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  1. Low humidity afternoon. The Fibracell reed likes it. Altissimo comes with intention, and I will sip that wine. You gotta mean it.

    Good times with the tenor.

    #saxophones

  2. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, I tell myself as I try to work minor sixths under my fingers.

    #practicing
    #music
    #saxophones

  3. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, I tell myself as I try to work minor sixths under my fingers.

    #practicing
    #music
    #saxophones

  4. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, I tell myself as I try to work minor sixths under my fingers.

    #practicing
    #music
    #saxophones

  5. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, I tell myself as I try to work minor sixths under my fingers.

    #practicing
    #music
    #saxophones

  6. There's a physical sensation associated with working a saxophone, when one can feel the air column vibrate, hear/feel that slight raspy quality of sound, and see, in one's mind's eye, the shape of the music one is making. You're "in the pocket" of the horn's sound. It's a calm, lyrical flow state.

    I'm trying to apply that flowing, "in the pocket" state, to my moment to moment awareness and actions.

    #saxophones
    #music
    #experience

  7. There's a physical sensation associated with working a saxophone, when one can feel the air column vibrate, hear/feel that slight raspy quality of sound, and see, in one's mind's eye, the shape of the music one is making. You're "in the pocket" of the horn's sound. It's a calm, lyrical flow state.

    I'm trying to apply that flowing, "in the pocket" state, to my moment to moment awareness and actions.

    #saxophones
    #music
    #experience

  8. Following up on that, gonna go out on the patio for a while with the ... let's see, there are choices ... baritone saxophone, it's baritone day, and work through some scales and modes. See if the muse shows up.

    See ya.

    #music
    #practicing
    #saxophones

  9. Following up on that, gonna go out on the patio for a while with the ... let's see, there are choices ... baritone saxophone, it's baritone day, and work through some scales and modes. See if the muse shows up.

    See ya.

    #music
    #practicing
    #saxophones

  10. Following up on that, gonna go out on the patio for a while with the ... let's see, there are choices ... baritone saxophone, it's baritone day, and work through some scales and modes. See if the muse shows up.

    See ya.

    #music
    #practicing
    #saxophones

  11. Following up on that, gonna go out on the patio for a while with the ... let's see, there are choices ... baritone saxophone, it's baritone day, and work through some scales and modes. See if the muse shows up.

    See ya.

    #music
    #practicing
    #saxophones

  12. I recall that Greenspan was a baritone sax player. Wikipedia says he was also a clarinetist.

    #AlanGreenspan
    #saxophones

  13. On these older, vintage horns like the Conn New Wonder, regulation of the mechanism is done with cork and felt.

    #saxophones

  14. @Landsil

    Playing a very vintage alto, a Conn New Wonder, I think. Rolled tone holes! Lovely to see folks keeping these machines running.

    #saxophones

  15. Resetting my mood with some drifting alto work on the patio. Fitting it into the breeze, the sunny afternoon.

    Better now.

    #AltoSaxophone
    #music
    #saxophones

  16. Resetting my mood with some drifting alto work on the patio. Fitting it into the breeze, the sunny afternoon.

    Better now.

    #AltoSaxophone
    #music
    #saxophones

  17. Resetting my mood with some drifting alto work on the patio. Fitting it into the breeze, the sunny afternoon.

    Better now.

    #AltoSaxophone
    #music
    #saxophones

  18. Resetting my mood with some drifting alto work on the patio. Fitting it into the breeze, the sunny afternoon.

    Better now.

    #AltoSaxophone
    #music
    #saxophones

  19. Some quiet alto work on the back deck. Busy, close interval groups, referring to one another from different points in the horn's range.

    #saxophones

  20. On this rainy afternoon, baritone sax in the sheltered area of the patio. The cardinals, who are very feisty right now, were not amused by this raspy loud bird, and came to the dogwood to bark and set things straight about just whose bird feeder it is.

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #BaritoneSaxophone
    #birds
    #spring

  21. On this rainy afternoon, baritone sax in the sheltered area of the patio. The cardinals, who are very feisty right now, were not amused by this raspy loud bird, and came to the dogwood to bark and set things straight about just whose bird feeder it is.

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #BaritoneSaxophone
    #birds
    #spring

  22. On this rainy afternoon, baritone sax in the sheltered area of the patio. The cardinals, who are very feisty right now, were not amused by this raspy loud bird, and came to the dogwood to bark and set things straight about just whose bird feeder it is.

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #BaritoneSaxophone
    #birds
    #spring

  23. On this rainy afternoon, baritone sax in the sheltered area of the patio. The cardinals, who are very feisty right now, were not amused by this raspy loud bird, and came to the dogwood to bark and set things straight about just whose bird feeder it is.

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #BaritoneSaxophone
    #birds
    #spring

  24. The saxophone's metal slowly warms in your hands, as it takes in your breath. Which, being breath, gives a little moisture to the leather pads. Which swell just a little, sealing more as you play and the horn warms. The initial effort gives way to the decades of time spent in this place; you push in the mouthpiece a little -- altissimo was flat. You begin to work the horn, and your sense of music: what is familiar, what is known, what is new territory?

