I belong to the percussion section and I'm planning to play the tenor sax. I cant try to borrow and blow one, our two tenor players are on long vacation.
I worry cause many say it's harder than alto, and I'm sure because it needs more air.
What makes me feel glad is that some tenorists agree that the air must be warm and not pressured.
I prefer the tenor not the alto cause always or mostly, the alto music parts are similar to the clarinets requiring faster fingers, then much air support. The tenor like the trombone and euphonium mostly share same music, that makes the tenor parts easier to play.
I admire and like the beauty of the tenor, and I hope there are some other advantages that make the tenor not hard to play, so, are there tenor players that agree to me and can share to me what they know about the tenorsax.




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might as well play bari if you like moving your fingers slowly haha!, but play a tenor i can give you some times of what they mean by warm air. when you are blowing don't just narrow your throat and blow, when open your throat up. if you don't know how pretend that you are fogging up a mirror or glass, or you can go pronounce "o" and hold it out thats what they mean by warm and not pressured air. yes it does take more air than an alto but not much