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Date Posted: 16:18:07 01/21/03 Tue
Author: richardsinla
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Subject: Re: what type of sax is best for a beginner
In reply to: marina 's message, "Re: what type of sax is best for a beginner" on 07:02:54 12/27/02 Fri

ill tell you that if you want to avoid frustrations with less than perfect saxophones,buy a pro sax as new as possible older saxes might have air leaks that will frustrate you.... ,it will save you a lot of frustration specially if you are a student theres nothing better than getting a good saxophone one that is easy to play and sounds good, most student saxes sound cheap,learning to play the sax is the same as learning to drive, you can choose to learn on a 5spd or learn on an automatic wouldnt you rather learn in an automatic???see my point???theres lots of pro saxes out there that are not expensive,spend a little more its worth it.ohh and choose the right mouth piece there seems to be mouth pieces that work better than others the openness of the mouth piece is just as important more opennes means more air that goes thru, and are easier to blow on,the closed mouth pieces are harder to play i started on ricos and personally i hate ricos,never worked on me then i switched to a selmer C,as far as reeds the vandorens seem to work best specially the javas,which add a beautifull tone.
the higher the number of the reed the harder it is to play i use 2 1/2.very low numbers have more response but tend to squeek(or maybe it was my sax [or me??]:) because they are too thin.

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