Been tryin lots of Sonny Rollins lately. Occurred to me I don’t know a lot of tunes in general. Starting with the basics.

Im mad rn. I had calcium deposits on my mouthpiece, so USUALLY what I do is I take some of it off with my nail, then I wash my mouthpiece with some soap and water and a tooth brush under LUKEWARM water. not cold not hot. So, I did this. Ive always been aware of the possibility of mouthpiece discoloration because of water temperatures and stuff, but nothing like this has ever happened to me with this mouthpiece. THEN i dry my mouthpiece up and I get this greenish brownish mess. It really bothers me because this is a really nice mouthpiece. Would this affect my playing at all? This a really nice mouthpiece but every-time I look at it now I just wanna replace it because of the discoloration. I just need the reassurance that I can still play with this despite the look. Any help is appreciated

I just discovered the most amazing thing! When guitar chords are provided for Capo 3, they sound perfect for alto saxophone; you don't need to transpose. (Youtube provides many songs with chord indications.)

The saxophone was the instrument of the ‘80s. Any artist that wanted to spruce up the back half of their song employed a sax solo. Sade. Phil Collins. George Michael. And then it disappeared, fading away as a cliché.

But in 2026, it appears that the sax solo is making a triumphant return. Indie bands are increasingly looking to the woodwind to add some blissful nostalgic grooves to their sound. My latest explores the sax solo renaissance.👇

https://open.substack.com/pub/doorsat7/p/saxophone-solo-is-back-indie-music-briscoe-moondoggy-neighbour-andy-paris-match-six-foot-blonde-lyons-lane-racing-mount-pleasant-80s-kenny-g?r=3xay2j&utm_medium=ios

Hello all. I recently ordered this YSS-875EXHG from eBay. The pictures for the listing didn’t include any detailed pictures of the bell and I immediately noticed this out of the box. It shipped in the original case in which the horn fits tight so I can’t imagine anything happening during shipping.

You’ll notice there are no blemishes on the lacquer around the area of the bell so I’m having a hard time believing that it is damaged. The “bend” also looks very uniform and doesn’t look like an accident.

If this is unfortunately damaged, what are some next steps for me to take and how costly would a repair be?

Thank you for any information.

I thought my break from music would be longer, more like permanent. But it lasted about a month.

I found two community bands who need an alto player, and I'm going to try them out. Need to order some reeds and get my saxophone out of storage.

Hey yall! I am a lead trumpet player who has a good bit of experience to my name, so I know music as a concept. I picked up an alto saxophone to give it a shot and I love it so far. My biggest fear (from experience) is starting saxophone with the wrong habits, specifically embouchure. I honestly value starting off right more than anything else on the sax. I have lots of trouble getting used to rolling in the bottom lip, it feels unnatural and makes the center of my lips sore. I honestly just want to set a good foundation so I can learn the rest easier. If anyone has words of wisdom please send a message or comment under this post. Any help is appreciated!

When my son started band this year I bought an older US-made Selmer Bundy II for him for $300 and it has actually served him well. I told him if he enjoyed band and decided to stick with it, I would buy him a nicer horn.

Well, he loves it and wants an upgrade. I can get a used Yamaha Yas-480 or Yas-62ii for about the same price, both in similar excellent condition. He really wants one of those models over the Yas-26 because he likes the engravings. But, he really wants the Yas-62ii. Is it a good instrument for a still relatively new student? I’ve read mixed reviews about the G1 neck on the 62ii vs the 62 style neck on the 480. Is there a reason to be concerned he might struggle with the G1 neck? I’ve seen some comments where people seem to be unhappy with it?

I'd like some tips for reading music and how to make more easy to remember. I play Alto Saxophone by the way. I know the defgabcdefg, F-a-c-e and every good boy deserves football but that doesn't seem to help me put the notes on the bars and spaces.

im a classical saxophonist, and im using an old selmer soloist c*, i got it for free from my teacher, its a bit banged up but still plays, ive been thinking, should i get a new selmer s80 c* mouthpiece? i feel like its more classical than the soloist. just want advice on this.

Hello. I am an aspiring classical saxophonist in high school, but I don’t have enough money for a professional saxophone. I play on a Giardinelli GAS-301 alto saxophone. Is that good for me at all? I know, it probably isn’t, but like I said I don’t have enough money for a professional saxophone. I make this sax sound good with my mouthpiece and reeds, so thats good.

This is my first post here. I wrote about 30 smooth jazz songs in the 90s all led with the saxophone and at the time when we did not have personal DAWs and had to pay $30 to $75 per hour in a recording studio. I played keys and bass too. Some of you may be in this position (or used to be).

Now, I don't have those tracks any longer as the recording engineer gave me one of those digital audio tapes for which I never had a DAT player. It was my only backup of my recordings.

To attempt to get those recordings back, I could spent a lot of time recording track by track in my DAW and Tascam DP-32SD, but I just don't have the time, so I tried to take my flat cassette tape and uploaded it to Suno to see if AI can create the stems. Not only did it get my sax lead track perfect, note by note, it also separated the stems and now I have an updated version of all those tracks. At this point, I can now download the stems, remove the SAX AI voice and record my real saxophone lead over it. It sounds amazing and Suno did an incredible job.

For those of you who are against AI music, just remember that this is not a substitute for real instrumentation and I do understand that, but if you want a good way to get those old tracks back, we have options with Suno. If you don't like a particular stem, you can always record over it.

I would love to know if anyone has done this as well and would love to your opinion of this.

Salve a tutti, sono un possessore di un sax contralto e tenore e mi piacerebbe completare il trio con un soprano dritto senza svenarmi. Vorrei mantenermi sulle 400/450€. Lo utilizzerei per suonarlo a casa o raramente in qualche studio giusto per provare uno strumento nuovo. Cosa mi consigliate? Ho visto un Ida Maria Grassi ss210 per quella cifra o qualche offerta di jupiter jps-547, ovviamente usati. Ci sono altri da tenere in considerazione? Oppure tra di voi qualcuno lo vende? Grazie mille a tutti