What kind of saxophone does Lisa Simpson play?
GOOGIES
Just curious.
Andy Harman
On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 00:42:37 +0000, GOOGIES <GOO...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>Just curious.
It looks like a small bari with the loop in the neck, but for some
reason when she puts her cartoon lips to it, it sounds like a tenor.
As to her setup... I'd say it's a Smeller Uber Unbalanced 88
mezzo-bari circa 1987, with a Lynn Larsen mouthpiece and a VerBruggen
2.75 reed. Oh yeah, a Bowser ligature, and a Nike gig bag...
Andy
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JonD731920
Andy this was obiviously a young person
who wanted info.This kind of "wise crack" is something that
could turn a young person off to this group.Please in future
use some respect for the youth that surf thru here.I'm not
flaming you just telling you to show some common sense.Thank you.
Sbkirkham
>What kind of saxophone does Lisa Simpson play?
>Just curious.
She plays a BARITONE Saxophone..I don't ever recall seeing a BRAND NAME on it
though...I remember the episode where she played the BLUES.....That was pretty
hip...
Shawn
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Ted Decolo
Baritone sax.
GOOGIES wrote:
>
> Just curious.
Ted Decolo
dmo...@genzyme.com
In article <352f3438....@news.one.net>,
Actually, I'd say it sounds more like a bari played in the upper end of the
"natural" range, as well as in the altissimo region. Just doesn't sound quite
like a tenor to me...
Cheers,
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Where can you the sheet music for the intro which she plays ?
Andy Harman
JonD,
I have a great deal of respect for this group and its membership. I
also have a sense of humor, which I don't think needs explaining,
justification, or anything else. Certainly anyone who watches "The
Simpsons" ought to be able to take a joke. If anyone was offended by
my post, it was you (whoever you are). Why don't you just say so,
instead of dragging "the children" into it.
Must be a Saturday...
NORGEFAR
And the immortal words of Bleeding Gums Murphy (since deceased)
something like: Hey the Blues ain't about feeling good,
its about making other people feel worse.
DHowes2110
She plays baritone, and I've heard something about David Sanborn having
something to do with it.... Can this be true? Isn't Sanborn far too "hip" to
play bari? Heard something similar about Tom Scott, same story... Check out the
Tower of Power horns on the Simpsons LP "Sing the Blues".
Tim
CalSax
I coulda said that, but i didn't wanna.
Steve
Paul Lindemeyer
If the Lisa whistle figurine here on my desk is anything to go by, it's
somewhere between a tenor and a baritone, it's blue, and it only plays
one (rather high) note.
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Paul Lindemeyer <pau...@cyburban.com>
CELEBRATING THE SAXOPHONE: The Book
100 YEARS FROM TODAY: The Record
C.G. CONN Saxophones "Choice of the Artist"
Richard Fenno
Doug Norwine on bari, Tom Scott on tenor.
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In article <199804111927...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
class.ical
GOOGIES wrote in message <352EBC...@ix.netcom.com>...
>Just curious.
it's a barri & what a great sax
class.ical
GOOGIES wrote in message <352EBC...@ix.netcom.com>...
>Just curious.
It's barri & very nice too
Document Specialist
Excuse me???? Too hip to play a bari? What are you trying to say?? Maybe
you ought to check the who's who of Bati-dom and recalibrate your hipster
reagistering device!! And furthermore, who put the X in saxophone? not
some wimpy alto, no sir!!! The 12M put the X in saxophone!!
chuck petterson
not hip, but I have money in the bank
DHowes2110 <dhowe...@aol.com> wrote in article
<199804111927...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
Document Specialist
Considering the medium and the sound, it is OBVIOUSLY a Television Improved
Selmer!!
chuck petterson
student of the saxophone
GOOGIES <GOO...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<352EBC...@ix.netcom.com>...
> Just curious.
>
PWILLIS791
Welcome to full moon land.
Mustang
Just my take on this long post:
-It looks like a cross between tenor/bari/and bass most of the time.
-The sound is sometimes tenor, some bari, and even alto once or twice.
-I'm not sure if her first and second saxes were the same(her first one got
crushed).
Hope this helps
Mustang
Malcolm Stainkey
And just to annoy anyone who has brought a bari (or any sax) it cost
Homer $250
It has "to lisa with doh" engraved on it (vandel) and was run over by
a steamroller and replaced for similar money (homer was saving the
$250 for an airconditioner)
Now I just watcher this episode 2 weeks ago,
I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
Mal
B.B. Bean
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:54:38 GMT, Malcolm Stainkey wrote:
>And just to annoy anyone who has brought a bari (or any sax) it cost
>Homer $250
>It has "to lisa with doh" engraved on it (vandel) and was run over by
>a steamroller and replaced for similar money (homer was saving the
>$250 for an airconditioner)
>I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
>I'm not a simpsons nut, honest
<snip>
yeah, sure buddy... 'fess up now - you never miss an episode, do you?
