Keith Davidson

Frank, the alto sax is tuned to Eb which is up a minor 3rd from concert C. A piano is tuned to concert C.

When you play a B on your alto sax you are playing a minor 3rd down from the concert pitch which would be D.

If you are familiar with what a relative minor is then you are playing in the major key of the relative minor to sound the same…[Read more]

B# is C natural fingering and E# is F natural fingering

Sharps move the sharpened note up one half tone hence E sharp is F and B sharp is C

Here’s a just in case scenario – are you sure you typed the letters in your post correctly?

Any chance your hands are upside down – left at bottom and right on top – just a shot in the dark but what you are explaining sounds impossible without, as Johnny said, an improperly working saxophone or a really weird problem – please keep us posted we’re all super curious on this one.

Some info would help, how long have you been playing, is your sax new, has it been checked by a tech?

Learning to play sax definitely requires a teacher.

Proper embrochure, air support (diaphragm), reed placement with a strength reed suited to your ability, and a suitable mouthpiece are necessary first steps.

Practice long tones and learn to…[Read more]

If you’re stuck for a track karaoke-version.com is a great resource.
Only cost around $4 too.

i use to use my laptop but now convert everything to “wav” format and play it from a usb stick on my keyboard – works great 🙂

i make most of mine on my keyboard recorded through my mixer to Adobe Audition. If it’s just something for practice I’ll just use one track and record the bass, piano, drums, etc. onto the one track. If I’m going to record it to make a CD I’ll record each track separate and then add in vocals, sax, etc. on separate tracks as well.

Once I have…[Read more]

Send me the link to the medley. I cant promise anything but I’ll check it out

Keith

Great, thanks I’ll give that a try- thanks again