How To Play Saxophone | Martin Pavíček | Activity https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/members/pavus/activity/ Activity feed for Martin Pavíček. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:33:53 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 51c9527050314ced2d139f8423ad4dd8 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic One from Croatia... in the forum Introduce Yourself https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/one-from-croatia/#post-84269 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:27:24 -0700 Hi Robert. Iam from Czech – it is near to Croatia :-).

MArtinP.

]]> f21cfe087d1d040ff33850d4003f833f Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Aurus 7 - diaphragm in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/aurus-7-diaphragm/page/3/#post-83517 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:14:49 -0700 @saxomonica: thank you, sometimes you provide interesting links here, just keep going 🙂

If anyone else is interested: new website for aurus 7 is this:

Aurus 7 Embouchure, Abdominal/Diaphragm-Trainer for Saxophone and Clarinet

Where is @sxpoet? Canceled Account?

]]> 930d384ec61e45ccea47f6cec19a147c Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Aurus 7 - diaphragm in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/aurus-7-diaphragm/page/3/#post-83436 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:16:25 -0700 Yes, I know about it (Mr. Rericha), but i am also interested in what package had sxpoet, and how is it with the manufacturer’s website …

]]> 0a5b2f1a44df76a1cbc227df333ae435 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Aurus 7 - diaphragm in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/aurus-7-diaphragm/page/3/#post-83435 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:16:13 -0700 Yes, I know anout it (Mr. Rericha), but i am also interested in what package had sxpoet, and how is it with the manufacturer’s website …

]]> ddedfb73e6f4c5dd56d0f7916ef36040 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Aurus 7 - diaphragm in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/aurus-7-diaphragm/page/3/#post-83417 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:05:57 -0700 Hi @sxpoet,

I also bought aurus 7. But I am a bit disillusioned from the pack – it didn’t come up with any proper instructions – just a three-sheet book. There is no description of the place where the aurus is to be placed on the MPC. Neither does it contain almost anything about exercise (just two lines of notes, just as an example). Web site…[Read more]

]]> 75e31a219c31e8b09e6ff015d2a101d8 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Another reason why scales are important. in the forum Music Theory https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/another-reason-why-scales-are-important/#post-82892 Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:39:39 -0800 Um, I’m surprised by this discussion. Although my repertoire is not very extensive and does not have the experience of performing (I only played for my family), but if I can not memorize the song, I take it so I do not know it enough. Previously, I played classical guitar music, and even the longest songs (and some were really long) I learned…[Read more]

]]> 96a9568f219102240560871118b40a6b Martin Pavíček replied to the topic is it worth buying a Pro horn? in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/is-it-worth-buying-a-pro-horn/page/5/#post-82571 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:57:25 -0800 Yes, 1.5 years ago, I decided that I would finally buy my own sax (I had borrowed from school before). Trevor James is not very widespread in our country (Czech in middle Europe). Dealer has ordered and brought to the store (just for me) Horn 88 model – it has a cool “frosted gold” surface. I went to try it at the shop, and when I was there, I…[Read more]

]]> a9c8d01d04d88e53ecca687962a96d7a Martin Pavíček replied to the topic is it worth buying a Pro horn? in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/is-it-worth-buying-a-pro-horn/page/4/#post-82560 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:12:35 -0800 I have a new trevor james alto, SR. I’m only playing for 2 years (less than 1.5 years), so I can not make full use of its features, but I think it was one of my best purchases I have ever done.

]]> 5290b81dc2782aea19d5b5e503e9c7bd Martin Pavíček replied to the topic My 12 hour progress video. in the forum Recording Your Saxophone https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/my-12-hour-progress-video/#post-82467 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:51:29 -0800 After 12 hours – that’s amazing. Have you ever played any other instrument, is that so?

PS: It’s like I’ve seen myself about two years ago. So I see what you’re going to do all the time in the near future :-).

]]> 77d2c84da7c07f66a4f154cbcf875297 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Aurus 7 - diaphragm in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/aurus-7-diaphragm/page/2/#post-82426 Sat, 23 Feb 2019 17:53:20 -0800 Thank you sxpoet.
But: if you have more mouthpieces in your mouth then how do you control the height of the tone – flat / sharp? (ie, the more you have mouthpiece in your mouth, the less you can drivethe height of the tone by the lips, is that so?). The same is true for bending the tone (?).

]]> 7ae2173f9d0d48715f0aa20a057134c7 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Aurus 7 - diaphragm in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/aurus-7-diaphragm/page/2/#post-82384 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:02:07 -0800 @sx poet, some other experience, knowledge, recommendations about aurus ?

