Speaking As A Sax Player.... WOW!

[Digging4Truth]

Makes me want to go practice my soprano, my alto & my tenor. :)

Justin Hamby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RyChdda7m8

[Ron]

You're a Sax player?

[Digging4Truth]

You're a Sax player?

Yes sir... Since 1976. :)

[ReformedDave]

Try this. Don't get much better.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHjrJOQ2coo

[Digging4Truth]

Try this. Don't get much better.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHjrJOQ2coo

That was smooth...

[Ron]

Yes sir... Since 1976. :)

Can't watch that at work, I will check it later.
I like Saxaphone music by one who knows how to play it.
That and Bagpipes! Seriously!

[Rhoni]

I love sax music...listen to Kenny G for hours on end...soothing, relaxing, and can be...

[Digging4Truth]

I love sax music...listen to Kenny G for hours on end...soothing, relaxing, and can be...

Yes'm... Kenny & The Coz. :)

[MissBrattified]

Try this. Don't get much better.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHjrJOQ2coo

I prefer Video Number One. :bliss

[ReformedDave]

I prefer Video Number One. :bliss

Still, you can't beat a great Jazz tenorman.

[Coonskinner]

I play sax.

I have a tenor and have played since around 1985.

[Digging4Truth]

I play sax.

I have a tenor and have played since around 1985.

Really... cool....

My alto is broken right now. It gave up the ghost after 27 years of playing it. It is a King Super 20. I bought it in 1979.

I have a soprano bult around 1926. Silver plated on the outside and goldwashed on the inside of the bell. It is the Chu Berry Soprano. A guy was selling it for $25 and I talked him down to $20. :)

I have a tenor which is also silver plated on the outside and goldwashed on the inside of the bell and it is a PerfekTone C Melody Tenor sax. I got it for a little under $200 off of ebay.

I am going to eventually try and find a silver plated/goldwashed alto and have a 3 piece set.

[Falla39]

Really... cool....

My alto is broken right now. It gave up the ghost after 27 years of playing it. It is a King Super 20. I bought it in 1979.

I have a soprano bult around 1926. Silver plated on the outside and goldwashed on the inside of the bell. It is the Chu Berry Soprano. A guy was selling it for $25 and I talked him down to $20. :)

I have a tenor which is also silver plated on the outside and goldwashed on the inside of the bell and it is a PerfekTone C Melody Tenor sax. I got it for a little under $200 off of ebay.

I am going to eventually try and find a silver plated/goldwashed alto and have a 3 piece set.

Speaking of a Sax player, you should have heard the Boston Brass play at

Denver Stanford, Jr's funeral last Saturday! It was the most unusual

funeral I have attended. Sis. Kathy Hernandez (Eli) played sax with the group

and then they highlighted her alone. Rev. Henry Wasserman, sax Bro. Sam

Kelly (Denver)trumbone, Denny Hahn, keyboard, I can't remember all the

players but it was very good!!! I am sure Bro. Stanford, Jr. would have loved

it!!:bliss :bliss

Blessings,

Falla39

[Digging4Truth]

Speaking of a Sax player, you should have heard the Boston Brass play at

Denver Stanford, Jr's funeral last Saturday! It was the most unusual

funeral I have attended. Sis. Kathy Hernandez (Eli) played sax with the group

and then they highlighted her alone. Rev. Henry Wasserman, sax Bro. Sam

Kelly (Denver)trumbone, Denny Hahn, keyboard, I can't remember all the

players but it was very good!!! I am sure Bro. Stanford, Jr. would have loved

it!!:bliss :bliss

Blessings,

Falla39

Sister Hernandez can BLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!... :)

She can make that sax move. :)

[Falla39]

Sister Hernandez can BLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!... :)

She can make that sax move. :)


Yes, and she did! Also Henry Wasserman, who I did not know

but he reminded me of Denver Stanford, Jr. playing his saxophone.

The Bro. Sam Kelly from Denver, said that Bro. Stanford, Jr. was

talking about securing an outdoor amphi-theatre to have a Concert.

It seated 10,000. He had gone to Denver, Colo. and played with

Bro. Kelly and others and thought they could have a good concert.

Obviously, that was not to be!

Blessings,

Falla39

[philjones]

Makes me want to go practice my soprano, my alto & my tenor. :)

Justin Hamby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RyChdda7m8

Me too Me too! I have all three of mine sitting around my desk here in my home office collecting dust.

At our church we do not allow just anyone to play and i am not qualified. i really miss it as part of my worship but I guess God said not now!:sad :sad

[Rhoni]

Me too Me too! I have all three of mine sitting around my desk here in my home office collecting dust.

