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  • #52034
    Mel
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      Welcome Carl! Great site to gain knowledge and get questions answered.

      #52070
      john
      Keymaster

        hey Carl, so which type and brand do you have?

        #52105
        Dwight Price
        Participant

          Hello My name is Dwight Price, I LIVE IN Cloverdale, Alabama

          #52134
          Carl Robinson
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            I have a Trevor James classic II Tenor “The Horn”, I bought it off a lovely old lady who couldn’t handle it, it looked like a Bari on her. It was brand new with a case, lots of reeds and all the cleaning equipment! I am taking lessons off a reputable teacher and am having great fun. I’ve played guitar for over thirty years now and needed a new challenge, and have always wanted to learn the Saxophone but could never devote the serious time and effort it takes to learn a new instrument, luckily now I can.
            These are my thoughts after playing for about three weeks. One of the first exercises my teacher taught me was to learn how to blow consistently by using scale exercises as long tones. I found this really helpful because as a beginner you can easily blow a note, but getting that note to sound even and consistent is quite difficult. On a guitar I could show you how to sound a perfect note with very little effort, on a Saxophone you really earn that note! From another beginner to any other out there the best bit of advice would be to take things slowly and learn a few scales, then get playing with backing tracks etc to see how they work, it’s so much more fun. I wish I had sites like this when learning guitar all those years ago, and with regards to Saxophone the educational material Johhny puts out via youtube has been so helpful. You need to work on accuracy as a new Saxophonist, and for the first week or so the change from C-B went blap-blap-blap lol, it drove me nuts.

            #52181
            jak Swift
            Participant

              Hey Carl, welcome to the ride of a lifetime man. You’ve come to the right place; follow Johnny’s courses and within a year, you’ll be boppin the blues !! Best…..jak

              #52182
              jak Swift
              Participant

                Hey Dwight of Alabama…welcome and good luck to you also…. Best; jak

                #52293
                Carl Robinson
                Participant

                  Thanks for the welcome folks

                  #52325
                  john
                  Keymaster

                    Carl, I’ve played several TJ horns over the last year and absolutly love them.

                    #52342
                    Carl Robinson
                    Participant

                      The Trevor James do seem to have a good reputation Johhny, the Raw and Raw xs signature series have been getting some excellent feedback from pro players who can put them through their paces. My Teacher gave me some sound advice and said save for good starter Saxophone that will allow you to develop. I’m glad I waited because I looked at a Chinese Tenor, oh mate it was a woeful specimen. Also thanks are in order Johnny because today for the first time I produced a growl on the Sax! I can’t do the humming technique, but rolling the tongue is not too hard. Spent fifteen minutes going from G#-G-F-D-D-F, trying to accent the growl on the G and last F, had a smile as big as a sixteen year old on a promise.Thanks mate.

                      #68023
                      Carl Robinson
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                        Hello folks, I’m back to get more info, and get some more quality advice. I posted originally as Carl Robinson, but forgot all my details so re-registered. I was getting into Saxophone and really loved it but then life took a turn and I was working twelve hour shifts for months. I was simply too knackered to put in any sort of meaningful practise, things are back to normal now and I can once more devote time getting to grips with the instrument.
                        kind regards
                        Carl.

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