I'm going to use this website and the invisible people who drift in now and then to ask for suggestions.
I have a situation. Not a life threatening one, not a violent one, not even something that will keep me awake at night. No, just a minor little thing that has the possibility of making my life very difficult. Possibly. That's a maybe. I'm doing my best to be optimistic here, but it comes and spurts and has a tendency to leave quite suddenly. You see, now it's gone.
That lasted about thirty seconds.
All right, I'll get to the point. About a month ago my music teacher volunteered me to play the baritone sax. I don't mind it too much; I like the saxophone, and despite the slight setback of the instrument being larger than myself, I don't think it will be all that bad. Here's the catch. I have one summer to learn it and be all set to go into the jazz band. With no lessons (I'll be away the whole summer,) and without any prior knowledge of wind instruments. That's mean. Yup, just mean. Sooooooo, I don't quite no what I'm going to do, If it doesn't have a bow or black and white keys I have no idea what I'm doing. On top of that, I'm going to be REALLY busy. My mom's the nurse at a camp I've gone to since I was little, so I'll be there most of the time. I'm going to a music camp for one session (not to learn the sax), and I have to keep practicing my other instruments or else I'll seriously suck when I get back to orchestra and will be stuck at the back of a section. That would be bad. Not working from 9-5 busy, but busy enough to worry about time restrictions.
This really isn't a dire situation or anything, I was just wondering if anyone had a suggestion as to how I could learn the sax in two months. I can read music, which helps, and the low sax part is basically the base line, which is also nice, it's just a matter of learning all the notes and how to make an embouchure in a fashion that makes it look like I have even an inkling of what I'm doing.
Okay, that's it. Just a question. Responses would be nice, I'd put my address up but that would involve me remembering how to do it. Shucks.
I was going to write something else.
Oh, right, now I remeber. Eventually I'll update. It's the whole end of the year thing which makes it difficult to function. More than usual I mean. Just stick around for a bit and I might even put something up. Maybe. I'm trying to be optimistic and stuff. I've got to get over that. Yep, I just did. Must be the ADD kickin' in or something. Yea for it.