At our church we do not allow just anyone to play and i am not qualified. i really miss it as part of my worship but I guess God said not now!:sad :sad

Just play it in the bathroom...that is where I sing...Jesus don't care that I am not as good as Mickey Mangun:sad

Blessings, Rhoni

[philjones]

I play sax.

I have a tenor and have played since around 1985.

The things we don't know about each other.

I have a soprano, Alto and tenor.

My tenor is a selmer (not a Mark) but my Alto is an old Cleavland (made by King Craftsmen is in small script) made by the H.N. White Co. of Cleavland, OH. It has been mine for 37 years and I bought it used in a pawn shop. I am estimating that it is over 50 years old. and my soprano is an inexpensive model by Jean Erich.

Love to play and worship while playing!

[ForeverBlessed]

I pawned my alto sax (my dad was upset)... I played in school band. I really don't remember how to play much... it has been years since I've picked one up. I was told I have the best lungs for it.... I just use them for singing now. :)

It is my favorite music though... just love to hear a good sax.

[Digging4Truth]

Me too Me too! I have all three of mine sitting around my desk here in my home office collecting dust.

At our church we do not allow just anyone to play and i am not qualified. i really miss it as part of my worship but I guess God said not now!:sad :sad

I play mine every sunday. I just love it.

The church I am working with now plays mostly old hymnal songs. No problem with that but I really miss really getting into some of the newer songs.

[Digging4Truth]

The things we don't know about each other.

I have a soprano, Alto and tenor.

My tenor is a selmer (not a Mark) but my Alto is an old Cleavland (made by King Craftsmen is in small script) made by the H.N. White Co. of Cleavland, OH. It has been mine for 37 years and I bought it used in a pawn shop. I am estimating that it is over 50 years old. and my soprano is an inexpensive model by Jean Erich.

Love to play and worship while playing!

I would love to have a Selmer one day. But I can't play a Bundy. I don't know why but I just cannot make a decent note come out of Selmers Bundy line.

[Ronzo]

I'm lucky if I can clap on beat...

People with musical talent impress me a great deal.
Good music inspires me.


Keep on keepin' on, guys.

[rgcraig]

I'm lucky if I can clap on beat...

People with musical talent impress me a great deal.
Good music inspires me.


Keep on keepin' on, guys.
So TRUE!

Some music just touches my soul!

[Ronzo]

I just picked up Jonny Lang's new CD.


That dude can sing...

[philjones]

Listening to Justin Hamby made me think, have any of you ever heard Billy Pendergrass play? he and Justin's dad were best friends in their times at Gateway (but i was his best man in his wedding) and I am sure that Billy influenced Justin!

Also, my music minister and Pastor's son is John Mahoney who is a Kenny G clone. He does most of the sax work on the projects for the Wilbanks group! He is pretty awesome!

[MrsBOOMM]

Yes, and she did! Also Henry Wasserman, who I did not know

but he reminded me of Denver Stanford, Jr. playing his saxophone.

The Bro. Sam Kelly from Denver, said that Bro. Stanford, Jr. was

talking about securing an outdoor amphi-theatre to have a Concert.

It seated 10,000. He had gone to Denver, Colo. and played with

Bro. Kelly and others and thought they could have a good concert.

Obviously, that was not to be!

Blessings,

Falla39

He came into the church when the Stanford's Sr. pastored in Boston, MA. They had quite a revival in which quite a few musically gifted people came into the church.

[Falla39]

He came into the church when the Stanford's Sr. pastored in Boston, MA. They had quite a revival in which quite a few musically gifted people came into the church.


Sis. Mrs.BOOMM,

I forgot to mention the organist, Kevin Anderson, who also sang,.

"It's My Desire" and did he ever put his all into it! He said he was

Bro. Stanford's music minister. (D.S., Jr.) I think it was. There was

also a Brian Hurst, who sang and spoke. A good friend of DS, Jr.

It was really upbeat for a funeral and I liked it. I have a feeling the

deceased would have too! They did a DVD of the funeral.

Blessings,

Falla39

[True Believer]

Sister Hernandez can BLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!... :)

She can make that sax move. :)

Sister Hernandez is coming to Georgia for our ladies conference in April. I can't wait! :bliss It seems that a lot of us on here used to play the sax. I played alto and tenor. But I don't have one now. I teach sax lessons though.

[Falla39]

Sister Hernandez is coming to Georgia for our ladies conference in April. I can't wait! :bliss It seems that a lot of us on here used to play the sax. I played alto and tenor. But I don't have one now. I teach sax lessons though.

