Inside the saxophone and the clarinet

Gear
What Syos mouthpiece color is made for you?
Discover what mouthpiece color represent you best : wild orange or a sensible black? Syos is here to help you choose YOUR color!

Music
Saxophone sound practice #1: Long tones
Sylvie explains the most important exercise for the saxophone sound practice: working on long tones. Be patient and get some really good shoes, and you will become a saxophonist expert in shaping sound.

Acoustics
Warm, bright, focused, dark..? Psychoacoustics brings some light!
Why do we perceive some sounds louder than others? What is the pitch of a sound? How do we define the timbre of a musical instrument? The psycho-acoustician brings answers to these questions in an experimental way.

Music
The mystery of John Coltrane’s sound
Everybody can easily identify the sound of the great Trane, but nobody agrees when using words to describe his tone. An in-depth inquiry by Syos.

Acoustics
Participate to our sound description experiment!
Listen to famous saxophonists' recordings, describe the sound and compare your description with other musicians!

Acoustics
What is a sound? A general reminder on sound waves.
Back to school for a lesson on acoustic basics: discover the physical phenomenon behind every sound you blow out of your horn!

Gear
The saxophone maintenance
The basics of saxophone maintenance: learn how to keep your instrument in good check!

Gear
The saxophone mouthpiece tip opening
How can such a very tiny geometrical feature have such a strong impact on the sound? And how to understand all these numbers and letters?

Inside Syos
Syos at the conquest of America - Part 2 : End of Boston, Arrival at NYC
Second part of Syos adventures in the US, with Virtuosity saxophone shop, Mark Turner, Julliard School, saxophone in a park and Lucky Chops!










