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Thank you. All my recordings are on Soprano 03. I love the sound of the soprano sax and, so far, have used the YDS to satisfy my performing needs. Now I have a soprano sax ...

Thanks for your comment. I am sorry but I cannot source the backing track - I got it off RUclips, I think. I can send it to you if you let me have an email address

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Thanks for listening, glad you enjoyed it. Kudos to the composer!

As you know we love Nigel Hess ' music since we first heard his music for Twelfth Night at the RSC some 20+ years ago. With his permission we have performed them for charities over the years and raised loads of dosh! Can't wait to hear you perform it live. Bis bis JnJ xxxxx

Àaagh! John's just looked it up and it was in 1994!!!! X

Thank you for listening and responding

No problem. Thanks for writing this beautiful song.

I've had it about 18 months. I don't play it much (too many other things to do on my alto and tenor sax!) but it is doing fine. I had some squeaks when moving keys but solved that with a drop of oil in the right place. So far, so good ...

​@@jonathancmerrett Ok, thanks for sharing your experience, I appreciate it 👍

Hi, beautiful play. You the first no Japanese guy that play amazing.. I am between getting this yds or the travel sax 2.. what is your advice ? Have you looked into the Travel sax 2 before buying this one? Many thanks

@@solangegouveia3618 Thank you!!. I looked at both YDS and Travel Sax. I bought the YDS as it is cheaper (!) but also because I preferred the ergonomics - I thought it would feel more like a sax in terms of the spacing of the keys and the distance from the mouth. I did not try out the Travel Sax, so the deciding comparison was carried out only in my head, but I am very happy with the 'feel' of the YDS. (I bought the 120 rather than the 150 as I preferred it without the bell - which I think is cosmetic and makes no difference to the performance)

No, it really is me playing the flute - but put through some transformations by the mixer!

Thank you

Hi there, The vibrato is produced by me using breath control (diaphragm) - in the same way as I do when playing the flute. I don't know of an application that does this ...

@@jonathancmerrett Thank you. Your vibrato is very nice

I have just bought a yamaha YD 120. I play flute and sax. I must practice a lot...

@@tontoneco1 I have played the flute for over fifty years, alto and tenor sax in the last five - you cannot beat practice, practice, practice!!

Thank you for your comments. The soprano and baritone sounds are good, the alto and tenor not so good in my opinion. But as a way of playing/practicing quietly and easily (no getting it out of the case, cleaning it afterwards etc.) unbeatable.

Do you find it helps you improve fingering on a real sax? I know it won't help with embouchure and tone, but it looks like it is a way of practicing quietly where I could progress on scales and learning songs, memorizing songs, and muscle memory. And then transfer those skills to my real sax. Do you find that is the case for you?

@@ulrap1202 yes, it has helped to get my fingers around pieces. But it is not the complete answer because the keys feel different to those of a real sax - in shape, size and reaction to movement - so I still need to work on pieces on the real instrument

Okay. Thanks for responding!

Hi, don’t know if you have bought the YDS120 yet, but I just got mine yesterday and I bought it for the same reason as you are wanting one. I play alto mainly and wanted to practice at night sometimes and this is ideal because I can wear headphones. The one thing that has disappointed me, is that the octave key is small and sensitive. You need to depress it with quite a lot of pressure and when you are running up the notes and using the side palm keys, you tend to loosen your grip, so you find yourself going back in the lower register, which is very frustrating. I went and found a forum last night and seems I am not the only one complaining about this problem. However, someone suggested putting a small plastic dot (like the ones you get for to stop cupboard doors banging) and supergluing it to the octave key. I am going to try that. Apart from that, I am absolutely in love with this sax. It’s lightweight and ok, the keys do feel a little different, but it will improve your playing. I played it so much the first night I made my lip sore, lol. I got mine from Thomann. I had to wait about 3 weeks. Most suppliers seem to be out of stock, but theirs was the best price. It doesn’t come with a power cable though or a case. I bought a cheap case from Amazon. Whether you have it now or not yet, happy playing!

Good luck, I hope you enjoy playing!

Buy a real saxophone too. This is just a toy that will help you get better with scales so you can practice without being loud, but it will not replace the real sax, Blowing here is entirely automated. I bought Yamaha YAS-280 for $1200 (which is the best sax for that price range) and this YDS-120 for $430.

Thank you. I run a cable directly from my headphone output on the 120 into my computer and record it using Audacity (a free program). I then use Audacity to put together the backing track and the recording. That way I am able to balance the sound and, if I want to, add effects to the sound of the instrument.

@jonathancmerrett Thanks Jonathan for taking the time to answer my question. That's a great help! I'll give it a go. Steve

Thank you. I found the backing track on RUclips and it had the score there for Bflat instruments as well. I download it as an mp4 onto my tablet and play it from there

@@jonathancmerrett OK, thanks.

S.03 I think, it is hard to remember!

Thank you!!

Muchas gracias

Many thanks for listening and commenting. As a classical flute player trying to play jazz a. it is good to get positive feedback and b. I am always looking for good tunes to work on. All ideas gratefully received!