I like to experiment. I’m always interested in how to achieve a more charming, more exotic sound. In the previous blog post, you can read how I tried different types of mouthpieces to bring the sound of my pocket saxophones even closer to a real saxophone. In this post, I want to show you an exotic experiment.
I’ve always wondered how a bamboo saxophone would sound if I didn’t tune it to the usual major scale, but chose an exotic scale for my instrument. What difficulties would I encounter during the crafting process? How would it feel to play? Would it really charm you when playing it?
I have several scales on my list that I would like to try one day, but my first choice was the double harmonic scale. It gives the instrument a very distinctive, oriental sound and is also known as Mayamalavagowla, Bhairav Raga, Byzantine scale, Arabic, and Gypsy major scale.