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I bought an alto saxophone yesterday

Chaotic42

Chaotic42

Lifer
$200 for a Selmer Bundy II. It's not a great horn or anything, but it's not in disrepair. It could use some cork, but it plays well, unlike me. I forgot how hard it is to get my embouchure up to the task. My high D is sickly... 😉

I'll post pics when I get home. I'm excited!

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Nice to hear you have a new (har!) horn. Let us know how the renovation/replaying goes.

/me wishes he had his trumpet.
 
i also have a bundy sax, what kind is it? alto, tenor, or bari? (if you got a bari for $200 you should put it in brag and moan in hot deals!)
 
Originally posted by: Orsorum
Nice to hear you have a new (har!) horn. Let us know how the renovation/replaying goes.

/me wishes he had his trumpet.
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How long did you play? I tried trumpet, but I got the keys confused. The sax keys are easy to remember, even though there are 20 of them.
 
Originally posted by: Ameesh
i also have a bundy sax, what kind is it? alto, tenor, or bari? (if you got a bari for $200 you should put it in brag and moan in hot deals!)
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Ah sorry, it's an Alto. I tried to determine what kind it was over the phone, but the guy had no idea. I was thinking about going tenor, but for $200, this is a great deal. If I decide to get serious, I'll look into a tenor and polish this Bundy up and sell it. I live 1 house down from a music shop (that's going out of business 🙁). They wanted $1200 for a used tenor.

I declined. 🙂

I forgot what size reeds to use, and the guy said that I should use 2 1/2. I don't remember having such big reeds. I think he meant 1 1/2. Now that I look at the box, it says it's for tenor sax.

Oh, well. What size reeds do you use?
 
For beginners - 2.5 strength reeds. (I still personally use 2.5)
As you get better, move onto 3 strength reeds.

And yes, High D can be a bitch 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: bootymac
I've been playing Alto Sax for 2 years. Fun!
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Really? Did you pick it up in school, or just for the hell of it?
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School. Picked it up in Grade 8 Band, now going to be in Grade 10 Advanced Band 🙂

I still use the school saxaphones 😀
 
As for as I know, for concert band, Tenor's get the weakest parts in most songs 😀

Alto is the way to go for concert band type of thing. For Jazz and etc, Tenor is the weapon of choice.
 
Originally posted by: bootymac
As for as I know, for concert band, Tenor's get the weakest parts in most songs 😀

Alto is the way to go for concert band type of thing. For Jazz and etc, Tenor is the weapon of choice.
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Yeah, I'm going the jazz route. I've played tenor before, but not extensively.
 
Oh yeah! "Doctor" your reeds. When you get your reeds, keep them in a container of water with a little mouthwash.
It'll make the reed much easier to play with. Just pop the reed back in the container after playing.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: Orsorum
Nice to hear you have a new (har!) horn. Let us know how the renovation/replaying goes.

/me wishes he had his trumpet.
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How long did you play? I tried trumpet, but I got the keys confused. The sax keys are easy to remember, even though there are 20 of them.
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I played continuously for eight years, unfortunately I've put it on the back burner for the last two years. Played a little guitar, some euphonium, etc. 'Twas fun.

Cool thing about brass instruments is that it's all about the embouchure - you can play extraordinarily well if you get the lip movements down right.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: Ameesh
i also have a bundy sax, what kind is it? alto, tenor, or bari? (if you got a bari for $200 you should put it in brag and moan in hot deals!)
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Ah sorry, it's an Alto. I tried to determine what kind it was over the phone, but the guy had no idea. I was thinking about going tenor, but for $200, this is a great deal. If I decide to get serious, I'll look into a tenor and polish this Bundy up and sell it. I live 1 house down from a music shop (that's going out of business 🙁). They wanted $1200 for a used tenor.

I declined. 🙂

I forgot what size reeds to use, and the guy said that I should use 2 1/2. I don't remember having such big reeds. I think he meant 1 1/2. Now that I look at the box, it says it's for tenor sax.

Oh, well. What size reeds do you use?
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the size is for alto sax and i prefer hemke reeds , as far as the strentgh goes i used 2 1/2 when playing jazz on my metal mouth piece and 3 on my normal mouth piece.

1 1/2 is too weak, you'd have a really hard time playing that let alone if you can find any one who carrys it.
 
I started playing the Alto in 8th grade, IIRC. Stopped playing in 10th🙂 Picked it up again, and wow...the fingering is all there, but I just don't have enough in me to play without my mouth fatiguing.

My first sax was a tenor...and yeah...that was too hard.

Currently playing with a 3 reed. Maybe I should step back down to two.

Have fun🙂 I also have a bundy sax...but I paid $1000 for mine, it being brand new.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Any good (free) sheet music links?

It sucks that I can only play at work.
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I used to work in a music store. Tell me about it. 😛

Just go to Google, "song name" saxophone sheet music. I used to know a whole bunch of sources, I'll see if I can remember any of them:

Nope, not yet. I'll keep you posted. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Orsorum


I used to work in a music store. Tell me about it. 😛

Just go to Google, "song name" saxophone sheet music. I used to know a whole bunch of sources, I'll see if I can remember any of them:

Nope, not yet. I'll keep you posted. 😛
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Thanks!

Yeah, I live in an apartment, and I'm not so sure if I should try and play. I don't know how loud it's going to be. I can always just drive up to work to practice, but I'll be able to get about 2 or 3 hours of practice 6 days a week. That should hold me over.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: Orsorum


I used to work in a music store. Tell me about it. 😛

Just go to Google, "song name" saxophone sheet music. I used to know a whole bunch of sources, I'll see if I can remember any of them:

Nope, not yet. I'll keep you posted. 😛
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Thanks!

Yeah, I live in an apartment, and I'm not so sure if I should try and play. I don't know how loud it's going to be. I can always just drive up to work to practice, but I'll be able to get about 2 or 3 hours of practice 6 days a week. That should hold me over.
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Oh, you'll be loud. It's really hard to practice while trying to hold back in fear of someone complaining about the loudness of your sound, but maybe you'll manage 🙂
 
Originally posted by: AsianriceX


Oh, you'll be loud. It's really hard to practice while trying to hold back in fear of someone complaining about the loudness of your sound, but maybe you'll manage 🙂
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Can I stick a sock or something in the bell to muffle the sound? As long as I can hear the tone, that will work.
 
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