r/Saxophonics

So I've been collecting for 13 years. Not yet satisfied with the collection tho lol

I bought a 1975 Keilwerth Toneking tenor sax. I had a Vandoren V16 T6M mouthpiece first with leather ligature. Then i switched to metal ligature and it was okay, i liked it. But before i switched i tryed a Theo Wanne Essentials Contemporary 7* mouthpiece, and i loooved it, it was so good. No needed that mutch air like the Vandoren. Now i sold the vandoren and bought the theo wanne aaand… im not satisfied… It has strange sound, need a lot of air (2.5 reeds) and its so f&cking hard to play the low notes.. now i dont know what to do.. maybe try with size 2 reeds?

In open beta now:

https://sessionography.dynamicappdesign.com

Looking for feedback, feature requests and any thoughts on the app.

D-C A# D D# C // DD CC AA G DD CC

The pads are in good condition maybe 1 or 2 needs to be replaced

Hey I recently just got a series 2 jubilee 2 days ago and when I went to put my neck in it was super and needed a good amount of force to twist it in. I was wondering if a scratch like this is normal or if I just ruined my new sax.

it's a tough transition from brass to wind even though I haven't played in years. I'm getting there though

I love this sax !! Pretty good looking, sound great! 100% satisfied…

Hey last summer (early June) I got a new synthetic reed (Iegere), and till Christmas it was playing perfectly but then the tragedy happened. I saw that it had sth like a hill as you can see in the images. I thought "yea this must be the reason why I'm squeaking during everytime I play" cuz till September it would play perfectly fine. Now after all this time I had kept it in "perfect" condition I thought that I might be able to fix it. what do you think?

I'd like to add that u in the photos the "hill" looks small but irl it's bigger and it results in squeaks, changing octaves without wanting to, hard to play generally

I am borrowing a Yamaha tenor saxophone from my school, but I cannot find a standard model number. The only number marked on the instrument itself is "812102." Additionally, there is a stamp of the letter "N" at the joint where the body meets the bell.

Hi saxophone people,

So I am not historically a saxophone person although I can play one well enough to have fun since the fingerings are basically the same as my flute and the embouchure is less frustrating than my clarinet. I bought this tenor recently and as far as I’m concerned it sounds great, the intonation is reliable, and it’s heavy AF… That’s what I can tell you. But! There’s no make/model/serial number.

The story is that it was originally acquired from the home (maybe the estate?) of a professional who had a lot of other really nice instruments and took care of his stuff. This one seems virtually unplayed, though the case smelled veeeeeeeery faintly of cigarettes which means it’s seen some things or at least sat in the house for a while.

Any ideas? I’m perfectly happy with it but am curious.

Hi, hobbyist saxophonist here! Been playing since elementary school, and am in a few bands. Maybe this is a better question for r/musicians or the likes, but I figure many of us are in the field of Jazz and know something of solos.

I see people shredding all the time up and down arpeggios with modal modulation and crazy music theory, and I get that takes fine-tuned practice of patterns and scales and transcriptions. But I have no formal training past high school and playing.

I'm wondering, how much of that is repetition of that solo in practice to fine tune it and hone in for a particular composition (i.e. plays same on stage as in practice), and how much of that is done on the fly?

I tend to do a mix of both, fine tuning bits and pieces, but ultimately my "words" come out different each time. But then again, I cannot figure out how to get my fingers to move that fast, even 12 years playing since an active lesson.

My babies for the algorithm.