Enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85_73iAm-sU&feature=youtu.be
Well, maybe that's not quite the right word.
This has potential. pBones in either tenor or alto are hard to play - but so is a brass trombone, so that's not unexpected. (hard? we wish it were impossible.)
Sax seems to be a bit easier technically in the early stages.
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Yamaha has made electronic instruments for quite a few years. I know one guy who plays an EWI (not well, unfortunately). I had thought the EVI might be interesting, but not for what I would have to pay for a head, amp, and speaker. This one is actually a wind instrument.
I like the recorder fingering. It sounds like its range is a soprano sax/clarinet.
Wonder what the tariff will be.
And when will they provide a baritone version
I like the recorder fingering. It sounds like its range is a soprano sax/clarinet.
Wonder what the tariff will be.
And when will they provide a baritone version
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$107, but Amazon is back ordered.
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As a sax/clarinet player in a former life...
Its tone is pretty good. But the limited range will make it pretty boring.
The range is much less than a soprano sax and MUCH less than clarinet. It was getting monotonous is that short clip.
I bet tuning is difficult. That guy had a hard time playing it in tune and he is a good player!
Its tone is pretty good. But the limited range will make it pretty boring.
The range is much less than a soprano sax and MUCH less than clarinet. It was getting monotonous is that short clip.
I bet tuning is difficult. That guy had a hard time playing it in tune and he is a good player!
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I heard it in person at Yamaha Shop in Hiroshima two weeks ago. I wanted to buy it for my father, who said he would like to learn clarinet. But I changed my mind.
As far as I heard, its intonation was as bad as a recorder, sometimes even worse. It also looked difficult to make sound out of it, even the player seems to have some prior knowledge of woodwind playing (he came with 3-4 friends, they all looked like college students, and one of them was carrying a clarinet). Even in some videos on Youtube the Venova sounds horribly out of tune.
I have read that real Soprano Sax mouthpiece and ligature helps it sound better, though.
So, at least for me, I would save $100 for something else, for now.
As far as I heard, its intonation was as bad as a recorder, sometimes even worse. It also looked difficult to make sound out of it, even the player seems to have some prior knowledge of woodwind playing (he came with 3-4 friends, they all looked like college students, and one of them was carrying a clarinet). Even in some videos on Youtube the Venova sounds horribly out of tune.
I have read that real Soprano Sax mouthpiece and ligature helps it sound better, though.
So, at least for me, I would save $100 for something else, for now.
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That's impressive. They've managed to combine the annoying sound of a kazoo with the complexity and expense of a woodwind instrument.
The folded wind path is interesting, but really... if you wanted something you can carry around in your purse, you can get a recorder at the dollar store that wouldn't sound worse.
The folded wind path is interesting, but really... if you wanted something you can carry around in your purse, you can get a recorder at the dollar store that wouldn't sound worse.
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Looks cool! Anyone looked into the Nuvo instruments? Similar idea, though more aimed at children before getting into intermediate and pro-level instruments.
LOVE stuff like this!
LOVE stuff like this!
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Looks cool! Anyone looked into the Nuvo instruments? Similar idea, though more aimed at children before getting into intermediate and pro-level instruments.
LOVE stuff like this!
LOVE stuff like this!