Sounds fab, Nigel - and so small my wife might not notice that I've spent a fortune another sax!
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Ha! Cheers Allan
@tioliak Жыл бұрын
Very clear tone produced. Sound like an oboe ❤
@chrisperyagh8 ай бұрын
I even use a sopranino sax to play oboe parts that are in ridiculous keys and up in the stratosphere where things are awkward for oboe, but a total breeze on the 'nino. And as saxes are essentially large bore oboes anyway, no-one can complain. I've got the Chiltern (Howarth) sopranino which is from the same Taiwanese factory as the Mauriat one and based on the Selmer SA80II 'nino, but a lot less expensive than the Mauriat.
@nigelstreet Жыл бұрын
A great an difficult challenge. But you pulled it off. Respect to you Nigel.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Thanks Nigel.
@alejandropabloarturi25608 ай бұрын
I am a sopranino player dedicated 100% to the instrument!! Thanks! 🎉
@olaflangness2907 Жыл бұрын
I am not a fan of the soprano saxophone. I always think I would prefer they were playing with a clarinet or flute. I was taken aback by how nice a sound the sapranino made, and I suspect that it has more to do with the musician than the instrument. You made it sound so sweet. Great job!
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@q12aw50 Жыл бұрын
I like the unique tone a soprano has compared to a clarinet, so i just have both to get both sounds 🤷♂️ first world problems ig
@FNBRVolts6 ай бұрын
There’s a time and place for clarinet, clarinet is there for the spiff and class, while soprano is there for that still saxy, but also oboe like.
@horowizard Жыл бұрын
It sounds quite lovely playing by itself. I would like to hear it in the context of some other instruments. There are even curved Sopranino Saxophones. I would be curious to hear what one sounds like.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Me too!
@ACMulti10010 ай бұрын
@@McGillMusicSaxSchool, I think that a different form factor of a saxophone of the same variety (type) in sound will not make a difference. At least that's what the music teachers told me.
@beckyn9338 Жыл бұрын
You make it sound quite lovely, Nigel! It would be a fun horn to have, but I’m not sure I could make it sound as beautiful as you do!
@stefanogortaldi3156 Жыл бұрын
I've started playing the sopranino 3 years ago after decades of Alto and Tenor and more recently the Soprano which is the one I prefer. I enjoy the soprano so much (it feels more "intimate" than other saxes) that I decided to get the smaller brother; and I didn't find it that difficult moving from Soprano to Sopranino but getting alternative mouthpieces (other than the "default" from the manufacturer) on the secondhand market is a real challenge as these are rare and rather expensive (still I managed to test and buy a few extra mouthpieces). Soprano is my first choice simply because the extras available (third party ligatures and mouthpieces in particular) make it more versatile. I hope the market of the Sopranino starts developing - probably some are going to be inspired by your demonstration (it's about time too...well done).
@McGillMusicSaxSchool11 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@etpslick1002 ай бұрын
I’m not a horn player but always love the soprano sax. The sopranino sax has a high pitch distinctive tone but if played correctly; it sounds sweet!😌🎷👍🏾
@McGillMusicSaxSchool2 ай бұрын
I agree.
@luiscorrea6993 Жыл бұрын
I don't play, but love the sound. I didn't even know the instrument existed. Thank you for educating us!!
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@q12aw50 Жыл бұрын
It gets higher 😳
@mallorga19652 ай бұрын
First time hearing it and I love it! All right, a very important part of that is your playing.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool2 ай бұрын
Yes but great that you love the sound!
@williamjackson6705 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing us this instrument. I've never seen one, but I have heard Jazz masters Antony Braxton & Jan Garbarek play it. Lovely sound.
@FNBRVolts6 ай бұрын
Bari and bass is still my cup of tea, but I also love soprano and sopranino as I’m a clarinet player originally.
@KrisPeter Жыл бұрын
One of those instruments that if played well can sound heavenly (like it does when you play it). Really superb. Thanks
@jpsned2 ай бұрын
Love the way you blow through those changes.... so sweet!
