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Reminds me, when I started playing sax, in school band in grade 7, I started using the palm D key instead of the octave key. I'd asked the teacher what key I was supposed to use but he didn't know. I started private lessons a couple weeks in and I was set straight.
I was also the private teacher who told me to wet the whole reed and not just the tip.
There's just all these little things you could do wrong for a long time if someone doesn't set you straight.
Or for guitars I know it is not a player selling if it says "needs tuning". Like saying "car for sale, needs gas".
I was also the private teacher who told me to wet the whole reed and not just the tip.
There's just all these little things you could do wrong for a long time if someone doesn't set you straight.
Or the sax the wrong way on the stand. Many of these are from people who have never played I believe. You don't get far if you don't know how to mount the mouthpiece. Little hints like that tell me I'd be buying from a non player. Specifying that a reed or two is included is a giveaway too.
Or for guitars I know it is not a player selling if it says "needs tuning". Like saying "car for sale, needs gas".
