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melikecheese wrote:

I don't have a Saxaphone but my friend got one recently.
1. What type of saxaphone is it?
2. have you ever played any instruments before? If so, what have you played?

1. I don't know, it's like, a normal sized saxaphone.
2. umm, recorder

I believe you are correct.

melikecheese wrote:

Ok then. To start with the reed will taste disgusting, but that will go away with time. Make sure that when you are playing, you don't press down to hard on the reed or it will not be able to vibrate and the instrument will not make any sound (sounds obvious but even when I'd been playing the clarinet for almost 2 years,I had that problem and I couldn't work out what to do.) I've been told that if you leave the reed in the mouthpiece too long it will go black, so I suggest you don't do it.

That's all I can really tell you as I only played the clarinet. I hope you enjoy playing 

okay. soon school will start and I can get lessons. (I'll finish the year with 2 language classes!)

I play an alto sax.  Since I'd been already been playing the flute for three years before I started sax, I started using a two and a half sized reed.  You might want to use one that's similar to that.  Saxophones use a lot of air until you learn how to control it better.  To make sound, I held my head back a little, put my teeth on the mouthpiece, and blew.  For your first note, you might want to try C# (none of the keys pressed), since I find that the easiest beginning note.

16Skittles wrote:

TheGenius95 wrote:

I play an alto sax.  Since I'd been already been playing the flute for three years before I started sax, I started using a two and a half sized reed.  You might want to use one that's similar to that.  Saxophones use a lot of air until you learn how to control it better.  To make sound, I held my head back a little, put my teeth on the mouthpiece, and blew.  For your first note, you might want to try C# (none of the keys pressed), since I find that the easiest beginning note.

No keys make the simplest note?    I'm using a 2 1/2 reed.

Yeah, 2 1/2 is a good size for a beginner.  After a few years, though, they'll want you to upgrade to a size 3 or something.

RobotKitty wrote:

^^ Yep. I'm going into 7th, and play the Alto.

same.
This is all of the users who play or know somebody who plays saxaphone?