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After watching several of your videos I have subscribed Chez! I appreciate the "real" information that you give to those of us who are beginning to intermediate players. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills with us. Besides I LOVE listening to your accent! 🤗
Thank you thank you Chez! Your insight and style is bringing a new love to an old flame! Priceless!!
Really appreciate you vids Chez and am always trying to put them into practice even though I am a beginner. Cheers!
Fabulous! Well done you! xx
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You make this trip I'm on of learning the saxophone very enjoyable.
William Rick Graham what a lovely comment William! I'm delighted to be part of your journey honey! Cx
Ha! Thanks heaps for the tip on the sandpaper :) My G# has been sticking like crazy on a recent acquisition and I'd been trying loads of different things (I knew it wasn't mechanical as when I slid some paper over the tone hole, the key immediately lifted). Watched this vid, found some sandpaper (didn't use wet and dry though), two draws and the sticky pad was fixed. Thanks heaps :)
Thank you for sharing your tricks from your magic hat. You make learning saxophone look very easy and I always enjoy your entertaining videos.
psiFellow wow! Such a lovely message. Thank you darling. You've made my day. Cx
Noticed the red lipstick reed :)
At least I have a valid excuse for carrying rizla papers now 😉
Cool tips....yes, and lips as mentioned in earlier post.
Keep your instruction rolling, you love it , we love it. 👏
Excellent tips. Fixing pads, bending and the vibrato demo were good. Off to check the other videos!
Thanks for supporting the channel greg! Cx
Thanks for the helpful advice!!
Thanks Chez for the great tips. Very helpful as always.
Gipstetz thanks for watching & for supporting the channel honey! Cx
I am always in awe of Sax players that can just blow a tune, make it seem so easy, I squeak, or miss completely , well done Chez
About, Alfie thanks honey! There's secret path to mastering an instrument - just time & patience. Keep going honey, you're fine just where you're at in your playing for now & lots of good things to come if you keeping working at it. Cx
Extremly educational & fun. Thank you 🎷 subscribed
You had me at "I'm so stingy" 😂
Thanks Chez. I'll definitely be doing those chromatic finger exercises first thing in the morning.
Love ur videos from Nigeria with love
I simply adore you Chez :)
Bravo for making useful information fun. Proof that there are more ways than one to solve problems. This would have been most helpful to me when I was a poor starving college student! And I think there are a lot of those.
Thanks Jay! Glad you like the channel and thanks for your support. Cx
The dogs didn't think to highly of the note bending part but they don't know anything about technique. Good job lovely lady.
Thank you chez Taylor :)
Great Vid! Love your work Chez! :D
D-Money thanks honey! Appreciate your support. Cx
For all sticking keys I treat the pads with Old English furniture polish before each gig. Use a Q tip and rub it around the pad and the tone hole. It cleans off the sugars that cause the sticking. I live in Florida and this stops the pads from sticking on hot and humid days. Rarely I have had to treat the G# and the C again before the fourth set. I have Roo pads on all my horns and have used this trick for years without it damaging the pads. My last set lasted almost ten years.
Great video learning loads
great tips. being a ground zero beginner alto sax I'm absorbing everything you can throw at me. beginner clarinet also. trying to self teach....
Pleasure to be part of your journey honey! Have you come across my beginner series? Takes you through some useful steps. Xx
Ohh , my Lady again
Mytza The Sax Guy thanks for supporting the channel lovely one! Cx
Great fun video with some great tips.
You're awesome! Thanks Gabby. Cxx
Thanks a lot!!! And a hug from México....I think i'm gonna need a traductor....
The click finger tip is extra useful...I'll have to give it a try. And more vibrato on the high palm key notes to make them less...I don't know...whiny? Another helpful and entertaining video, thanks!
Pleasure as always hun. x
Amazing
thanks 4 the tips x o and wow xx
magic sno1 pleasure treasure! Thanks for supporting the channel. Cx
Awesome
What do you recommend for cleaning the surface of the sax? Should I simply use a cloth or is there some kind of cleaner that you recommend?
