http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl - Xaphoon Discussion Forum en-us Xaphoon Discussion Forum Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1152378783/23#23 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Free Downloads Larry,<br />Thanks for the great link! This will get me back into practice! I actually put my PocketSax down for a while...lack of books and subjects for it I think. Its important to play for a bit each day to keep that lip strong. I am reading through sax player manuals for tips etc that are applicable in the meantime. <img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/smiley.gif" border="0" alt="Smiley" /> http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1281034433/1#1 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Your Recordings I'll be sharing my blogpost as well if you guys don't mind <img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/tongue.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue" /> the address to my blog is Multimedia file viewing and clickable links are available for registered members only!!&nbsp;&nbsp;You need to <a href="http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=login"><img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/login.gif" alt="Login" border="0" /> <span class="imgmenu">Login</span></a> or <a href="http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=register"><img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/register.gif" alt="Register" border="0" /> <span class="imgmenu">Register</span></a>!!<br />/ and i'll post more content soon. thanks! http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1282072011/0#0 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Free Downloads Several years ago I created the initial songs on this site's Sheet Music web page. I just completed a flash tutorial demonstrating the basics on how to create sheet music using TablEdit and added it to my tutorials web page.<br /><br />It demonstrates two different methods for entering music and how to transpose entered music to optimize it for Xaphoon fingerings. You can view the tutorial at:<br /><br />Multimedia file viewing and clickable links are available for registered members only!!&nbsp;&nbsp;You need to <a href="http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=login"><img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/login.gif" alt="Login" border="0" /> <span class="imgmenu">Login</span></a> or <a href="http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=register"><img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/register.gif" alt="Register" border="0" /> <span class="imgmenu">Register</span></a>!!<br /><br /><br />I hope you find it helpful and good luck at creating your own sheet music.<br /> http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1280058323/5#5 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/The Xaphoon I own a Akai EWI4000S - it's a very interesting instrument (for a start, six octaves of range - stunning!) and yes, it can be astonishingly expressive. But for me, it's a pain to play - the back pressure is nothing like natural (I can't put enough air through the instrument to feel comfortable), and it's either putting up with that or sacrificing parts of the possibilities it offers (expressiveness, mostly - you can reduce the amount of air necessary for response). And to really use its potential, I'd need a whole stack of accessories and appliances (you know that from the Yamaha combo) and lots of time and work with the computer to actually customise it - mostly the sounds - to one's needs.<br /><br />That's why I only use it when I want one of two things: Use the range (mostly for bass line for arpeggio effects) or play late at night using earphones - it's really useful for that. And it's built like a tank (the Akai is, at least), yet simple - no worries whatsoever. Some of the standard sounds are okay, too.<br /><br />But frankly, I prefer my saxophones, especially for playing on stage; though I'm something of a technophile, when it comes to music, I seem to prefer simple physics over shrewd electronics. But if you're at it for ten years, you'll surely have mastered the instrument - I'm sure it offers any number of useful effects (mine does - or would if I tried earnestly). And I still think it's great that there synths for us wind players (and not only for pianists)!<br /><br />Back to the Xaphoon: The sharps can be hard to reach, especially high F# (it's only attainable through embouchure work) - a (Low) A Xaphoon would spare you most of that work, but would require you to transcribe most of your music (or make it at least advisable). So, the PS is good to have anyhow, but the A Xaphoon would make making music for you a lot easier (after some initial effort - but you'll face that anyhow). The more often you want to use it, the more advisable I'd find the A Xaphoon.<br /><br />M. http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1205206948/3#3 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Tips and Tricks I'm in Argentina and here there is a brand called Gonzalez which are my favourite - number 2 http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1227525341/23#23 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Free Downloads This is a wonderful resource! &nbsp;Thank you very much for this! http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1204974908/5#5 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Tips and Tricks VERY useful-- thank you! http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1276464720/2#2 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/The Xaphoon Only a little piece of advice added here: I am quite a small guy with smallish hands, and I can handle a Low F and Low G Xaphoon without too much trouble - no idea if could do a Low Eb, but I'd somehow very much like to find out.<br /><br />If you're tall and have large hands, Low F, Low Eb or even Low D should work for you; if you're an average person, don't go lower than Low F. That's the same range as a bass recorder - pretty nice and deep, almost at par with a clarinet's chalumeau register. I love my Low F over my Low G in almost any way (if the Low G wasn't the prettier instrument...).<br /><br />M. http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1275355153/1#1 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Problems and Solutions That's a tough one, at least for me - I can't reproduce the problem on my instruments.<br /><br />You do it like indicated on Multimedia file viewing and clickable links are available for registered members only!!&nbsp;&nbsp;You need to <a href="http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=login"><img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/login.gif" alt="Login" border="0" /> <span class="imgmenu">Login</span></a> or <a href="http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=register"><img src="http://xaphoon.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/register.gif" alt="Register" border="0" /> <span class="imgmenu">Register</span></a>!!<br /> fingering chart, right?<br /><br />The only reason I can think of is that for beginners, half-holing is generally very difficult to handle right - you're on track if you can hit pitch.<br /><br />Half-holing is a common, yet imperfect way of producing half-tones, so there is an alternative: You could try to &quot;lip&quot; it down. That should be doable in the upper octave - just play an A and let it drop. But it's much harder to hit pitch that way...<br /><br />M. http://xaphoon.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1274100452/1#1 Xaphoon Discussion Forum/Other Online Clips, Recordings and Resources Yeah, we get imitators from time to time. &nbsp;I suppose we should be flattered.