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  • #81846
    Anonymous

      For the stuff i do, depending on what style i’m playing, i play in lots of
      various mouth piece positions from the tip to the other end, even with
      top teeth off the mouthpiece to change the tone in some cases.

      but i wont do a kenny g and play it like i’m smoking a pipe.

      #81862
      RockinRobin
      Participant

        SX Poet, Sometimes I do a Kenny G smoking a pipe. I noticed that the late Homer “Boots” Randolph holds his mouthpiece a little off to the side, right of center

        #81927
        saxomonica
        Participant

          Yes i seen that @William. Some other fellas heaps too.
          I’ll be more mindful and make some notes who. @sxpoet, who could it be now ????

          Coleman Hawkins sticks it in big time.
          Me i’m trying to swallow more MP as well, that is to get a better sound.
          It helps coz i ceertainly hammer my tounge rolling of late, and find the tip getz (sic) away from me.
          So it strangles the tone. When it gets away. The tip. Balance, Balance. Man, how much is enuff …
          ruff ‘eh

          Hey – Coleman Hawkins classic is, “Body and Soul”. Recorded October 11, 1939. Youse guys know it??
          Check it out!!

          Agh me hearties !!
          Good link be here ……………
          Pirates and Mermaids mayhaps:

          https://guff.com/the-best-sax-solos-in-pop-history-when-sax-solos-mattered

          #81929
          Anonymous

            i never knew the significance behind waltzing matilda,
            until i read this article (pardon my ignorance), even the
            film cricodile dundee confused about what a dong was.

            https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6664151/The-love-triangle-suspected-suicide-conspiracy-Waltzing-Matilda.html

            more respect to waltzing…

            #81931
            Anonymous

              whoops it was a donk (accent is so confious)

              #81932
              saxomonica
              Participant

                hey @sxpoet
                thanking you very kindly for the link
                interestin’
                i learnt to play Waltzing Matilda second song on the button accordion (melodeon / squeezebox)
                my first song, the drover’s dream. wild australiana tune, many animals of our locale therein
                anyways

                i dunno wot a dong is either
                maybe ding dong the mouse run up the clock??
                (being to rock i guess)
                horus fugit / time flies

                so
                down at sailing club a guy has a Tornado 20′ racing cat (designed by an Englishman, Reg White)
                once an Olympic class boat to recently
                this particular boat, itz called, “Massive Dong”
                true blue

                (# for sale on Gumtree in Perth if you’d like to peruse photo captures
                came from Europe, some company called Dong somethink, sponsors
                guys got pissed and changed the name overnight on him & he liked it so stays
                crack up hey!!)

                dong is bloke’s 3rd leg
                maybe?
                hmm

                also colloquial
                for the sake of example, say –
                hey man, i’ll dong ya on the head! get with the program!!

                {like hey man if you don’t stay on topic in the Forum here i will hit you over the head.
                With a saxophone. Like.
                DONG!!}

                #81933
                saxomonica
                Participant

                  crikey moses who would thunk
                  @sxpoet donked if me knows cobber
                  could be a referral to blues song where train left the station and the guy’s donkey up and died
                  you know the air??

                  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/donk

                  #81934
                  Anonymous

                    in the crocidile dundee film, to me donk sounds like dong,
                    a bit like the english version “fork handles”
                    instead of “four candles?”

                    way off top full appogolies

                    #81936
                    Anonymous

                      in terms of music, i meant comedy i found this sketch

                      #81981
                      john
                      Keymaster

                        wow this post went in a weird direction!….
                        but getting back to Williams original question…

                        there’s a great experiment you should do regarding how far up to place your teeth.
                        this is really important cause the further we can go the bigger our sound can potentially be.
                        so the experiment, or practice exercise is to start where you normally do, then go up as much as you can until you don’t have any more control over your sound. at this point roll back just a tad until you do.
                        If you do this regularly you should eventually feel comfortable at a point that is higher than when you originally started, and then, you will have probably improved your sound. This doesn’t happen overnight so try doing it for a few weeks at least.
                        when I was young my great teacher taught me this and it really worked.

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