{"id":42989,"date":"2014-11-01T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=42989"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:10:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:10:12","slug":"a-saxophone-quote-to-ponder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2014\/a-saxophone-quote-to-ponder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Saxophone Quote To Ponder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I happened across a saxophone quote that was so unusual, that it got my attention. In his book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-construct-coffin-karate-chops-ebook\/dp\/B00E7FNET8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to construct a coffin with six karate chops<\/a><\/em>, author <a href=\"http:\/\/jarodkintz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jarod Kintz<\/a> offers up the following food for thought:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I\u2019m lonely I stand in the corner and play my saxophone and feel sorry for myself. I would ask you to accompany me on the piano, but if I did that I wouldn\u2019t be lonely, would I? And what\u2019s the point of a saxophone if not to celebrate despair?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/25703335-how-to-construct-a-coffin-with-six-karate-chops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goodreads.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Does the saxophone celebrate despair? I think all of us can attest to the fact that nothing conveys this emotion better than the solo blues saxophone sound&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Awesome saxophone downtown Auckland\" width=\"1174\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3bS7yHcqbXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kintz&#8217;s saxophone quote aside, our instruments convey another emotion very well as well: sexiness. In fact, it conveys it so well that movies and television use the saxophone to inform the viewer of building sexual intensity between characters. In daytime programming saxophone solos are often used as a segue to the next scene: no bedroom scene required, as it&#8217;s been implied through the smoking hot sax.<\/p>\n<p>For&nbsp;Hollywood and television soundtracks, usually the processed sounds of a smooth jazz saxophone are used\u2014like they were in the David Foster&#8217;s, <em>St. Elmo&#8217;s Fire Love Theme<\/em> (1985).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"St. Elmo&#039;s Fire Love Theme soundtrack\" width=\"1174\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RXSmXthmkvo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>OK, so the saxophone really can convey emotions that are quite opposite on the emotional scale. (Arguably there are a number of others as well that are worth a separate article.) Why is that? Why can a trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute not do that?<\/p>\n<p>I would argue that the reason for the saxophone&#8217;s ability to convey such a wide range of emotions stems from it being the instrument that is most similar to the human voice. I would venture one step further and state perhaps the secret to its success in this area is its conical bore.<\/p>\n<p>Am I nuts? :loco:&nbsp; Am I onto something? 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