Sis. Hernandez was the only lady in a group of several brothers

playing in the Band for Bro. Stanford, Jr. funeral, but she blended

right in with the best of them!!! There were young and old, playing

together, blending together, harmonizing together, it was beautiful!

Blessings,

Falla39

[Digging4Truth]

Alright... we seem to be sax player rich around here. I have a problem. I have been playing the sax for 31 years now and I have never been pleased with my tone. I would like to get that warm tone that the pros can do.

Well... I decided not too long ago to go out and buy a professional quality sax.

I had my mouthpiece with me and I put my mouthpiece & reed on the new sax to try it out. It sounded just like mine. (of course mine at that time was a King Super 20 which is not a total junker either)

I then decided that I might need to start shopping for new mouthpieces. I know that the shape of the cavity in the mouthpiece is key in attaining various tonations.


So... do any of you have any suggestions as to what mouthpiece would be good for the warm smooth medlodic tone that I have searched for all this time? I still have the same beginners mouthpiece I have been using since 1979.

[Praxeas]

Makes me want to go practice my soprano, my alto & my tenor. :)

Justin Hamby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RyChdda7m8
I always thought it was interesting that brass is divided into voice ranges....is there a baritone or a bass? :heeheehee

[Kae]

Actually a sax is a woodwind insturment. They make a baritone. Years ago some of those baritones where very big, larger than what is common today. They also make a keyless sax which is used for teaching.

[Praxeas]

Actually a sax is a woodwind insturment. They make a baritone. Years ago some of those baritones where very big, larger than what is common today. They also make a keyless sax which is used for teaching.
why is a sax considered a woodwind instrument?

[Kae]

why is a sax considered a woodwind instrument?

It has a reed.

[Praxeas]

It has a reed.
that's it? Can't it be made of metal though? That's all that it takes to make something a woodwind instrument? lol stange

[Kae]

I'm not sure what you mean when you say can it be made out of metal. A sax is definately made out of metal. The reed is what makes a sax a woodwind, strange though it may be. I remember seeing pictures of very large saxophones and thought they were baritones. They are actually contrabass saxophones and can be 7 feet tall. Here is a link to see some pictures.

http://www.saxophone.org/buyersguide/contrabass.jpg

[Digging4Truth]

I always thought it was interesting that brass is divided into voice ranges....is there a baritone or a bass? :heeheehee

I have played the Bari Sax as well (Baritone) but it was HUGE. :)

Actually... this may just be common knowledge to everyone but I found it rather interesting when I realized it a few years back.

If you play a song on the soprano sax and then pick up the alto sax and play the very same notes (leaving room for certain nuances due to the number of flats or sharps as compared to the soprano) then the notes you play wil be the alto singing part.

If you then play the same notes you played on the soprano on the tenor then you will be playing the tenor part... and so on.

Like I say... most of you may roll your eyes and say... "well DUH!!" :) But I just never thought about it until I changed horns during a choir practice several years back.

[Monkeyman]

Speaking of a Sax player, you should have heard the Boston Brass play at

Denver Stanford, Jr's funeral last Saturday! It was the most unusual

funeral I have attended. Sis. Kathy Hernandez (Eli) played sax with the group

and then they highlighted her alone. Rev. Henry Wasserman, sax Bro. Sam

Kelly (Denver)trumbone, Denny Hahn, keyboard, I can't remember all the

players but it was very good!!! I am sure Bro. Stanford, Jr. would have loved

it!!:bliss :bliss

Blessings,

Falla39
Are you in the new england area?

[Monkeyman]

Alright... we seem to be sax player rich around here. I have a problem. I have been playing the sax for 31 years now and I have never been pleased with my tone. I would like to get that warm tone that the pros can do.

Well... I decided not too long ago to go out and buy a professional quality sax.

I had my mouthpiece with me and I put my mouthpiece & reed on the new sax to try it out. It sounded just like mine. (of course mine at that time was a King Super 20 which is not a total junker either)

I then decided that I might need to start shopping for new mouthpieces. I know that the shape of the cavity in the mouthpiece is key in attaining various tonations.


So... do any of you have any suggestions as to what mouthpiece would be good for the warm smooth medlodic tone that I have searched for all this time? I still have the same beginners mouthpiece I have been using since 1979.ask AFF member Petrol, he plays/records and he works for www.musicstop.com
He's also part of my band but lives 2 hours away so we don't get him around as much as we would like.:sad

[Digging4Truth]

that's it? Can't it be made of metal though? That's all that it takes to make something a woodwind instrument? lol stange

Reeds were all made of wood (well... cane actually) back then and it was a woodwind because you blew on a wood (cane) reed.