I’m *68* Yrs. Young & decided to play this INSTRUMENT. I wish I would have had my Father who was a renowned saxophonist teach me as a child, but didn’t appreciate this instrument then like I do now!!!! I hope I don’t BLOW MY BRAINS OUT, (I don’t have many CELLS left!!!! 😇😂😂😂😇 I’ll continue to watch your CZcams videos for instructions. 👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks for getting in touch Earlean! How awesome that you've joined team saxophone. Really glad you like the channel & find it useful. Cx
I'm new here but an old axe player (still have my Alto from 4th grade elementary) became a programmer... so am a hard core hack. We can have enough trouble with our Saxen without having to worry about Viruses Worms and Trojan Horses. In the old meaning of 'hacking' for a sax it might be using super glue to affix the reed to the mouthpiece -- or -- weakening the neck strap so it would work fine until it had the weight of a sax on it... then it would break. Now THAT is a sax hack ;)
Ha ha! I should make another video called "sax pranks" with some of these ;-)
Thanks for the funny comment Greg! x
The trick with rizzlers works on clarinets too.
Thank you. I personally don't like my reeds drying at all. I have a plastic storage container with a sponge inside. I put regular Listerine mouth wash in it and put the reeds in their little cases on top of the sponge. So my reeds are always disinfected, wet and tasty :)
Mmmm....tasty! Ha ha! Good hygiene though is definitely a good thing. Thanks for the comment honey, I'm sure others will find this useful. Cx
Me enamoré 😘
You're the prettiest musician I've ever laid eyes on.
Wesley Sarment aw shucks! Thanks so much lovely one! Cxx
hey !! I was gonna say that,, :)
Best video ever
I couldn’t agree more. She is indeed the prettiest musician I’ve ever known and seen too. I’m truly dying to see or watch miss Chez live on stage or in a solo saxophone concert sometime back here in my hometown of Saint Louis Missouri USA. Didn’t know there were this many ideas and hacks to playing and taking care of a saxophone weather it’s an alto or tenor.
I have a tip for you-quit using cane reeds. try rico plasticovers amazing for rock and loud gigs and bigband. you don't have to wet them and they last a long long time. I switched 15 years ago. best move of my career. still cane underneath but more projection and edge. eaiser on the chops also. I double a lot and need a reed that's ready to go as soon as I pick up the horn
I've been playing Alto, Tenor and Bari for a few years now and I'm learning Soprano. Do you have any tips to help me on my playing in general? Thanks.
Sounds like a broad question kennedy. May be best if you post this again under my latest Q&A video and I'll get back to you in person! Cx
as a 7th grade concert band tenor sax and alto sax player, i have a really great tone in my opinion and have been told that, but recently my tone on tenor got spotty and i don't know why, any ideas on why this happened or how to prevent it?
Mason Hugs hmm...that's strange. Are you hydrated? Is the reed quite old? Cx
Excellent advice as always. How about something on getting going on embellishing (rather than improvising). I am so stuck!
Peter Drake yeh, I like that idea. The improv series is coming along nicely and this would be a great addition. Thanks honey. Cx
Peter, listen to quality clarinet concertos, late 18th, early 19th century. Or piano concertos written with time saving features. Composers would write down basic melody, basic structure; players would embellish it during the rehearsals and concerts. Same embellishments (adding of missing grammar) you can apply in saxophone playing, regardless of style. One example on how would (could) Mozart embellish own work: czcams.com/video/zpoXhvEP_2A/video.html
how long have you been playing the saxophone for?
Vic Rattlehead couple of decades. And still learning !!! 😳
Hallo! Just found your Video's and loved this one! So nice to hear a lovely young lady that Knows so much about Sax! Hope you make it across the pond some! Positive post and subscribed! No sure what part of the UK the accent is but that typically means a Blend from South London often for me.
I'd like to add something a legendary sax player taught me to do before sand paper on a G# for sticking. Frequently we would use a Fresh USD bill before big performances. It worked great and had some texture to it and often when one did it, the Bill would make it down the horn line (Till the Bari player pocketed it typically) So I got a bass !
