A proper reed is crucial for saxophone playability. Though fine-tuning a reed can seem like a compelling exercise, it's likewise risky, and we may end up with an unusable reed if we shave it the...
Category: Woodwind Instruments
Water is one of the primary requirements for life, but some things can do without it and, in some cases, should avoid contact with it altogether. Is it damaging for a saxophone to get wet? In...
We often overlook the importance of maintaining our neck straps in good condition, especially if we enroll in summer gigs when they're the most prone to get drenched in sweat and other contaminants...
Saxophones are very classy instruments, but they're also prone to develop not-so-classy smells due to constant contact with pathogenic agents and toxins from a wide array of sources, including (but...
Soprano and tenor are very popular saxophones. We could count many similarities between them, apart from being reed instruments pitched in the key of Bb and sharing basically the same keywork....
Soprano and bass saxophones represent opposite ends of the spectrum (sort of) in terms of register, pitch, and size. With that said, there are many other distinctions we may be able to point out when...