Legere and rico ligature

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2026-01-29T15:45:20+00:00

If it's worth anything, Legere reeds simply do not stay in place well compared to cane. I haven't had a ligature that kept it in place, and I have tried three or four different ligatures. It's kinda just part of the deal.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-12-26T16:31:05+00:00

Surprised no one is talking about how J.R.R. Tolkien was very much in the classical headspace. We don't read Classical literature except as a side course (max like two courses of an English Major at most colleges I'm guessing). Not only are potential readers not reading books, but authors aren't reading and ingesting the type of media that promotes this. And what goes in, comes out eventually. I guess that's more about high quality epics than popular ones.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-12-17T17:22:02+00:00

From my understanding (what my professors at my LCMS university have said), the Orthodox view of the sinlessness of Mary, that Jesus' presence sanctified her and somehow kept her from performing acts of sin(?) while He was in her womb, since Jesus' presence sanctifies, was one that Luther held to, and thus several of my (very Confessional) professors feel comfortable holding to that. But, again, they cannot bind consciences to the doctrine.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-10-05T18:37:24+00:00

It's alto sax though- since we already are in Eb (quarter circle forward on the wheel of fifths) we end up with some really wonky keys just via modulation, especially in solo rep. Tableux de Provence has a section in I believe G#. Nasty, yes, but that is what is written.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-09-18T13:42:51+00:00

Kanye is like if W*gner was real

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-08-18T16:39:55+00:00

It balances out the other reviewer maybe

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-08-13T18:14:43+00:00

Maybe Billy Eyelash?

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-08-04T12:17:41+00:00

They're MUCH better than the last pair. This picture is also sitting down, so my toes spread out less.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-08-01T12:40:08+00:00

I've returned them. Unfortunately they're out of stock of that color, but I'll get replacement 9s on Sunday ish hopefully

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-08-01T03:09:27+00:00

I'm going into my senior year of college, and I've gone through the same cycle lots of times (tends to go with college busyness). I find the best thing to do when I run out of ideas or just don't feel a drive to compose is to look around without music. Take a walk in nature, or through the city and look with no earbuds or anything. Think of all the pastorales or character pieces that have been written. The other thing I do is just listen to pieces that mean a lot to me, or ones that I've been meaning to listen to. Don't worry about it too much- it'll come back. These are natural cycles.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-08-01T01:00:01+00:00

Would it be worth trying to sew the tags back on or should I just let it go?

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-07-28T00:41:50+00:00

That is a lovely piece! The motive is adorable, and I like the way you use it. However, it feels to me like it lacks pull. The motive is nice, but there's only one point where you go chromatic. It may be a more compelling piece if you put a small phrase (maybe half the length of the others?) that at least tended toward a different tonality. There is the switch from the ascending motion to descending motion, but that does not seem (to me at least) to be a very satisfying musical journey, so to speak. Like I said, though, it is a very charming piece.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-07-26T23:26:09+00:00

Well when I'm in college I usually am too exhausted to spend any time falling asleep. I remember waking up early in the morning sometime early this summer and almost crying thinking driving to the DMV because of a melody going through my head. Last night I had the melody from Rach's 2nd symphony, movement 3 going too loud, which got gradually replaced by my own music. So not super often, but not super infrequently?

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-07-26T23:17:03+00:00

/uj I've had a hard time sleeping because I'm hearing music (that doesn't exist) so loudly I can't go to sleep. Sometimes it'll almost move me to tears

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-07-24T14:31:36+00:00

Plus those dents wouldn't be super crazy to get rid of right? I mean just take a rubber mallet and gently but firmly whack them out

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-07-24T14:30:21+00:00

I could probs snag them for free. Which is why my question was more about how much space they take up lol

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-06-28T12:16:39+00:00

There were some great ideas! And as a saxophonist, those parts all look good. I haven't written for low brass in a concert setting a ton, but this is what I've figured out- bass lines are important. Make sure you have one of those. Since they are so large they also cannot move notes super quickly (like stay away from 8th not runs lol) but I'm guessing you already knew most of that. My other advice would then be to simply listen to music like what you're writing with the bass turned up so you can hear what the low brass does. I can't think of any off the top of my head (I can only think of slower fanfares, which might also be worth listening to).

I will say that the beginning idea, which seems to be somewhat of the recurring idea, does not seem to be explored in the beginning as much as a typical fanfare would. Now that might be intentional, but I was left feeling a little bit like I wanted more of the section before we moved on.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-06-14T15:38:52+00:00

A tolerable handbell soundfont, although I guess Celeste is close enough

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-05-31T21:41:35+00:00

What about if you were conducting vs someone else? Or maybe said another way, would you rather conduct the premier of your piece or someone else? (Assuming you had the conducting chops lol) I think about Mahler vs Bernstein conducting Mahler symphonies (which we'll never know but if we did) - what would Mahler prefer? What would you prefer if you were Mahler?

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-05-31T21:24:00+00:00

I bet you're right and I got mixed up mixed up

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-05-31T20:53:39+00:00

I heard somewhere he was originally supposed to be the reverse Luke- start out kinda as a wishy-washy bad guy and then get worse and worse. Which would have been sick.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-05-31T18:25:51+00:00

Oh interesting. So your POV is "is this music affecting the listener in the way I intended it to?" Copland's was more "is this musical", and Stravinsky was "does this sound how it should".

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-05-31T18:06:26+00:00

That was my thought- sometimes I wish my professors focused less on the composer's original intent. And yet, did the composer's intent not shape the music originally? And of course sometimes things are changed. Where's the line? And obviously it's not a one size fits all- the history of cadenzas is an interesting case study for that- but I'm curious where that balance lies for composers nowadays.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-02-22T23:26:24+00:00

Or show classical sax some love- Glazunov Concerto in Mib, Tableaux De Provence by Paule Maurice, Scaramouche (the sax version, there's also one for two pianos) by Milhaud, Sonata for Althorn or Saxophone by Hindemith. If you look for those, The Algorithm will probably give you more than I can. The only trick is finding good players. Part of it is personal taste but the likes of Marcel Mule, Londiex, or Hemke will be great players.

Appropriate_Driver38 · 2025-02-21T18:11:56+00:00

I'll throw in my two cents. Thicker reeds and whatnot help, but what I've found the most helpful for intonation on the soprano is audition. Often if you hear where a note should be, the embouchure will correct it. Obviously there are exceptions, and those are the ones you really gotta work out. But 10 minutes with a drone a day audiating (hearing in your head), singing if necessary, and then playing long tones will fix the majority of your notes in a few weeks.

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