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #music

  25. The saxophone's metal slowly warms in your hands, as it takes in your breath. Which, being breath, gives a little moisture to the leather pads. Which swell just a little, sealing more as you play and the horn warms. The initial effort gives way to the decades of time spent in this place; you push in the mouthpiece a little -- altissimo was flat. You begin to work the horn, and your sense of music: what is familiar, what is known, what is new territory?

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #music

  26. The saxophone's metal slowly warms in your hands, as it takes in your breath. Which, being breath, gives a little moisture to the leather pads. Which swell just a little, sealing more as you play and the horn warms. The initial effort gives way to the decades of time spent in this place; you push in the mouthpiece a little -- altissimo was flat. You begin to work the horn, and your sense of music: what is familiar, what is known, what is new territory?

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #music

  27. The saxophone's metal slowly warms in your hands, as it takes in your breath. Which, being breath, gives a little moisture to the leather pads. Which swell just a little, sealing more as you play and the horn warms. The initial effort gives way to the decades of time spent in this place; you push in the mouthpiece a little -- altissimo was flat. You begin to work the horn, and your sense of music: what is familiar, what is known, what is new territory?

    #practice
    #saxophones
    #music

  28. Prestige re-released "Soultrane" along with "John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio," as a double album. The cover had a reversed image of John on a straight soprano.

    I saw that, must've been 14 years old, and just HAD to have one. But my teacher schemed with my parents and I found myself with a tenor instead. It was about 10 years later that I finally got my hands on a Yamaha YSS-62.

    These days I play a curvy; less weight on the old right thumb.

    #saxophones

  29. The next development in #saxophones should be the replacement of those lengthy, imprecise, mechanical keyworks with compact, precise, micro encoders. This will not only make keying more precise, but will also simplify the construction and will reduce the price considerably.

  30. The next development in #saxophones should be the replacement of those lengthy, imprecise, mechanical keyworks with compact, precise, micro encoders. This will not only make keying more precise, but will also simplify the construction and will reduce the price considerably.

  31. The next development in #saxophones should be the replacement of those lengthy, imprecise, mechanical keyworks with compact, precise, micro encoders. This will not only make keying more precise, but will also simplify the construction and will reduce the price considerably.

  32. The next development in #saxophones should be the replacement of those lengthy, imprecise, mechanical keyworks with compact, precise, micro encoders. This will not only make keying more precise, but will also simplify the construction and will reduce the price considerably.

  33. Having expressed that passage, my imagination seems to be moving on to a 12-tone tone row. I'll let that gestate a while and see how much beauty I can extract from it.

    #music
    #serialism
    #saxophones

  34. Having expressed that passage, my imagination seems to be moving on to a 12-tone tone row. I'll let that gestate a while and see how much beauty I can extract from it.

    #music
    #serialism
    #saxophones

  35. The figure that's been bouncing around in my head, and working its way out through my fingers to various horns. I'll think of it as my October Theme. Notated using MuseScore 2.

    #music
    #saxophones
    #MuseScore2

  36. The figure that's been bouncing around in my head, and working its way out through my fingers to various horns. I'll think of it as my October Theme. Notated using MuseScore 2.

    #music
    #saxophones
    #MuseScore2

  37. The figure that's been bouncing around in my head, and working its way out through my fingers to various horns. I'll think of it as my October Theme. Notated using MuseScore 2.

    #music
    #saxophones
    #MuseScore2

  38. Workin', workin', workin' on my cognitive frame.

    Also my embouchure. Trying to loosen up, but with a stronger air stream. I tend to tighten up.

    #adulting
    #music
    #embouchure
    #saxophones

  39. Workin', workin', workin' on my cognitive frame.

    Also my embouchure. Trying to loosen up, but with a stronger air stream. I tend to tighten up.

    #adulting
    #music
    #embouchure
    #saxophones

  40. Workin', workin', workin' on my cognitive frame.

    Also my embouchure. Trying to loosen up, but with a stronger air stream. I tend to tighten up.

    #adulting
    #music
    #embouchure
    #saxophones

  41. #Musicians of the #fediverse ... especially those that play #horns/ #brass/ #trumpets/ #saxophones/ #trombones, etc.

    Can you tell me what is going on at the start of this music clip? There's a horn section playing and it's very syncopated with a very fast tempo. I'd love to learn what's it actually called what the musicians are playing. (Not the song, the song is Push On Til The Day by Trey Anastasio. It's a fusion/ funk song.) But what they're doing with the horns really moves me.

    I'm just curious.

  42. #Musicians of the #fediverse ... especially those that play #horns/ #brass/ #trumpets/ #saxophones/ #trombones, etc.

    Can you tell me what is going on at the start of this music clip? There's a horn section playing and it's very syncopated with a very fast tempo. I'd love to learn what's it actually called what the musicians are playing. (Not the song, the song is Push On Til The Day by Trey Anastasio. It's a fusion/ funk song.) But what they're doing with the horns really moves me.

    I'm just curious.

  43. #Musicians of the #fediverse ... especially those that play #horns/ #brass/ #trumpets/ #saxophones/ #trombones, etc.

    Can you tell me what is going on at the start of this music clip? There's a horn section playing and it's very syncopated with a very fast tempo. I'd love to learn what's it actually called what the musicians are playing. (Not the song, the song is Push On Til The Day by Trey Anastasio. It's a fusion/ funk song.) But what they're doing with the horns really moves me.

    I'm just curious.