@JewelBrimage-zz6rt Жыл бұрын
I Love it, you make it sound so Pretty! Don’t think I would get one, I already have a hard time keeping the Soprano in tune!😅
@EvanTateMusic Жыл бұрын
I've played a sopranino saxophone in concert with an orchestra back in college. It was an amazing thing! I only had a months time to get it together for the concert (I played a Concerto for Alto Sax (doubling on sopranino) with orchestra. I had played a vintage sopranino sax that the school rented for the concert. Intonation was the biggest challenge and I spent most of my practice time with the sopranino on that. The sopranino hadn't a high E, F, of F# (I had to produce those for the concert using alternate fingerings), and I had managed to get a altissimo G# out of it. I'd love to play it again for my own enjoyment.
@paulcohen2556 Жыл бұрын
I remember that concert! It may have been one of my sopraninos!
@t0mm4s07Ай бұрын
Hey man sorry if I bother you, I’m a sax player and I have recently bought a sopranino…so far is going pretty good, but for my own amusement I would like to learn how to produce a high F or F# (since mine has not the F key, it stops at the high E), you mentioned you used alternate fingerings…I have searched everywhere, but I never found a guide on altissimo with a sopranino…could you tell me the fingerings you used? Thanks a lot!
@marleenvisser117 Жыл бұрын
I love the sound! thanks for sharing!
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@user-uc5id2jz2r Жыл бұрын
Anyway, thank you for your introduction of the members of Sax family. A nice "lesson"(nearly sweet indeed 😊).
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@paulgeiger6177 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely would love one, maybe one day!
@varnalofaro Жыл бұрын
love the sound, but of course you are playing, so it sounds sweet, I have a soprano that I have a hard time keeping in tune so can imagine the struggle on sopranino😂but yes I could be tempted🎶🎶💕
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Ha! Go for it!
@mikem1517 Жыл бұрын
Oh God... I want one of these now such a beautiful sweet tone
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Go for it!
@mikem1517 Жыл бұрын
@@McGillMusicSaxSchool I looked them up and I think I'll need to save up for a while lol there don't seem to be any mid range priced sopraninos only about £3k mark
@ACMulti10010 ай бұрын
@@mikem1517, look sopranino Brachner SST 420L. I think it's the one of the cheepest sopranino saxophones. I bought this model in Russia on 37000 rubles, it's approximately 303 pound of sterlings.
@gangofgreenhorns2672 Жыл бұрын
James Muschler, the old drummer for Moon Hooch has an SBA sopranino and loves it. Only person I know to ever have or even play one lol.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Cool
@coryholland1811 Жыл бұрын
I have seen a Model 26 sopranino. Very nice horn with surprisingly good intonation.
@gib321 Жыл бұрын
I need all the forgiveness my tenor provides but you do get a beautiful sound from this little sax.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Ha, Cheers!
@DrJoeyBean Жыл бұрын
It needs some reverb... try mic and add some reverb and delay to soften up the sound
@spalding1968 Жыл бұрын
You played the hell out of that instrument
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Oh cheers!
@coryholland1811 Жыл бұрын
Nice review. The Mauriat has modern, Selmer style keywork. Maybe review the Yanigasawa which still has the older Mark VI style. Thanks for the efffort.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Cheers
@user-yb8hl3mu7u Жыл бұрын
I love the saxophone
@AlbertonJiggletip4 ай бұрын
I played baritone sax and switched to tenor. It was hell for me because i didnt think that it was in Bb and it was different. Everything i did sounded dull and funny. Im switching back to bari and will not switch to anything else untill im actually a pro. (wanna try a soprano when i get better)
@berkemac1 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the soprillo - 1/2 the size of the soprano!
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Yes….but that’s too scary for me!
@ACMulti10010 ай бұрын
1/2 size of sopranino.))) 😉😉😉
@artschwartz53 Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed. It sounds like an oboe. Very sweet sound
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@HankleburyTV Жыл бұрын
Well, you certainly make it sound good!
@rayruiz8925 Жыл бұрын
You killed it.... excellent work
@dalemiller21603 ай бұрын
awesome sound, Moanin FRogs use one at times, great sound!
@Demasiocorazon Жыл бұрын
Das ist eine metallische Klarinette, ganz toll.
