Guy Le Querrec

- Steve Lacy

1969

ALERT TO ALL FELLOW ARTISTS!!!!!

I’ve noticed recently that some people have been drawing the saxophone very inaccurately. Not necessarily the saxophone itself, but the person playing it. (I know how hard it is to draw the sax. Trust me, I’ve tried.)

1. Neck straps

I’ve gotta tell you guys; unless your character is absolutely RIPPED, I doubt that they’ll be able to carry the hunk of metal. The saxophone is heavy. And by that, I mean really heavy; especially tenors/baritones. So add some weight!! If you want to be a bit more accurate, don’t be afraid to add a little neck strap on there. Trust me, your character will thank me later. They’ve been saved from years of severe back pain.

2. Hand positioning

The hand positioning on this instrument is crucial as it well. The left hand always goes on top. This is because the palm and pinky keys are on the top left side of the instrument. Same with the right hand, but on the bottom right side.

3. Mouthpiece/blowing into the sax

Whenever you’re drawing a character blowing into the saxophone, do not draw them with their mouths puffing out. This is the same for all the other woodwinds as well. We want our air to be fast as possible, so having pockets of air in the way as we’re blowing isn’t as efficient/effective as we’d like it to be. So we try to avoid puffing out our cheeks as much as possible.

And that’s about it! Now go make your saxophone dreams come true!!!

Gentle reminder for my people out there from my band director!

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Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, In a Sentimental Mood.

A wonderfully challenging piece for soprano saxophone.

Music is a very musical thing, you know? Just look at the horny people. They do very great things when meeting other horny people. Here's to you, Hornline! CHEERS!

Modern Nature - Island of Noise

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"……美要被感知，需要最低限度的沉默……美早已消失。 它已經消失在噪音的表面之下——文字的噪音、汽車的噪音、音樂的噪音——我們一直生活在其中。 ......只剩下這個詞，其含義年復一年地變得越來越難以理解。

…e la bellezza, per essere percepita, ha bisogno di un minimo grado di silenzio…la bellezza è ormai da tempo scomparsa. È scomparsa sotto la superficie del rumore- il rumore delle parole, il rumore delle automobili, il rumore della musica – in cui viviamo costantemente. …Ne è rimasta solo la parola, il cui senso è di anno in anno meno comprensibile."

- Milan Kundera, Il libro del riso e dell’oblio 米蘭昆德拉《笑忘書》-

(PS. I don't own any music and songs right, I just make the playlist for listening easily and enjoy all musicians your works and love to share it only. all copyright belongs to musician & singer. If you want me do delete yours from the playlist, please tell me then I will do it. Blessings! Thanks! Lan~*)

photo : Kristen Stewart 克莉絲汀·史都華 

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The Four Horsemen (solo sax)

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even tho it was a positive post speaking against the negativity, that post about “t voices” from about a week ago made me reaaaaalllly insecure about my voice because i had no idea that was a stereotypical thing for singers on testosterone to be concerned about so, although i hadn’t been anxious about it before (all the trans singers i’d talked to said i’d be fine as long as i kept up with the singing), I suddenly was (because that’s how my shit brain works). So, counter-intuitively, I’d been avoiding singing high because I didn’t really want to accept that I’m gonna lose that range, but i FINALLY got up the nerve to for real sing again and I’m back to report that my voice IS cracking if i try to take it past E5, but I’ve also gained a couple new low notes and the entire rest of my range works fine, so I’m feeling really good about it!!!!!!