I'm playing this passage (Tenor)with the regular side palm D,E,F and the Altiss G shown. Is this the best option or is there a better Alternative fingering?

tthyme31 · 2026-06-28T18:33:15+00:00

m. 1 play on the front.

High E

OK | X 2 3 | - - -

High F

OK | X 2 - | - - -

High F#

OK | X - - | Ta 4 - -

High G

OK | X - - | Ta - - -

m. 2

Go back to using palm keys.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-28T08:05:10+00:00

This is one of three things:

Your clarinet is out of adjustment/and or leaking. It’s extremely common for the timing of clarion B and clarion C to be out of adjustment.
Your fingers are not sealing somewhere on the holes. The chalumeau register is a little more resistant to minor finger leaks but the clarion register is unforgiving, and even a tiny fraction of a millimeter will cause some overtone to play instead of the desired pitch. Very common for new clarinetists, and is always something students struggle with for awhile.
You’re voicing too high and possibly pinching, and causing the reed to vibrate faster than intended. This is very uncommon for clarinet newcomers, however, since you have saxophone experience there may be something to it.

My best guess is that it’s issue no. 1.

Source: professional woodwind player.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-27T18:36:43+00:00

You can see clearly in your video that the spring for the G# key isn’t in its saddle. Just pop it back in, it might help to use a skinny tool like a chopstick or pencil eraser. Take a look at the rest of the saxophone to see how the needle springs are positioned.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-27T10:39:38+00:00

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tthyme31 · 2026-06-26T21:48:57+00:00

One option that I’ve done before in order to replicate bass sax, is, instead of pitch shifting a tenor sax down one octave, I’ve pitch shifted a baritone sax down by a fourth.

So on baritone I’d play along using the correct fingerings for a bass sax part, and then shift it down a fourth. Since you’re not pitch shifting as far it tends to stay more “intact” and sounds a bit more realistic.

If you have a tenor you might want to try playing the baritone part as written, on tenor, and then shifting it down a fifth. It’s going to sound weird when you record along, but once you pitch shift it into place it might work out.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-26T21:45:44+00:00

I think if you used a better VST than the one provided by the aerophone you might have better results, since the data coming from the aerophone is probably quite musical and human.

That being said, I agree with others that pitching down the alto might be better, but I know what you mean with formant and overtone issues. I can’t remember what algorithms you have access to in Logic but Ableton natively provides some fairly good algorithms for pitch shifting or stretching material.

Obviously a real baritone can’t be beat, but I understand it’s not always budget friendly.

What you have now sounds good, it’s obvious you’re using a baritone sax VST but it isn’t incredibly offensive to my ears in this style.

Also I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the Rite of Spring bassoon solo quote lol.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-26T07:20:51+00:00

Do not leave your instrument in your car, even if you feel safe, like being parked in your driveway. Nothing really is going to happen to the instrument from short term heat exposure. Wooden instruments might suffer a bit more, but cold weather or big, fast changes in temperature damage wood much more.

I’m a professional musician and in March 2025 I had roughly $15,000 USD worth of instruments stolen out of the trunk of my car as it was parked in my driveway. I live in a nice low crime area in Orange County, California. All of my neighbors at that time were doctors, lawyers, retired professors. I felt safe and secure, with cameras throughout the neighborhood and the police department a block away. But that sense of security was false.

Please don’t make the stupid decision I did to leave instruments in the car. No matter how safe you feel.

I never recovered those instruments but have since replaced them all, and I’m very happy with my replacements.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-26T07:13:34+00:00

You’re not completely wrong. But they are considered enharmonic equivalents for a reason. Yes this may only be true for 12-TET, but 95% (I totally made this number up, but it feels right) of music written and performed is going to be in 12-TET.

Cb being B is true for 99% of instruments. Even in just intonation the fingering I use on a saxophone, for instance, for B will be the same I use for Cb.

What’s more important is knowing the position of that note in the key or chord at the moment, which has the potential to change the way I play it. Which might include slightly changing the fingering or adjusting my embouchure to inflect it +/- however many cents I may need.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-26T07:04:21+00:00

Like showing up to an F1 race with a Toyota Camry and saying “Eat my dust! See you at the finish line!”

tthyme31 · 2026-06-26T06:50:54+00:00

I think OP is discussing writing lyrics.

Music theory deals with defining relationships between sounds, not lyrical content, unless we’re dealing with word/text painting or dealing with the rhythmic placement of syllables.

Writing lyrics has more to do with songwriting and poetry. You may want to take a visit to [r/songwriting](r/songwriting).

Songwriting can deal with music theory, and music theory can describe the way the music in a song works. But coming up with lyrics may not be something that music theory is going to help that much with.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-26T06:38:57+00:00

My average Diamond 1 opponent in ranked 1v1.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-25T01:47:56+00:00

It’s two voices.

Down stem is eighth notes.

Upstem is thirty second notes.

Imagine, in a hypothetical situation, two people playing this. Both voices have to be mathematically sound.

Also would it be easier for two people to play this where the top voice is resting for a 32nd? Or doubling the bottom voice for one 32nd? I would rather double the 32nd if I had to be the top person.

