Right? I got stuck with saxophone because my uncle had one so my parents didn't have to buy one. Boy did they live to regret that. Actually I was pretty good - made first chair in 3 months, but I wouldn't have a clue now. I can play a couple of very small things on piano that I don't know the name of or notes, I just know where my hands are supposed to go. Guitar I gave up too soon, lol. My fingers hurt.
That'd be no fun. This is one is pretty good. Does a good job explaining the interval structure, which is self-evident on the piano. Bass-ackwards on a guitar. Reading two staffs is insane, though. Bass clef might as well be written in Chinese. And the fact that guitar music is transcribed an octave up doesn't help either. I've been reading middle C in the "wrong" spot for 30+ years now.
I still have an alto. People don't realize how loud those things are. It makes my Marshall seem tame by comparison.
Judging by trumpet players I have known, I'd say that was an accurate assessment.
Exactly. That's what mine was - alto. I ain't Kenny G haha
I played the tenor and the baritone as well but those belonged to the school. The barry was like a tuba. I never tried the soprano sax, or the "fucking kazoo" as Andrew Dice Clay called it. I don't remember the bit, but it started with "And then Kenny G comes out with his fucking kazoo...."
I only played alto. Dabbled with my sister's clarinet and bass clarinet, but only a little. Mostly to piss her off because it amused me.
I agree totally with this bass clef nonsense. Why use a different notation when everybody knows that you're going to be playing the same goddamn notes, just an octave or two lower? Just when you've learned "Every Girl and Boy Does Fine" and "F A C E," you've got to embrace the fact that All Cows Eat Grass. You know what comes out of male cows that eat grass? The bass clef.
Er... he's the son of the leader of a mercenary fleet.
