Should You Start Playing Saxophone?

[@noordinm]

Straight talking and I like that. Short and Sharp and no going round and round to say one idea. Keep it up. Its great!

[@BRANDRUMZ]

The hyperbolic soundproofing chamber you’re in is so cool 😂

[@r12flops]

For me I play clarinet normally so I’m thinking to do alto saxophone and this really helps for me!

[@fwoggangidk]

Now I got my answers. The true issue I've got is money. This thing costs my left lung. The reason I want to play it is that I find it to be a funny instrument, and I can totally see myself play silly tunes with goofy sunglasses.

[@nkirukaabadom2955]

you are amazing! Thank you so much

[@joewhitcombe1365]

Thank you

[@coin777]

Thanks for the video!

[@AllenMusicTalk]

Any time!

[@OGStazzy]

2:22 okay i understand my sax in in eb but wdym im not playing the same note as everyone ?

[@Errordemn6]

Hey what are the dimensions of your whisper room?

[@leszekpeszek9261]

You do really good job , congrats. what should be practiced every day what kind of articulation exercises you prefer ?

[@AllenMusicTalk]

If there’s one thing you should work on every day, it would be your tone. Long tones and overtone exercises would be the thing to do.

[@gageshippy2256]

@@AllenMusicTalk have you heard the song "how dare you want more"- by bleachers? It's a great song with such a jump worthy ending. It's what inspired me to try and get into saxophone. What do I need to do and what do I need to buy before buying to sound like the guy in the song?

[@unzin-rb6pm]

I kinda like to sing, but I suck at it and no way I would ever want to have someone listen to my voice. but mostly: singing takes words and one can't really improvise with singing because of it. That's why I'm checking out the sax. I play a little piano and I just jumped into learning music theory and improvising - mostly blues scales since those are (or seem to be) fairly easy. call me odd, but I don't really care that much to play songs. I want to 'just play', ideally. Anyway. nice video. bit of a (small) downer that the notes aren't called the same on the two instruments.

[@spaceisbig7910]

How many years did it take you to get to a good performing standard?

[@AllenMusicTalk]

I’ve been playing since 2003, and my oldest KZbin videos were made in 2009. You can see the progress over time here: bit.ly/3TzQtPH

[@spaceisbig7910]

Wow 6 years its a long road Nice work 👍

[@AllenMusicTalk]

Thanks, I got my first laptop with internet and a webcam in 2009, which is why I started then. It may have happened earlier if I had the technology faster.

[@johncaswell2648]

@@AllenMusicTalk That's actually encouraging. I played from 8 years old until my early twenties when I stopped (work, college etc was just too busy). I finally picked it up again in 2020 and it drives me crazy that I'm nowhere near as good as I was when I stopped playing before, but it's only been two years, and life still gets in the way so I don't get to practice nearly as much as I did in highschool.

[@amonwolfshade1980]

I'm a multi-instrumentalist I'm thinking about adding saxophone to the list of instruments I play. My only issue is the fact that the instrument is pretty loud. So when I practice I know the neighbors may be bothered by it. Any suggestions?

[@AllenMusicTalk]

Yes! This video should help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZzHfGSCgLScoKs

[@drfiberglass]

Saxophone is not that easy to play. I don't know why everyone thinks it is. It takes a lot of time getting use to dealing with just the reed. Finger control and the list goes on and on. Not to say It's impossible but get ready to put a lot of time into the instrument and by all means, take professional lessons.

[@DabblerDave]

Yes, you should play saxophone. Learning "Music Theory" causes mental illness, but if you play saxophone no one can tell.

[@funkchunk2701]

"Some saxophone equipment has toxic materials in it...". What are the toxic materials?

[@RebelScumJack]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Godspeed and God bless!