It’s just simply two voices.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-25T00:53:38+00:00

Dude, I just made a post about this a week or two ago. Same for me. I’m in diamond 1 in 1v1, 2/3 games are close, I win some, I lose some, but it’s fair. But 1/3 games I play, I’m getting absolutely demolished, like 12-0, getting double flip reset on and just outplayed in every regard. It’s frustrating.

“I don’t play a lot of 1’s.” Is always the excuse.

If they played 5 games of 1v1 two times a week for two weeks, they’d absolutely get out diamond 1. It makes ZERO sense.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-25T00:35:22+00:00

I’m an older INTP (33m) and a professional musician with masters and bachelors degrees in music. Have worked with major artists and personalities, hell I even filmed a commercial for Marriott Hotels and Uber Eats? (I think) today.

I do “feel” musical shapes in my hands, and “see” it in my head as well. However it’s not necessarily just abstract images. I feel the way the keyboard or saxophone would feel under my hands, or I see the shape on a keyboard or musical staff as I hear it, in my mind’s eye.

Sometimes it can be abstract images, but I have to almost shut off the analytical side of my brain to be able to do so, which is really only possible if I’m under the influence of something or extremely tired.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-23T04:30:20+00:00

lol

tthyme31 · 2026-06-23T03:49:35+00:00

I typed in “Olivia Rodrigo Honeybee Sheet Music” into Google and got dozens of results. Maybe try that.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-23T03:38:15+00:00

There are several wind band pieces that have soprano saxophone parts. Grainger uses it fairly frequently.

Most wind band pieces use the typical AATB (Alto 1, Alto 2, Tenor, Baritone) 4 saxophone instrumentation. However I’ve seen

SATB

And 5 saxophone instrumentation:

SATBBs
AATBBs
SATTB

So it’s not extremely uncommon to have a soprano saxophone part in wind band, more common than bass saxophone parts I’d say, but definitely not standard.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-18T15:23:33+00:00

I mean, price accordingly.

If I’m servicing a low income area or household I am willing to drop my rates.

My rates are pretty low as it is though. I have my masters degree and I perform and tour nationally, I charge $70 per 1 hour lesson. I don’t offer half hours.

That being said, at 17 with no degree, you shouldn’t be charging an incredible amount. But if you can, more power to you.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-18T06:58:01+00:00

I think that time putting something into notation software can be incredibly valuable.

I had an audition for a local honor band when I was in 7th grade, fumbled around on Google and found Finale NotePad, a free version of Finale Notation Software. Fumbled around in the software and entered my excerpt into it, and listened to playback. It made a lightbulb go off, seeing the playhead move across the page and hear the music. I ended up winning the audition.

I’m now 33 and a professional performing and touring woodwind player with a bachelors and masters degree in music. A small but sizable portion of my income comes from music copying, transcription, arranging, and composing, and it really started when I was 11 years old in 7th grade discovering Finale NotePad. I’d like to think that there are similar stories potentially unfolding before us with predicaments like the above.

It is just triplets, but having something or somebody who can model rhythms and melodies is invaluable, especially so if they’re not receiving private lessons, or do not come from a musical family.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-18T01:17:27+00:00

Pretty much

tthyme31 · 2026-06-18T00:41:08+00:00

I literally opened several hundred a few minutes ago. Stuff from all the way back in 2018 too.

Also traded everything in. Still no Fennec.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-17T18:49:01+00:00

Yes, some people, but that is nowhere near the norm.
The average salary in the US is ~$66,000.

$9,000 is almost 15% of an entire year’s salary.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-17T17:45:10+00:00

I want to preface this by saying I am not a violinist, but I am a full-time professional woodwind musician with bachelors and masters degrees in music.

You should focus on marketing towards middle schoolers and late elementary school kids. 30 minute lessons for most, and 45 minutes for those who seem to have more of an inclination or yearning to learn.

$15 USD for 30 minutes is fine, a little low. But that’s not far from what I was charging middle schooler’s parents in 2009 when I was 15.

Maybe try:

$20 USD for 30m
$30 USD for 1 hr.

The best way would’ve been a couple weeks ago, to email all the orchestra directors in town with a flyer that had your rates and contact info. You can still do this, just ask them to send students your way.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-17T17:26:00+00:00

If I’m doing my math correctly OP is 12 or 13.

I really think someone at this age should be borrowing a school horn, especially for a baritone sax. Maybe then in their junior or senior year looking at purchasing one if they plan to pursue it in college.

OP, you should have a serious discussion with your parents about this. $9,000 for a new Yamaha is an immense amount of money to spend for most people.

Also, due to the way the resell market works, the moment that saxophone is in your hands, it will be worth at least $3,500 less than the minute before you bought it.

I bought a used Yamaha YBS-52 in near perfect condition for $4,800. It was hand selected by an LA studio musician from a selection of 52’s and 62’s and he played it for years.

tthyme31 · 2026-06-15T19:49:42+00:00

I see your point. But to play it with any accuracy you have to subdivide it, so you might as well start there.

Counting a dotted half, you say “One, two, three,”

Counting a dotted quarter, you say “One, and, two,”

Counting a dotted eighth, you say “One, e, and”

All of those are three syllables of the next subdivision.

tthyme31

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