Keep up the Video's and Hope you make it to the SE USA ! Come play my Bass!
Later Sweets! FantaZ4U here, AKA Saxaddict !
Oh one other thing, I made the3 mistake of buying a very nice Selmer Glass Reed wallet and it totally ruined reeds after the first use. For over 20 years I've done what you do and just retract the reed some and but a good cap on it. And it worked on all my large Clarinets as well but considering the frequency I had do Double on them, I eventually started using Fibracells. When having that much lumber on stage I got very dry keeping them All warmed. It got worse when the Vocalist found my storage fridge and started lifting them before the stage calls. And Typical we know what happens when singers feel the need to take things. I'd make special stops for a bottled water Lemon Water only to have a Singer take it before they cameras came up. Hard to fix that in orchestras!
Chez, do be gentle, First Candy had my heart, but now she has competition!
What a gorgeous and hilarious message! You had me chuckling out loud on the underground like a crazy lady! Thanks for taking the time to write this and for your kind words. Means so much to me. You rock! Cx
Lovely lady Oh, I so enjoy the Queens Subjects
I had a mate and, "partner in Crime". that was a Standup Comic in South London while my brother was getting his Post Graduate degree at the People's Republic of Sheffield.,
We would share British slang during meetings and shock most of the management during group meetings often.. Imagine that team in stuffy meetings filled with proper Liberal Bostonian! Not even the Canooks could keep a straight face! .
Would love to see you here in the colonies. I have Native American background (not the Television type) so do come get some of these colonials that have been here way too long! But if you ever meet a Standup comic in South London that has skills in South Eastern American humor, Enjoy the gift I sent back! I tough him to speak Southern American English for his acts!
And you can play with my Bass anytime Love!
If you make it this week, we can play Take 5 on a Mountain side during a Total eclipse ! On BASS !
Another very Old school hack? To save a gig, I have seen old pros keep a few wine corks in their case, encase they get a slight leak during a set. They would toss then one at a time down the down the bell, till they got time to get a set break. Ever seen that? . Or tried it? We can liberate some wine corks and test it if you like! Give them some new life!
It worked for me once and I got to the leak light asap. The theory is it offers some back pressure and stops a warble on the right hand stacks which was the case I had. not much help higher leaks.
Just wondering if you have ever seen that. I fould wine corks in a vintage pro horn case as well once. And I have a 10M Lollipop than had a ping in the underslung neck some guys did but I could hever do that to my horn for anything! Hate to have it removed if it actually worked! The hiorn plays so good, I'd not want to change it. when I repad it and restore it. A 1940's Conn 10M tenor, Underslung and Silver!
FantaZ4U that's an amazing tip! Never heard of that one. Will definitely try it honey. Thanks. Cx
I am a clarinet player, and I just started learning the alto sax. Any tips on playing those really low notes? :) thanks
Thanks for watching the channel hun. Have you come across these videos?
czcams.com/video/hunaVH4UNlE/video.html
czcams.com/video/qPKDRee2Ne4/video.html
Chez Taylor - Saxophone Oh, I didn't see those! Thanks! :)
I just got my YAS 62 III is it any good in your opinion?
Nice reliable horn. Which mouthpiece are you using? Have you checked out this video? czcams.com/video/i-9clASE5Ek/video.html
Hi there 😂can you make a video of all the notes on alto sax 🎷
SuperTtwilight hey buddy! Have you come across my beginner series? You mind find this video useful; czcams.com/video/JCdggTyhXZg/video.html
Thanks for getting in touch & for watching my channel! X
Who was the electro swing track in the beginning by? :D
Ha ha. It's cute right? One of my buddies is an electroswing DJ specialist and writes a lot of her own stuff. Check out Tallulah Goodtimes on soundcloud or youtube. Cx
you have a genuine posh accent.
David Gurung ha ha! Queens English daaaarling 😉 🇬🇧
hehe
store your sax with paper under the g# key and it will help keep that pesky g# key from being as sticky
hi, thanks for the tips, about reeds, I have the habit of washing them with water, let them dry in the open air and then store it. Is this wrong? thanks.
