Brian Sacawa of the US Army field band visits Dr Paul Cohen, who owns an amazing collection of unusual saxophones, including the largest sax you’ve ever seen, one with a sphere on the end instead of a bell, and one with no tone holes!
From Sax.co.uk, a duet on Alto and Bass sax.
and if I listen carefully, I’m sure there’s an invisible third sax
My Sax repair man commented that my 1919 Buescher Tenor doesn’t have a “Front F”, a key which would let you jump fourths between top C and top F without having to squish 3 keys with your left palm.
It turns out that Buescher introduced the Front F (also know as “Top F”) in about 1925. There were a number of innovations to the key mechanisms on saxophones, as well as clarinets, to extend the range and to make certain notes or intervals easier to play.
The “Saxophone Museum” records models, date of manufacture and the serial numbers of many saxophones, and has a large collection of photos that helped me identify when Buescher added the Front F. Another useful reference was photos of instruments for sale on Ebay!
This week, I want to learn to play along to Hillsong’s “Oceans”. It’s in C♯ for a B♭ instrument, so this presents a bit more of a challenge; A good opportunity to improve some harder scales.
I’ve added 2 more versions of Amazing grace, so you can play along in C, D and G.
I also had a bit of a re-arrange and tidied up a bit.
I’m building up a collection of hymns and songs to play along to in different keys
First up, a good old favourite, Amazing Grace in C (on a Tenor B♭ Sax)
You’ll find the page here
Barry Caudill – http://barrycaudill.com/
Learning Sax as a teenager, I missed (or ignored) the bits about how to really practice. Here’s a great piece I found online, explaining what real practice looks like:
