What kind of saxophone is the best and why?
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Well, I play the alto but I am not really sure that there is a "best" saxophone. I love playing the alto but I am sure that the other ones also have good qualities in them.
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epiphone sg special pack- about 275 depending where you shop. \ntry musiciansfriend.com\ntheyve got lots of starter packs available in lots of different ranges.  \n\ni say the sg, because thats what i play, and it has treated me really well.
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Yamaha makes, in my opinion, the best French Horn, followed closely by...what's that name? Belton, I believe.  I played French Horn from 6th grade until I graduated, among other musical instruments, and if I had one, I'd play it now.  I love the French Horn.
461967
yamaha is what i like best
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It really depends on your taste. These are a few I would consider among the essential:\n\nDegree of Difficulty: LOW\n"La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi. I love the Sinopoli recording.\n"Cosi Fan Tutti" by Mozart\n"La Nozze Di Figaro" also Mozart\n"Peter Grimes" by Benjamin Britten. Conducted by the composer, of course.\n\nDegree of Difficulty: Medium\n\n"Tannhauser" by Richard Wagner. Again, Sinopoli does a great job with this.\n"Simon Boccanegra" by Verdi. \n"The Magic Flute" by Mozart\n"Billy Budd" by Britten - also conducted by the composer.\n\nDegree of Difficulty: High\n"Lady Macbeth of Mtensk" by Dmitri Shostakovich. The Rostropovich recording is fine.\n"Moses Und Aron" by Arnold Schoenberg - conducted by Boulez.\n"Faust" by Ferruccio Busoni - there's only one recording!\n"Lohengrin" Richard Wagner\n"Parsifal" Richard Wagner\n\nSorry I couldn't give more recommendations - I'm not in front of my CD collection - but this should get you started.
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French Horn.  It takes a while to get a good tone when playing and it has a huge range.  I once heard a fellow play almost 4 octaves on one.  Flute, Clarinet + Sax have a set range of about 2.5 octaves and alot of fingering combinations to remember.  Your sound depends on the type of reed and bite you put on it.  Tuba requires alot of wind and a good sized mouth as the mouthpiece is huge.  French horm and trumpet need taut lips, breathing skills and an ear because to actually hit the various notes you have to kind of sing in your head.  Drums require good hand coordination.
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Old school big band and swing.  Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Dinah Washington oooooooooooh so much good stuff.  \n\nNo I'm not  a senior citizen, if you may think so.  I'm 17.  I just like the vintage jazz.
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Best blues artist is Robert Johnson.\nBest jazz is either Duke Ellington, or Fletcher Henderson. Here's some of the members of Fletcher's band: Louis Armstrong, Henry "Red" Allen, Joe Smith, Rex Stewart, Tommy Ladnier, Doc Cheatham, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey, Benny Carter and Chu Berry.
320978
The Ramones are the best. Sex Pistols is interesting to see how the musica market work, how to create a band, take the money and destroy it.
660683
It is by Kenny G on the saxophone. He could play for hours non-stop without his lips leaving the instrument. The skill was to inhale and exhale at the same time flawlessly (its difficult, I have tried and practised that before).
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Anything YellowJackets...\nSonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, David "Fathead" Newman, Sonny Stitt, Woody Shaw, Chic Corea, Hubert Laws. Any one of these are guaranteed...and there are more that I like, but might be too much for a light jazz inquiry. It gets more complex as you get more familiar with it. It might take a while to "get into the groove." This will get you started, and guaranteed, you will like it!\nP.S. Richard's got some good ones too!!!\nEddie Daniels (clarinet)-excellent stuff...
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And you've tried www.wwbw.com?  Try also Ebay, of course.  \n\nOther than that, try www.saxquest.com in St. Louis.  You'll have to email him and ask if he has one or maybe he'll know where you can get one.\n\nAnother source is Bob Ackerman in NYC.  I'm not sure if he deals with mouthpieces, but he'll know as well as anyone where to find one of these.
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Here is a site with free sheet music!\n\nhttp://www.8notes.com/saxophone/
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I would say Phil Collins. I like his album No Jacket Required alot.
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$500-$3,000 depending on the rest of the sax.  A King Super 20 could be at the high end of that, but some of the later Kings were only worth about $1,500.  An early (1920's) Conn might be worth only $800 with a silver bell.  Email with some more details if you want and I'll try to help.
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Gould is probably the best piano player of the recording age. Other notables: Brubeck, Ivan Reis from the Bad Plus, Brad Mehldau. The best piano player in pop music is most likely Ben Folds. Keys is a hack, Norah Jones pwns Alicia Keys. There have been countless piano virtousos that none of us will ever hear of because they've been dead for many, many years.
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Although few classical saxophonists perform exclusively on the baritone saxophone, a number of jazz performers have used it as their primary instrument. The baritone is an important instrument in the big band, being the largest size of saxophone used in that ensemble (although the bass saxophone was occasionally used up to the 1940s). One of the pioneers was Duke Ellington's longtime baritone player, Harry Carney, who played both accompanying bass lines as well as exuberant solos and improvisations. Since the mid-1950s, master baritone saxophone soloists such as Gerry Mulligan and Pepper Adams achieved fame, and more recent notable performers include Hamiet Bluiett (who also plays bass saxophone) and John Surman (who doubles on soprano). A noted British performer is Joe Temperley, actually a Scotsman, who has appeared with Humphrey Lyttelton as well as with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Joe also plays soprano sax and bass clarinet.\n\nProminent baritone saxophonists in contemporary American popular music include Dana Colley of Morphine, Skerik of Critters Buggin, and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants. Linnell and Colley also play bass saxophone on occasion.