]]> ef9390cdb5d54d217a722717fc6da7c4 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Besame mucho from pavus in the forum Recording Your Saxophone https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/besame-mucho-from-pavus/page/2/#post-79999 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:08:56 -0800 @saxomonica, I hope you are not too angry :-).
I wanted to make a little bit of a debate. Which eventually succeeded!
And yes, I meant the former member, Jeff, who then canceled the account.
But I welcome the criticism if it is constructive and can help me to find out where and how to improve.

Thanks for the advice and the link, I will study…[Read more]

]]> aefb4496d968e042c17232c67782f7fd Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Website screen in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/website-screen/page/2/#post-79998 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:53:31 -0800 Christian, your screen is just too small, as described above. How can you help (in need – before it will be fixed):
1. reduce the size of the fonts directly in Safari – at least for a while so you can choose the menu you need.
2. Reduce the horizontal page size to “disappear” the upper horizontal menu, and instead appear vertical – has a picture…[Read more]

]]> e6531ccf0a826a84607b33fdeb5029e0 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Website screen in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/website-screen/#post-79993 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:24:14 -0800 @Johny, I’m working in IT – you can give my answer straight to your “tech guys.”
1. This is a misconfigured “responsive design” setting. When I shrink my browser window, the left upper menu items disappear. When I shrink the window even more, the top menu “disappears completely” and appears instead in the upper right corner of the vertical pop-up…[Read more]

]]> fb668659c825a92e9aea8a67ec9fdd0e Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Besame mucho from pavus in the forum Recording Your Saxophone https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/besame-mucho-from-pavus/#post-79834 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 14:36:46 -0800 Hi Johny, thank you for the reaction. With the right breathing I have the following difficulties:
1. According to some sources, when breathing out, the belly should fall (ie if I lie on the ground on my back, my exhale should decrease my belly to the ground). However, according to other sources, the stomach should be “bent” when inhaled and then…[Read more]

]]> eb2e82e2e51154fb254b42c56413fb6d Martin Pavíček started the topic Besame mucho from pavus in the forum Recording Your Saxophone https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/besame-mucho-from-pavus/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:14:29 -0800 Hello everyone, this is my first (released) recording:

I’m not completely satisfied with it, and I have several mistakes. Instead of middle D it sometimes plays a middle A – like the second aliquot from the bottom D – can it be related to the fact that I recently lost two adjacent teeth (stool) in…[Read more]

]]> af03520019f5a6639e5543817020b8de Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Training with a more strength reed in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/training-with-a-more-strength-reed/#post-76413 Fri, 12 Oct 2018 06:23:09 -0700 Johnny, I think the question is rather this: I play comfortably with reed 2.5 for example. So normally I play with reed 2.5. But: it will help build / maintain the embouchure muscles when I exercise sometimes with 3 (I do not plan on going to 3 at all times) or can it hurt my embouchure?

]]> bc8f5426b6b7f087ef1094e2dd742534 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic White Christmas Embelishments Course in the forum Your Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/white-christmas-embelishments-course/page/2/#post-76323 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 07:38:16 -0700 sxpoet has overtaken me – I am removing my comment 🙂

]]> 6cd5408bdfcdd34b6f3663f500277371 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic White Christmas Embelishments Course in the forum Your Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/white-christmas-embelishments-course/#post-76272 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 06:34:35 -0700 Not everyone has a facobook account. I do not have it there and I will never have it.

]]> 73fedec8b79f5913be2978e83375dd2d Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/page/3/#post-75854 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:03:29 -0700 OK, thank you all for the answers. The only thing I still miss is a practical demonstration – someone who would record, for example “I’ll play as warm and soft tone as I can for one minute”, and then “and now I will play the same as sharp”, and so on. It is about “limit states” – to what extent can this be influenced. That would help me to get an…[Read more]

]]> d39ee10ae9af31eb67867ac7fb0e0f10 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/page/3/#post-75662 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:49:31 -0700 I dont give up improve my tone. I give up this dicussion.
(Bandmaster is not a problem, he knows me a lot of time, and yet he invited me to the test. but even if I did not have this experience, I would wonder how much the saxophonist can change the color of the tone without changing the tool / mp / reed – but I have described it in many different…[Read more]

]]> 7bef6f643385277c4f8c5dd87341c6d6 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/page/2/#post-75656 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 06:32:11 -0700 sxpoet thank you. What you write is all true, but it is quite different from what I ask. The problem is not in dynamics, neither in articulation nor in tune, nor as I sound with other players (the test was without others, I played alone). And it was said that my sound is like a saw / sawmill – a bad tone of color. I do not want to fall into hell…[Read more]

]]> 7c4e3ce0ec267a53615377abccfc6dd6 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/page/2/#post-75648 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:36:56 -0700 Let me describe it for the last time:
Both of your tracks were recorded on another day, you were in a different mood, you were differnetly warmup, you probably had a different worn reed, maybe you were a bit different in the microphone position, different set of sound filters were on the audio device, it was another temperature and air pressure…[Read more]

]]> 664e971f6e2df8da3d55735ded41863d Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/page/2/#post-75614 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:51:16 -0700 Johnny, I understand what you write. But I miss a specific recording where I can listen to how much it is realy possible to change the color of the tone (without changing instrument, mp, reed and of course player :-). Maybe it could be a theme for another lesson?

