, butfinally those who were still conscious had to give up and run across the streetto the Opera House. While they were on their way in, the bassist who suggested this excursionin the first place said, "I think we'll still have enough time--Ianticipated that something like this could happen, so I tied a string aroundthe last pages of the score. When he gets down to there, Milton's going tohave to slow the tempo way down while he waves the baton with one hand andfumbles with the string with the other."
The jSax uses the standard Nuvo resin reeds with a 1 and 2 provided with the kit. It can also use an Eb clarinet cane reed and some soprano sax mouthpieces will also fit. You may also want to try the synthetic reed by Légère which fits all Nuvo instruments.
Also, I found that soprano players usually have an interesting story to tell. Many are drawn to the instrument because of a personal relationship to it, not just because they heard someone else play it. I know numerous alto players who play the alto because of Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley, not necessarily because of their own personal experience with the instrument.
Liebman had always been extremely supportive and generous with me. He has always treated me with nothing but mutual respect. And regarding our two-soprano collaboration, it has been nothing less than a blast, and it never felt competitive. It was always just about two voices having a conversation, not some cutting session.
As far as the sound of my instrument, I have a much broader range of textures and dynamics to draw from. When most saxophonists play the soprano, they basically fill up the horn with air and hope for the best; and I sense very little deliberateness with regards to texture and dynamics. Which is understandable. It takes a lot of control to do these things, and the only way to do it is to play the instrument all the time.
The soprano is a much different animal. Musically speaking, my sound has become more abstract; this often the case with many artists. In fact, Wynton Marsalis is one of the few contemporary jazz musicians that I know whose music has become more conservative as he has gotten older.
Experience with previous saxes has convinced me to spend a bit to get a good mouthpiece since this is probably the best way of quickly improving the tone of a sax. I have an Otto Link on my alto and have been very happy with it, and the soprano version seemed to be a good choice.
A church choir director wants to encourage the congregation to join in on a particular hymn. It is written in four parts with the melody in the soprano part, in a range slightly too high for untrained singers. The hymn is written in the key of E flat. Lowering it by a minor third (one and a half steps) will allow the congregation to sing with gusto.
Like many woodwinds, both the soprano saxophone and the clarinet create sound with a single vibrating reed attached to the mouthpiece, along with pressing keys to cover and uncover tone holes which changes the frequency and pitch.
The soprano saxophone and clarinet sound very different. While both have a very rich tone often associated with woodwind instruments, they each produce a very distinct tonal quality that is unmistakable.
The soprano saxophone is a Bb instrument. This means that music for the soprano saxophone is written at an interval of a major 2nd above concert pitch. The soprano saxophone has a range of Ab3-E6, putting it more in line with the clarinet compared to other saxophones.
But Syos artists also take part in this genre: in a more modern style, Terry Edwards (saxophonist of PJ Harvey) wakes the sax up with a colourful rock. Thomas de Pourquery, with Metronomy, also joins the pop-rock sax players and shows the world how rock Syos mouthpieces can be (but please, do not set them on fire on stage). 041b061a72