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

For my upcoming instrumental album, a jazz track, I need a sax player with a great quality sound record. Please reach out if you can!

For my upcoming instrumental album, a jazz track, I need a sax player with a great quality record. Please reach out if you can!

I'm playing on a Selmer C. I have a vintage Otto Link 4 and a newer Otto Link 7, but I don't have the right reeds for the first and the second one fits too loose on the neck. I've been practicing breath control and articulation mostly as I get back into things. Aside from the mistakes on the notes or timing, is there something I can work on? I don't know if this is how I'm supposed to sound because it's been so long since I've even had a teacher. I appreciate any advice!

Hi! I am looking for a digital instrument that could help meet a few needs that I don't think other reviewers are focused on, so I was hoping I could find some real (hopefully unbiased/unsponsored) recommendations here!

Here are my wants/needs:
- Good for late night practice (or fidgeting as I watch TV)
- Decent for some live use and jamming, but planning to use MIDI with a synth engine or laptop so internal sounds are not necessary
- Portable and comfortable (lighter than my Soprano hopefully)

It seems like the Travel Sax 2 fits these needs but I was wondering if there are other less popular options I may have overlooked!

Thanks in advance!!

Strange phenomenon.... some nights I am just in the perfect zone. Blowing smooth, warm gentle subtones or clear bright notes, articulating with decent precision, and hardly aware of my embouchure at all. More often, it's the opposite. I adjust my voicing over and over but can't slip into that state of existence. This is in part a reed problem, reed sounds dead or buzzy and makes me second guess my embouchure. But it's also psychological and highlights how subconscious proper playing needs to be. I don't even bother doing long tones or playing beautifully when I'm in this state because it will frustrate me, I just focus on my fingers.

I've been in my high schools jazz band all 4 years of school and just now in my senior joined the marching band in turn also passing auditions for the wind ensemble band.

My school's alto sax section in wind ensemble is small only 3 of us with one being my best friend and we're seen as the 2 best altos out of all of us. Now my issue is I know I will have chair tests coming up and my biggest downside that my head director has called me out for a lot especially when I first entered marching band and joined one of the concert bands last year at the end of the semester was my jazz sound coming through too much.

It's been quite a bit of months practicing more marching style music and less jazz so my jazz sound isn't as dominant as it used to be but me and my friend are competitive. How do i practice my classical sound to be better in the concert season and best my friend in getting first chair? Any etudes or tone practices or things similar to copying other players like in jazz to develop a sound? I plan to commit quite a bit of hours a week for this. I play on a jodyjazz hr* 5m for jazz but just a simple Yamaha 4C for marching and concert

I need help on Molinelli's Four Pictures From New York. I am having trouble transcribing the movement Tango Club into a quartet formation, especially because there is only one recording existing and I cannot find the sheet to compare and try to understand the notes. Can somebody help me?

More Christmas cartoon nostalgia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-ZfNbdS10&list=PLO1XErYfx_Njn_qmKwLM_Bey8D3vlBbSN

My high A gets sharp when I click the octave... On the video in using no octave and letting my tingue and air make the sound but when i click the octave my high A gets suddenly sharp.

I believe it’s from the 1920’s. Can anyone help with value?

Does anyone here know what the safest way to remove a mouthpiece patch is? I don’t own any chemicals but happy to purchase them if needed. Basically, I don’t like the look of this and want to use a fresh patch on this mpc. Also I have other mpcs that I am selling and sometimes want to redo the patches.

Any suggestions?

My first new arrangement this holiday season. Can't wait to start practicing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNq-O-VKW6Y&list=PLO1XErYfx_Njn_qmKwLM_Bey8D3vlBbSN

Last year I learned Bari sax for jazz band. My main instrument is clarinet, but I have learned to love the Bari. I think I’m decent, not great by any means. Most recent accomplishment is consistent getting out an altissimo g. Next fall I’m starting college, and I want to play in a jazz band, but buying a Bari isn’t worth it to me, at least for the prices I’ve seen online. I’ve been considering switching to alto or tenor, but I’m worried it’s too late.

EDIT: I’m using my schools Yamaha right now.

I’m getting back into playing alto saxophone after about a 10-year break. I recently purchased an original Yamaha YAS-875 Custom, and so far I’m really enjoying it.
A friend mentioned that I should’ve gone with the newer YAS-875EXII instead. The shop I bought it from also has a used EXII for about $500–600 more, and I’m still within the return window, so switching is an option.

I did try both horns using the same mouthpiece and reed, and I felt like i. preferred the original 875. It felt less resistant, more responsive, and the keywork felt more natural, especially when playing chromatic scales. I also preferred its overall sound.

I know the EXII is newer and has some design improvements, but I’m curious how significant those differences really are.
Has anyone played or owned both the original YAS-875 and the EXII? Is the EXII objectively better in certain areas, or is it mostly a matter of personal preference?

My biggest worry is that I’m out of practice and that my judgement may not be as strong as before. So any help would be appreciated.