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RE: My bamboo saxophone prototype and a Xmas carol with pan flutes

in Music2 years ago (edited)

!LUV it! I was a terrible clarinet player in high school😬 Then when I tried to sell it in college, I was told that it wasn't my fault because the wood was of a terrible quality lol🤣 I think the bambou looks like it is a better quality. The fingering must be like on a recorder, and because of the reed you might not be able to get the whole range of notes that a normal sax with more holes and hole plugs can get. With a recorder you just tongue on a higher level. You might be able to add on another piece to get the full range. But I absolutely love the combination sound saxo-clarinet💞👏👏👏😍

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Thanks dear.

Each bamboo species will be of different « quality » some are more suitable to certain instruments than others. I will be trying a thicker type of bamboo next to see the difference.

You are correct.m, the fingering is very close to the recorder. The Xaphoon is said to have a range of 2 octaves which is not bad. Mine can reach the first note of the next octave. Still working on improving this.

Very interesting indeed. I'm looking forward to hearing the result of the thicker bamboo. Cheers to you and family🙏🙏