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Hi Shane Selmer is one of the leading names in saxophones. Some say it's the leading name. Go to your local music shop and ask for advice and prices; Selmer...
I have a Selmer Cigar Cutter, alto (1933) which has a fantastic sound and i will always keep for sentimental purposes, however I do find it difficult to reach...
Hi Shane...I haven't got a Selmer alto but I wouldn't swop my MK6 tenor for anything,even a new Reference 54 so I'm very biased....if you've the dosh a 50's...
... them ... Hi Shane. Before the days of the interweb, it took me 8 years of constant phoning around UK music shops to find my first Selmer MK VI Tenor....
Enjoyed the discussions about mark VI's. I was a telephone bidder on a mark VI alto today which reached £1200 in Scotland. The serial number was 55519 so...
Hi all I am really struggling to make the jump from a 2 reed to a 2 and a half Guess I'm just not playing often enough I've been using Alexander Superial and ...
Good talking point here. I've always thought that you "make the jump" to a higher number reed when you feel the need or that you are dissatisfied with the...
I'm sure I must have tried them all at one time or another but I have now found my Nirvana (the heaven, not the band). Rico Select Jazz (unfiled). Even as I...
great....keep honking...Nik shanegoodway <shanegoodway@...> wrote: I was wondering what people think of his music or playing ? ... All new Yahoo! Mail...
Shane I've only ever heard Grover Washington on the radio as I've no cds. I remember he was well regarded by jazz fm when they existed. He was a lively player,...
I have listened too you music and it sounds a little flat I have the same problem. I have just started with a new teacher and we have gone back to basics...
Hi friend i hope you are well iv a web site www.freewebs.com/tom9437/ i am also just starting a new page on Tenor sax as i am about to buy one and start...
Thanks for the input shanegoodway I am going to take your advice and get back to basics. I think I am trying to run before I can walk. I'm going to have a...
I have just started lessons & it was great. My reed has always been in th eworng place (too far down) the ligature was too far up & the reed was too soft. The...
Hi Padraig, and Dave - the essential point IMHO - is lessons, lessons, lessons - I am absolutely certain that my own playing is dramatically better than it...
... Im very much a beginner and feel that having lessons keep everything running in Balance. I have found that when i played 6 months alone i developed bad ...
Thanks for the sites great reading and listening I have been chatting with my teacher about playing flat and sharp i had a big problem but just worked on my...
Hi Shanegoodway Thanks again for the advice. I've got a number for a teacher just 20 miles from me. I'm going to give him a bell. I'm going to concentrate on...
I m wondering who is in a band? How long it took them to get to that level of playing to be able to perform on stage or in pub ect? And what was the first gig...
Hi Shane not in a band, but get together once a month with a couple of other ladies who are also pupils of my sax teacher, and we have a bit of a jamming...
Hi Emma Wow im impressed I have been playing about 18 moths and am not playing any music books. I had a teacher then played 9 months alone time waisted i feel....
Hi all I have been playing for nearly 3 years now, started from scratch with no previous musical knowledge, so had to learn to read music as well as play the...
