So basically you`re saying ska is easy so why not challenge yourself with a more complicated and sensual music? I`ve never heard that opinion expressed before.

yea the school music is boring i play bari and im the best no one eve proposes a challenge to me it`s lonly at the top ain`t it i`ve been asking my band director for some more challenging music but he says i not in the right grade level for the good stuff like symphonies and ensembles, email this address if you have ne starwars music (fighter4444@aol.com)

Why isnt their a schol where they teah classical sax....julliard doesnt even have a classical sax program I HATE JAZZ...go classical...thats what i wanna do i hate that sax is always considered only a jazz...and not classical...what he hell is kenny g the only one known for being a classical saxophonist????

I`m in seventh grade and i play tenor sax.our school music usually isn`t boring.Infact it`s so not boring that we hardly can play it.But we always manage to pull through.Two of my favorite songs that were playing is "Devil dance",which reminds me of pirates of the carribian.And "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"which is three pages long and is really fun,it has all sorts of styles and is probably my favorite song.
If any one knows any Ska scales lemme` know.Thanks.

Why don`t you ask the band director to get a piece that shows off the sax section??

But, either way, I buy a bunch of those piano books with umpteen-million songs in them. I then play either tenor or soprano and transpose from C to Bb - add 2 sharps and take the notes up 1 full step. Works pretty good, get a tons of music for little $$ - much cheaper than trying to buy sax music that is transposed for you.

Also don`t forget for tenor/sop you can play trumpet or clarinet music. For alto, play trombone/euphonium music buy changing the clef and adding 3 sharps.

That opens up a ton of music to play for you.

i`m listening to some ska right now thats almost exactly like jazz its really complicated i play proffesionally and i never heard anything like it

I play tenor in my school band. I have to admit I do get a lot of boring parts. But if you are bored join a jazz band. If there isnt one at your school look up local youth jazz bands. There are a lot of them you just have to look. Jazz is the best thing for you. You will play much more fun/challenging music. Especially if you happen to snag a lead tenor part.

Hi this has no realation to you`r topic but I need help with finding a name to a pice of music that i cant find i think its called Horistocato but im not sure if you could help me i would be very happy thanks!

Try Marching Band. It`s so much cooler than Concert Band. Especially with out band director because he plays low brass and picks out all the coolest parts for us tubas and bari saxes and trombones.

I play in the 6th grade band and my cousin plays int eh 7th grade band we both agree that the saxs always get the boring parts. thats why I`m trying to get into concert band. their music always emphasizes the saxes which is really cool

i am a gospel bass player. some of u may know that gospel music can have a little bit of erthang in it...jazz, blues, r&b, hip hop, funk, progressive metal... u name it. y don`t yall try PLAYING ALONG with other styles of music but adding a jazzy twist on top. try all stlyes. maybe u can find interest in that. although it`s not reading, maybe u can get a few ideas for ur improv.

I got the most beautiful tenor sax I have ever seen in my entired life, I`ve been looking at it for half a year and my parents finally got it for me for christmas, but I have no music, I ended up writing ouy things I first learned to play like 4 years ago, becuase I can`t remeber good stuff and no where online can I find anything, I don`t have a credit card to buy music, what can I do?

Just wait until you hit grade 10/11 then you get so bored you can play band stuff in your sleep!

sorry dudes, cant say my school music sucks...i get some killer parts...maybe ur director is just not picking the right stuff...start suggesting songs to them...try copper mountain, beyond the 7 hills, on the wings of swallows, the great steamboat race..theres alot more...untill then, try musicnotes.com! -later

is sax music is boring pick up another insturment and play them both. ( try oboe-it ROCKS-and its a contrast from sax)then if the sax part is boring you can play the other insturment on that song. thats what i do- it works well. what music do you guys play? in our middle school band we played stuff final count down, turbo rock , louie louie, ect. and some others which im sure youve never heard of.
( im going into high school band next year and hopeing for more interesting parts!)