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Xaphoon Standard C red

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Xaphoon Standard C red
355 AED 93,28 €
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Pixis 28.03.2018
Depuis que je suis retraitée, je consacre beaucoup de temps à la musique. Sans poursuivre le jeu de la flûte en do, je maîtrise assez bien cet instrument. Avec la xaphon je souhaitais trouver le son et l'expression de la clarinette sans pour autant commencer tout un nouvel apprentissage. Mais il a été plus difficile et plus long pour réussir un son et surtout un son juste. Des vidéos sur internet ont été une aide dans la mesure où on peut apprendre par imitation. Le petit changement de doigté par rapport à la flûte, ne me pose pas de problème (utilisation du petit doigt de la main gauche). L'expressivité est super, le volume sonore important et profond. Par contre je me heurte à une difficulté inattendue: pour maintenir le son, mes muscles du contour de la bouche ne soutiennent pas suffisamment l'effort, au bout de 5 minutes je ne peux plus jouer. En discutant avec des joueurs de saxophone, ils affirment ne pas avoir rencontré ce problème... Evidemment, sur ma flûte je n'ai pas le même besoin de pression du souffle. Je ne suis pas assez assidue pour me muscler régulièrement. Ce xaphon que je voulais comme un instrument complémentaire, je le délaisse maintenant et je ne sais pas si je vais avoir le courage de m'y remettre.
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Nice little instrument with a lovely timbre and troublesome second octave
Perpetual Apprentice 09.09.2023
I've acquired a Xaphoon some time ago just out of a curiosity. Didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised by the sound it produces, its playability and its resilience. The instrument has got few drawbacks, but after some upgrades (synthetic LEGÉRE Classic Tenor 2 reed and Vandoren mouthpiece cushion) and a lot of practice it turned out to be an instrument I tend to pick up regularly when I want to have some fun and / or fool around.

Cons:
* The mouthpiece is rather large (compared to common saxophone or clarinet mouthpieces), so somebody with a prior sax / clarinet experience needs to adjust the embouchure significantly. Not sure how this affects complete reed instrument beginners though...
* I'd recommend to stick on a mouthpiece cushion / patch as it makes the bite sensation more pleasant and it decreases a chance of the mouthpiece damage (as it's non-removable / integral part of the instrument)
* The reed it came with was quite bad. It may vary piece by piece (as all cane reeds tend to), but I'd still recommend to have couple of replacement ones just to not get discouraged at the very beginning (tenor sax 1.5 or 2 should work fine, strengths 3 and above would probably be an overkill).
* The 2nd octave requires quite a lot of skill to keep the tone pitch in tune (regardless of the reed used)

Pros:
* It's small, portable, resilient and always ready to play (especially when used with a synthetic reed)
* Has got no mechanical keys, hence it requires no maintenance whatsoever
* The sound it produces is just haunting
* Fingering, even though specific, isn't hard to master (at least for somebody who has already some experience playing a recorder or a tin whistle)
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Jadwiga 14.12.2018
Es ist gewöhnungsbedürftig dieses Instrument, macht aber richtig Spaß. Da es klein und handlich ist, kann ich es mitnehmen und überall spielen, wo ich grad bin. Der Abstand der Grifflöcher ist für meine Finger gut (im Vergleich hatte ich mit dem Maui in Bb Schwierigkeiten). Der Sound gleicht dem der Klarinette. Wer die Geduld zum Erlernen aufbringen kann, der wird auch viel Freude daran haben.
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