That makes oboes, clarinets, saxes etc woodwinds.

I only use plastic reeds though so I must play a plastic wind instrument. :)

I play Bari Synthetic Reeds (http://www.saxplus.com/bari-reeds.html) on my alto & tenor & Fibracell (http://www.fibracell.com/)on my soprano.

Fibracell looks like reed but it's not. It is also not a true plastic reed like the Bari. It is a composite reed.

[Digging4Truth]

ask AFF member Petrol, he plays/records and he works for www.musicstop.com
He's also part of my band but lives 2 hours away so we don't get him around as much as we would like.:sad

Will do... thanks.

[Falla39]

Are you in the new england area?

Bro. Monkeyman,

No, I am a lifetime Texan!

Blessings,

Falla39

[Digging4Truth]

Bro. Monkeyman,

No, I am a lifetime Texan!

Blessings,

Falla39

As we say back home...

I'm Texas born & Texas bred & when I die I'll be Texas dead. :drawguns

[Falla39]

As we say back home...

I'm Texas born & Texas bred & when I die I'll be Texas dead. :drawguns

Yes, I love TEXAS!! My "roots" grow very deep here!! This is where our

family were "bred and born". This is also where our family was "born again

of water and spirit". It's home..for now anyway!!!

Blessings,

Falla39

[True Believer]

Sis. Hernandez was the only lady in a group of several brothers

playing in the Band for Bro. Stanford, Jr. funeral, but she blended

right in with the best of them!!! There were young and old, playing

together, blending together, harmonizing together, it was beautiful!

Blessings,

Falla39

I would like to see them play at GC.

[True Believer]

It has a reed.

Actually, it is called a woodwind because it used to be made out of wood (so did the flute and that is why it is considered a woodwind).

[Digging4Truth]

Actually, it is called a woodwind because it used to be made out of wood (so did the flute and that is why it is considered a woodwind).

Whoda thunk it?

Sounds like everybody is pretty much on track but I never would have thought that a sax would be made out of wood.

I can see a flute being made out of wood... but a sax? Wow...

Here is what Wikipedia says.

A woodwind instrument is a wind instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch governed by the resonant frequencies of an enclosed air column. As the name implies, such instruments were originally made of wood, but some modern woodwinds, such as the saxophone, are made of other materials.

[Falla39]

I would like to see them play at GC.

If I understood correctly, the Boston Brass have played at GC. Also

Sis. Kathy Hernandez, maybe by herself. Someone else with more

knowledge about this perhaps could comment!

Blessings,

Falla39

[True Believer]

If I understood correctly, the Boston Brass have played at GC. Also

Sis. Kathy Hernandez, maybe by herself. Someone else with more

knowledge about this perhaps could comment!

Blessings,

Falla39

Yes, Sister Hernandez played last year with a couple of other ladies. They were very good.

[Carpenter]

It has a reed.

The flute is a woodwind instrument too...oh...never mind.

[Digging4Truth]

The flute is a woodwind instrument too...oh...never mind.

Yes sir... I think even some of us woodwind players have gained a little addition to our education through this thread.

Woodwinds do often use a wooden reed but woodwinds were once made of wood.

The flute was once made of wood. That is not surprising to me... but the SAX being made of wood... wow... I would like to see one of those.

[LadyChocolate]

My husband had one of the black laquer saxaphones.......Whoa! they are beautiful........ I would like to surprise him and get him another.......and then learn how to play it!:heeheehee

[Digging4Truth]

My husband had one of the black laquer saxaphones.......Whoa! they are beautiful........ I would like to surprise him and get him another.......and then learn how to play it!:heeheehee

I have been over at ebay lusting... I mean looking... at the black lacqured saxes. :)

I have, what I think is, a 1928 Chu Berry Soprano Sax and I am considering selling it and buying a newer sax or trading it for another Soprano Sax. The Chu Berry is one great instrument but I just don't have the money to have the good rebuild that it needs.

I have held onto this horn for 15 years but I think I am about ready to just give up the prized Chu Berry for a newer model and hopefully someone will get it that has the time & money to spend making it do what it was made to do.

[LadyChocolate]

I mean looking... at the black lacqured saxes. :)

.

*tsk tsk*

I prefer the alto personally....But I love to hear saxaphones harmonizing! Beautiful!!