@a1saxy Жыл бұрын
Sounds great
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@ketong71 Жыл бұрын
Would you say that the key layout is closer to or similar to a curved soprano? I know that curved sopranos have tighter key layouts versus the straight ones.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
They can have although I’ve just been testing some curved and straight sopranos from P Mauriat and their keys are basically identical.
@Alonso6390 Жыл бұрын
When you started playing it, I was like so what. Not very distinctive, maybe like a bad oboe. But I guess maybe you needed to get the metaphorical gunk out of it, and after that you got a real sweet and smooth sound of it. If I played it, though, I probably wouldn't make that progression like you did.
@maciejwozniak5445 Жыл бұрын
Actually, sopranino is not really my cup of tea. The sound is too high for me. Personally, I prefer tenor and baritone saxes
@danielwarren8595 Жыл бұрын
I agree
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
It’s not for everyone.
@coryholland1811 Жыл бұрын
I learned on a soprano, which still sounds like a tenor to me. To each their own.
@q12aw50 Жыл бұрын
I just like to have one of each of the 4 main sax’s, soprano alto tenor and bari
@mediocreman2 Жыл бұрын
Nobody asked
@_your_mum_44089 ай бұрын
WHERE CAN I BUY ONE AHHHH
@brianpite0893 Жыл бұрын
I know it's in E flat , but is using my song books for alto a good match? I've heard yes and know.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Sure, you can use any alto music.
@curtisvalle5141 Жыл бұрын
Great.... now I want one...smh
@tommyblack799811 ай бұрын
You play it great, but for me, the (Bb) soprano is plenty high enough, and, if needed, I can get it up to its altissimo C (concert Bb). Its top F# is high enough for most solos. Apparently, in the 1920s, there was an even higher freak known as the red-hot fountain pen. I hear that Joe Venuti could imitate it on his violin. So, no para mí, por favor. Nicht für mich danke.
@JanvanKnip Жыл бұрын
Great video and sound! I wonder if you could do the same on the curved version by Rampone & Cazzani
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Great suggestion. I’d love to try one of those.
@paulchung1480 Жыл бұрын
I really like the sound so I got two. Hahaha 😂
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Ha!
@JaegerDives10 ай бұрын
IMO, played well, the sopranino can be beautiful. Also IMO, for many/most saxophonists it can a waste of money and time. While Nigel took to it like a duck to water, many of us can't do as well and end up sounding like a wounded animal. I don't think it is capable of the warmth that a soprano has.
@okekeejike Жыл бұрын
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@ChinengeFlorence-tx5gb Жыл бұрын
What key is the sopranino saxophone
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
The Sopranino is in Eb like alto and Bari.
@mediocreman2 Жыл бұрын
Why did you add digital effects? We don't need reverb in your living room.
@ChinengeFlorence-tx5gb Жыл бұрын
What key is that saxophone
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
It’s in Eb like alto and Bari.
@ekaufman4800 Жыл бұрын
It wouldn't sound like that if I played it🤣
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Ha! You might surprise yourself!
@ph2738 Жыл бұрын
Did you hit any altissimo notes? Are they beyond human hearing.
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
Ooh I think altissimo on sopranino is beyond me!
@ACMulti10010 ай бұрын
I took about all the notes of the altissimo (albeit an unprofessional musician), but taking them on the go is stable, clean and beautiful, it needs a very fine motor skills of the labial apparatus, over which, for a more or less tangible result, it is necessary to work out more than a dozen, and maybe even more than one hundred hours of total class time. Because for high notes, a very precise, strong and at the same time very thin air supply is required. This task can be partially facilitated by buying a mouthpiece of the largest possible dimension available on the market, but it must be understood that blowing into a wide "pipe" and blowing into a narrow pipe involves techniques of different groups of facial muscles.
@bobfountain2959 Жыл бұрын
It isn’t even the smallest sax!
@McGillMusicSaxSchool Жыл бұрын
I suppose so…. Not game for a soprillo though (and they are pretty rare)
@ACMulti10010 ай бұрын
@@McGillMusicSaxSchool, soprillo is a rare and very expensive saxophone of the order of 4-5 thousand dollars. And few of the brands who produce it.