Drummer picking up the Saxophone... Need advice!
Hi everyone. I recently had my old Bundy alto sax (played for about a year in 5th grade) professionally fixed up and was on the verge of selling it, when I took it for a whirl and decided to hold on to it and try to start playing again. In the years since I last picked up the horn, I took up the drums and guitar, discovered jazz, and just matured musically all around.
Anyway, I'm now 22 and my window of opportunity for endless, carefree practice on a daily basis is virtually closed. However, I'd like to see where I can go with this thing. I don't need to become a virtuoso, I'd just like to be able to play decent sounding melody lines and be able to pick up the sax and blow and have it sound good.
Here are my questions for you guys:
Given that I am able to get a decent tone out of the saxophone already (leftover from when I played 10 years ago), can I get away with using books/videos for the time being instead of shelling out large amounts of dough for a teacher?
Also, my saxophone is an alto, but my favorite sax sound is that of Coltrane's tenor (I've been trying to play Psalm from Love Supreme... with varied luck)Should I just sell my alto sax now and pick up a tenor ASAP since I'll probably do that eventually anyway, or would it be fine to learn on the alto for a bit and make the transition later?
Any advice is much appreciated!
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