In the next year of so, I want to be able to buy several instruments. My husband and I both play and now our children are learning to play music. My 9 year old is taking drum lessons and my 7 year old is taking bass guitar lessons. My 4 year old even does the beginning for fer elise (sp) . I want them to be able to pick up any instrument they want and play....:musicnotes

[Digging4Truth]

*tsk tsk*

I prefer the alto personally....But I love to hear saxaphones harmonizing! Beautiful!!

In the next year of so, I want to be able to buy several instruments. My husband and I both play and now our children are learning to play music. My 9 year old is taking drum lessons and my 7 year old is taking bass guitar lessons. My 4 year old even does the beginning for fer elise (sp) . I want them to be able to pick up any instrument they want and play....

That is great... My daugters are both taking piano lessons and my son is working on the guitar & drums.

I have always played the alto. My current alto broke last year and I need to get it fixed. I had played it for 27 years so I guess it was a due a malfunction. It is a small problem and I need to go ahead and get it fixed.

I have a 1920's Perfektone C melody Tenor Sax that I play and the soprano but my primary horn has always been the alto.

But I like having all of them because different songs call for different tones and it is good to have the three to switch between.

[LadyChocolate]

That is great... My daugters are both taking piano lessons and my son is working on the guitar & drums.

I have always played the alto. My current alto broke last year and I need to get it fixed. I had played it for 27 years so I guess it was a due a malfunction. It is a small problem and I need to go ahead and get it fixed.

I have a 1920's Perfektone C melody Tenor Sax that I play and the soprano but my primary horn has always been the alto.

But I like having all of them because different songs call for different tones and it is good to have the three to switch between.

Definitely.....
What style of piano are they being trained in???


I live off of my music...I have music going constantly and it ranges from everything classical, to jazz, to black gospel....to my husband or me on the keyboards at home!....a friend of mine told me she never listens to any music at all. Not at home, in her car, nothing...I think that is crazy!!!

[Digging4Truth]

Definitely.....
What style of piano are they being trained in???


I live off of my music...I have music going constantly and it ranges from everything classical, to jazz, to black gospel....to my husband or me on the keyboards at home!....a friend of mine told me she never listens to any music at all. Not at home, in her car, nothing...I think that is crazy!!!

Hmmm... I guess you would call it apostolic. :)

They are taking their lessons from a lady from Brother Jerry Deans church in Bossier City LA.

My most repeated phrase here lately.... as we listen to music... "I need a band" :)

I love to sing and I wish I could get a group together that really love to just get some good music going.

[LadyChocolate]

Hmmm... I guess you would call it apostolic. :)

They are taking their lessons from a lady from Brother Jerry Deans church in Bossier City LA.

My most repeated phrase here lately.... as we listen to music... "I need a band" :)

I love to sing and I wish I could get a group together that really love to just get some good music going.

My friend's daughter is 13 and had been taking lessons for a couple of years. She is being trained in classical and is really good. However, I have noticed that switching over to church music is rather "challenging" for her.... I have been helping her with that... I want my children to play all styles, but church style is what I want to be more versatile in....

I love it when several of us get together and just "jamm out"! When I was a teen, most of our youth group sang and played so that was most of our "get togethers" ... many of us still are involved in it today!

[Digging4Truth]

My friend's daughter is 13 and had been taking lessons for a couple of years. She is being trained in classical and is really good. However, I have noticed that switching over to church music is rather "challenging" for her.... I have been helping her with that... I want my children to play all styles, but church style is what I want to be more versatile in....

I love it when several of us get together and just "jamm out"! When I was a teen, most of our youth group sang and played so that was most of our "get togethers" ... many of us still are involved in it today!

Yes'm... there is nothing like a good ol' Jam Session.

Especially with some talented artists who can read each other well... you can really do some great stuff when you get into that groove where everybody is just going with the music.

[LadyChocolate]

Yes'm... there is nothing like a good ol' Jam Session.

Especially with some talented artists who can read each other well... you can really do some great stuff when you get into that groove where everybody is just going with the music.

Now see, that is where you find a true musician....When you can get together and someone just starts playing music...You don't even have to know the music....You just play and it sounds like you've rehearsed it many a time. My husband and his family were liike this. They could get together and just play because they understand what eachother were going to do. It took me a while to just "jump in" with them... But I love it!

[commonsense]

I have my father's saxaphones; a C melody; a Bflat soprano (the tiny one in a sax shape) and a newer alto.
I have very fundamental skills but my dad played in church for many years.
I love the sound but I lack the talent he had. He played by ear.
The two older horns were purchased from a traveling evangelist nearly 70 years ago.