Water certainly isn't going to do them any harm but they do need to dry thoroughly in order to avoid rot!
czcams.com/video/qHUA8miF0Vw/video.html
It depends on your water. Flouride can stiffen your reeds, and chlorine will break them down. A quick rinse should be okay, but don't soak them.
I've just purchased an alto (from a friend who can't explain the difficulty) - The octave key doesn't open up the little Any advice will be helpful.....thanks
These often get bent. It is probably best to take it to a repair shop. Or you can have a little go yourself at opening it up more by gently bending it but be ever so careful! This may seem silly, but you know there are two 8ve valves? So do check over the range of the instrument, the top 8ve key only opens for certain notes. Also, make sure you haven't lost the small piece of rubber on the lever which opens the top 8ve key. That could also cause difficulties! Hope this helps. You may also like this video honey; czcams.com/video/hpaVzFj4zWA/video.html
thanks for taking the time to reply! I hadn't realised that there are two 8ve valves - so I only looked to see if the top one is opening. So.... for middle D I guess only the lower one is supposed to open ! In which case it's my novice blowing technique!!!!! I love your video Beiber 3 easy tunes, Thanks again - I will eventually work my way through your uploads. Cheers, Jan
Hey do you know any good bari sax mouthpieces to get?
Depends what kind of sound you want to be honest. The selmer C* is a nice reliable mouthpiece but pretty mellow. I love my jodi jazz but it packs a punch and can be a bit unruly! Have you managed to watch this video yet? czcams.com/video/i-9clASE5Ek/video.html
Chez Taylor - Saxophone thanks
What is the whiteish thing on your mouth piece? Did it come with it?
It's a mouthpiece patch - stops teeth marks on your lovely instrument. czcams.com/video/frMWBaRuqqE/video.html
Wouldn't it be easier to just change the cork before it becomes problematic??
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Thanks for the tip honey! That's fab. Cx
Thanks for the tips as always! And by all means, do take good care of those lovely lips Chez!🚀🎷
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I wouldnt listen to someone who uses sandpaper ( no matter how fine) on the toneholes as a stopgap measure to address the problem of a sticky closed key.
Furthermore, she plunked the collapsed sax stand down the bell, which will dent and scratch the inside of the bell (You could here the clunk as it hit the bottom crook). So forgive me if I just "thumbsdown" you, Barbie girl!
Lipstick on the reed? Yikes! Might as well play 30 seconds after finishing a curry. Some good advice regarding rizla but long term you're better off cleaning yours pads/rims with lighter fuel. It stinks but gets all the crud off. I woudln't start sanding reeds unless absolutely necessary - you're far better off putting the reed on the mouthpiece and pushing your thumb hard into the heart of the reed and wiggling back and forth. This wakes up the dullest reed. Sanding rims? - No! Once the laquer has worn off they will corrode, become uneven and have to be fixed with...sandpaper? Alt top E and F? They sound crap in general, yeah useful at times but not a substitute IMO. You can also play F# using alt F and bis Bb with the middle finger. Horses for courses of course. Sticky keys to check? G#, low C# and the lower octave key opening. When the lower octace key opening sticks it's baffling - can't play the the middle register D-G! Desperate gig solution - baby powder, clean it off after. Use a tiny tub of it and an ear bud. Disagree about pad savers, clean the sax through first though. Like the click finger idea, will have a mess around with that. Thanks for the vid, cheers.
Thanks for the comments Matthew. Warmest, Chez.
Ta, think you're great by the way!
Use a fucking dollar bill for sticky pads.... Why waste rolling paper?
Why not just get your saxaphone fixed instead of taking sand paper to it and being paranoid about sticky keys? Seriously: hit all the keys once before starting your set, if they stick before play, then bring it in for service.
Much like being car-savvy, it's super useful to have some insider knowledge as to how to fix the sax if it plays up. Unfortunately they are essentially machines and do go wrong so good to have a few tactics for repair where needed. You never know when you may need this! Cx