Baritone saxophone

This is Linsey Pollack and he is an Australian musician, instrument maker, composer, and musical director. In this video, he is playing a baseball bat that he turned into a clarinet. He uses a lot of unexpected materials to create his instruments. For example, he has made things like carrot clarinets, rubber glove bagpipes and he has even made instruments made from bicycles. The other things he uses in this video besides his clarinet baseball bat are a Boss RC505 Loop Station Pedal, some vocal

As he told me this, I noticed that his eyes lit up with interest and excitement. Chance was first exposed to the saxophone at his church, which used the saxophone in gospel music. “My father loved the sound of it. I loved the sound of it. What I found most interesting was the range it could produce: from cheerful to this somber, nostalgic sound”. Soon after, Chance took up the saxophone in 4th grade. “Looking back, it was the most appealing instrument to a young 4th grader,” Chance chuckled. “Plus

Emily Rush March 22, 2016 MUS 303 Final Project Fanfare for the Common Man: Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man immediately draws the listener in with the beginning with a forceful crash on the tam-tam and sharp timpani and bass drum hits. The resonance within the Royal Albert Hall, London contributed to the overall sound and effectiveness especially with the solo timpani strikes at the beginning. The listener waits in anticipation of the brass section to enter, feeling as though the percussion

easily use the octave key along with the first and third left main keys and the first main right key. You may find that you have to depress the lower Eb key as well if it is out of tune on your saxophone. The range of the lower altissimo is a minor third and stretches from F sharp 6 to A6. Using the tenor saxophone-fingering chart, you should experiment to see what key combinations sound best. Middle Altissimo The middle altissimo range starts with A sharp 6 and ends on C sharp 7. The fingering for A

Do you like Jazz? Today, the song Swingin’ on the Housetop will be reviewed. This piece is a traditional jazz song. It was arranged by Ralph Ford. Three different characteristics regarding this piece will be discussed in this review, the first one is the tone. Second is the interpretation. The last body paragraph will be talking about how well the rhythm accuracy went. At the end of this review, their performance will be fully understood. The tone in the beginning to measure 14 was exceptional.

Playing the saxophone isn’t only about the right key positions and the ability to create a smooth sound. A large part of your ability to play will depend on your so-called musical ear. You need to be able to listen to the subtle differences in intervals, scale degrees and chords, as this will boost your own ability to play them right. Ear training should play a part of your saxophone lessons. We’ve compiled some exercises to help you add ear training to your playing routine. Learn the Scale Degrees

Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival was actually the first music festival I have ever been which showed me that live band performance was so different from the recorded music. Listing to the live music, I could actually feel the strength and power of the music and see how people reacted to it. When I reached the Jazz Festival, there were various styles of jazz performed on three different stages: Berklee Stage, Natives Stage and Capital One Stage. Berklee Stage, as academically as it sounds, performed

considered the “forerunner to the modern tuba. Another instrument was the ophicalide. This instrument was similar to the serpent because had conical tubing it also had a cup shaped mouthpiece. But Instead of Finger holes it had keys and pads resembling a saxophone, also it was made out of brass instead of wood. Farther down the line of time in Berlin Johann Moritz and Wilhelm Wieprecht invented the bass tuba in 1835 although it was not the first valved bass instrument it was the first to have the name tuba

to listen to and write about are Sonny Williams “Saxophone Colossus”(Prestige) and Charles Mingus “Mingus Ah Um”(Colombia). Starting with the Charles Mingus, the band members that played “Mingus Ah Um” are Charles Mingus who played bass, Jimmy Knepper and Willie Dennis who both played tuba, John Handy who played alto and tenor saxophone also clarinet during “Pussy Cat Duos”. Shafi Hadi who played alto and tenor saxophone, Booker Ervin tenor saxophone, Horace Parlan who played piano and lastly Dannie

Kenny Garrett Kenny Garrett is one of my favorite Alto saxophone players. He was born in Detroit, in 1960 and started to play saxophone in his childhood since his father also played tenor sax. Kenny Garrett’s career as a saxophonist started early at the age of 17 with a saxophone spot in Mercer Ellington’s revived Ellington Orchestra. And then he seated in Mel Lewis’ group (a traditional route for young and aspiring jazzers), and performing Charles Mingus’ music with Dannie Richmond Quartet. Garrett