The most Anime saxophone solo ever!

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Sax on steroids, that's what we all secretly need from time to time. The saxophonist is Masato Honma (not to be confused with also Japanse saxophone great Masato Honda). Honma did also the famous Mario Kart OST (and the Mario Kart lick).Also, let me know if you'd like me top make a tutorial on how to play some of these trick licks etc. -S.T. means: Split Tone -The one with the false fingerings (as shown by the "+"s) is playing a regular B + octave key and add 3 RH and 1,2 LH). You'll need the right cavity to produce that sound as well. Any other OST solos that you like? Anime, games, movies... can be sax but certainly other instruments as well! Subscribe if you want to see an endless stream of solo transcriptions and jazz wisdom. /Jorre

[@hugepat251]

Nice work Jorre, great transcription. Unless I'm mistaken I'm pretty sure the guy who played the Mario Kart Lick and did the soundtrack was Kazuki Katsuta and not Masato Honma, both great players though! Katsuta plays in another band called "DIMENSION" and you can hear him play that lick in practically every solo he does.

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Thanks for that input. Do you have some external sources? I'd like to give the right credits, and the usually reliable Discogs website had Honma credited. It's kind of hard on this one, but I'm grateful for you pointing our that potential mistake. On more than 200 transcriptions I did, this one (one of the more pop culture popular ones) has been one of the hardest

[@leakdeo]

⁠​⁠@@SharpElevenMusicin the (very short) recording video nintendo uploaded for dolphin shoals, you can see kazuki katsua playing alto and the first part of the solo so i'm assuming it's him too

[@undercoverhotdog]

Fantastic

[@drawingdownthestars]

This is amazing!!!

[@almazkinz2932]

Tenor solo from Inkwell isle three from Cuphead OST, please

[@almazkinz2932]

At last❤

[@imautistic3791]

Is there a pdf?

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Yes, that's a feature we keep for our Patreon.

[@bizarrediamond]

What does the "S.T." over the notes like high F# mean?

[@aqertis4075]

My guess is split tone but idk for sure

[@SharpElevenMusic]

Split Tone. Spit the tone like you're Moses splitting the sea (tip: play a bit louder and aim the air slight more upwards into the mouthpiece. There is a sweet spot between normal sound and a dead sound where it cracks in the middle)

[@SharpElevenMusic]

@@aqertis4075 exactly

[@bizarrediamond]

@@SharpElevenMusic Thank you man