Music Factory

I picked up the saxophone in sixth grade and continued playing for four years. In high school, I gave up the instrument for fear of being labeled a band geek. Little did I realize then how little people’s perceptions truly matter. I’ve tried to rectify this mistake later in life, however, and my most recent step in the process was to buy a tenor saxophone.

For years, I’ve admired such jazz saxophone greats as Charlie Parker and Stan Getz. The newer light-jazz sounds of Kenny G and others of his ilk never inspired me much. It’s the classics of the 1940s and ’50s that I find myself listening to repeatedly. Although I don’t harbor any delusions of greatness, I’ve still managed to find a creative outlet.

There’s nothing worse than having a stressful day at work or home and falling asleep with those worries rushing through your head. It’s important to take a little time out each day for you, and often the best way to do this is through music. There’s reason music is often called the language of the soul; it resonates with us like nothing else.  Music can inspire us, it can terrify us, it can entertain us, and alternate invoking these various powerful emotions with little effort.

Finding the music that relieves your stress and lets the day just melt away is a matter of personal taste.  Nobody can find that great ‘chillout music’ for you, you have to discover it for yourself. Some people might like classical music to relax, or softness the tenor sax that epitomizes smooth jazz, still others might find the frenetic pace of trance to be a welcome escape from the slow, bored pace of day to day life.

Among the brass wind instruments, the saxophone is noted to be the coolest of them all. For an aspiring sax player, a student saxophone can be as cool as any saxophone musicians like Kenny G. and Dave Koz would play. If your child expresses a desire to learn this instrument, make sure to find a good music school where he can learn from an experienced teacher.

When buying a student saxophone, look for one in the Eb Alto scale. This musical instrument is comfortable to play for a new learner. It has a beautifully finished lacquer body and a high F# key. It comes in a canvas covered case that will protect it during travel to and from your home and your child’s music school.

A fairly new feature on many saxophones is the High G key. This has been used on the soprano saxophone but now it is being offered on many alto and tenor saxophones as well. The High G key enables the saxophone to extend the raine into the altissimo without using alternate fingerings or modifying the embouchure.

The alto sax and the tenor sax used to have only  the High F# key. This High F# and now the High G key, allows the musician the ability to easily slide back and forth between these high notes keys. Also  more student alto and tenor saxophone manufactures are using both the High F# and High G finger keys to allow for the best possible technique when reaching from the lower stack keys or palm keys. Even a cheap or discounted alto or tenor saxophone can be fitted with the high G.