]]> 50196e9b8c9a722b427f01633de73ea6 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/page/2/#post-75603 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:45:09 -0700 I’m adding one post, because some of ways will not show you my previous post (there is probably a bug in paging) – thanks to this unnecessary post, you can scroll to the previous page and read it

]]> 2f5dbc8939cfbac8781808904b593de8 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/page/2/#post-75602 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:14:15 -0700 Sxpoet, thank you for the answer. Yet one thing is for me still unknown: How much can affect the color tone? I.e. the same musician, the same sax and mouthpiece and reed – what results can be achieved in trying to change the color of the tone? That’s why I do not even know what it makes sense to try – what is possible and what is already beyond…[Read more]

]]> b3d3210485eb85dbd433240c24b9bc4e Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/#post-75233 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:12:38 -0700 Sxpoet, thank you, it is very helpful.

Would you manage to record a tone and examples of how you can change its shape and color? This has been greatly appreciating me for a long time but I have never seen anything like this on the web ….

]]> a31401b0f08fc3b9ba507e7c15355eec Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Still can't growl... grrr in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/still-cant-growl-grrr/#post-75149 Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:20:08 -0700 Johnny, making a “hum” without sound (made up of my vocal cords) is difficult. Or do you mean to make hum with the sound?

]]> f92eb1bf934d40d287ed6acf2e5a4226 Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Staying in time with a backing track in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/staying-in-time-with-a-backing-track/#post-74715 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 14:14:52 -0700 sxpoet, it looks reasonable, thanks for the idea

]]> 14f9b16579a99bec97006d6b2576501b Martin Pavíček started the topic Major Scale Improvisation, part two in the forum Saxophone Lessons https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/major-scale-improvisation-part-two/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:17:21 -0700 Major Scale Improvisation, part two (lessons five, six, seven) is not working. Part one (lessons one — four) is OK, but part two not :-(.

MArtin Pavíček

]]> 004f15ed676ed59d00ae8840ab1405fb Martin Pavíček replied to the topic Get your vote in for your favourite song! in the forum Repertoire https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/get-your-vote-in-for-your-favourite-song/#post-72286 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:00:11 -0700 only one: girl from ipanema, old version with Gilberto and Getz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDA)

]]> 8eef618052d70a11a17e34526c65fb26 Martin Pavíček started the topic problem with premium access in the forum Premium Access Membership https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/problem-with-premium-access/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 07:07:56 -0700 Hello Johny,

I have a problem with premium access. I arranged it at the beginning of May. Now after I log in (my name is shown at the top right), and when I click on “premium access”, I will see the form “You must be registered and signed in to access this content”.

Martin Pavíček

]]> b831e5c34dec00809d231f9fbfa36556 Martin Pavíček started the topic Daily Saxophone Practice Routine in the forum Saxophone Lessons https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/daily-saxophone-practice-routine/ Tue, 29 May 2018 20:08:42 -0700 Johnny, on the page “Daily Saxophone Practice Routine” (https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/pa-daily-saxophone-practice-routine-1/) does not work all the links titled “Right click here to download this video to your computer” (5 links in total).
Is there a problem on my side?

]]> 099e04b25251bac8bba4302de348ed8e Martin Pavíček replied to the topic unavailable parts in premium membership in the forum Premium Access Membership https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/unavailable-parts-in-premium-membership/#post-70759 Thu, 03 May 2018 15:35:42 -0700 Johnny, I understand you, and I admit that for $ 19, there’s really a lot of goodies for me. Just here is not everything what I was hoping for ….. and I did not count on the “landing page” what will be available right now and what after some “waiting time” (but you say you will correct – OK) .

But for the songs: the advice “you have the…[Read more]

]]> 6469c79990fb514061d04e29b697e015 Martin Pavíček started the topic unavailable parts in premium membership in the forum Premium Access Membership https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/unavailable-parts-in-premium-membership/ Thu, 03 May 2018 09:32:14 -0700 Hi Johnny, you really did a great deal of work, but I’d like to write to you the following:

1. video in “Eee-Ahh, A Tone Improving Exercise” (https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/pa-eee-ahh/) is unavailable, i get response “AccessDenied”
2. In the “Welcome to the Tone Development Section” (https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/pa-tone-development/),…[Read more]

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