BBB
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B.B. Bean
On 12 Apr 1998 02:58:11 GMT, Document Specialist wrote:
>Excuse me???? Too hip to play a bari? What are you trying to say?? Maybe
>you ought to check the who's who of Bati-dom and recalibrate your hipster
>reagistering device!! And furthermore, who put the X in saxophone? not
>some wimpy alto, no sir!!! The 12M put the X in saxophone!!
Testify, brother, testify! The 12M's a REAL saxophone!
<almost as hip as my Aristocrat bari.... Just call me the Duke of Oil>
Peter Rawlings
Pete
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I think the more important question is: "how DID Ralph Wiggum get that flute
jammed up his nose???!" :)
Chad
Malcolm Stainkey
>yeah, sure buddy... 'fess up now - you never miss an episode, do you?
>
>BBB
But I only listen for the sax improv on the intro to the show :)
And I miss lots of episodes, isn't that what VCR's are for?
8-)
Mal
Rob
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NORGEFAR
The Simpson episode when Bleeding Gums Murphy dies in the hospital was shown
locally last night. Before he died, he gave Lisa his Alto or Tenor. So Lisa
has her $250 bari and BG's sax.. Brother Bart bought lisa a $500 BG album
(jacked up from $250 upon his death) and Lisa got the local jazz station to
play it as a tribute - original range of station: 27 feet - but power came down
from heaven and boosted signal strength. These animators love the saxophone.
Andrew Raff
NORGEFAR <norg...@aol.com> wrote:
: These animators love the saxophone.
Actually, many of the animators have no idea what a bari "saxo-mo-phone"
looks like. That's why Lisa's sax usually never looks much like a bari
sax. (There's an interview with Simpsons creator Matt Groening on the
simpsons archive website (www.snpp.com) that has that info in it...)
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"Bring home the bacon...hmmm...that's syncopated bacon" -James Carter
Andrew Raff
araff<at>tufts<dot>edu
Hoyt
Andrew Raff wrote in message <6h2j04$ii4$2...@news3.tufts.edu>...
>NORGEFAR <norg...@aol.com> wrote:
>: These animators love the saxophone.
>
>Actually, many of the animators have no idea what a bari "saxo-mo-phone"
>looks like. That's why Lisa's sax usually never looks much like a bari
>sax. (There's an interview with Simpsons creator Matt Groening on the
>simpsons archive website (www.snpp.com) that has that info in it...)
>
For those of you who may be interested, I liked this question and I posted
it to alt.fan.cecil-adams and got some interesting answers there.
73,
Hoyt
SuperChad1
I know you guys are talking about what horn is actrually shown on the show, but
what kind of horn is actually making the sound, and who's playing it? What
about Bleeding Gums' horn?
I'm almost positive Lisa plays bari, and Bleeding Gums played alto.
Rhabal
(Be warned.... cheap bad humor follows)
Lisa plays Mr. Clinton's sax...
(I warned you)
eric pearson
RHABAL:
Oh no!
NONONONONONO!!
Pray tell, what embouchure school does she follow:
P. Jones or M. Lewinsky????
regards,
eric pearson
er...@nospammindspring.com
Andy Harman
On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 12:51:25 -0600, dmo...@genzyme.com wrote:
>Actually, I'd say it sounds more like a bari played in the upper end of the
>"natural" range, as well as in the altissimo region. Just doesn't sound quite
>like a tenor to me...
I haven't seen enough episodes to hear all the voices of Lisa's sax...
apparently it has been dubbed as both tenor and bari at different
times. The episode I'm thinking of, is the one where her sax gets run
over and Homer has to give up something to buy her a new one... seems
like all the playing in that one sounded like tenor.
BTW, I also like the sound that a bari has in it's upper range +
altissimo.
Swingn Joe
lisa Simpson plays what looks to be a Tenor, but sounds like a bari, so it
probably is a bari.
Joe
OcarinaMan
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In article <199804200501...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
swin...@aol.com (Swingn Joe) wrote:
It looks and sounds like a bari to me. (most tenors don't have curly necks).
-Alex Be
Irwin Schorr
The Simpsons is a giant joke. It makes no difference what kind of sax
Lisa plays. The crude drawings of people on this show are just as
ambiguous. If you remove the images from your screen and just listen
to the dialogue, you'd still understand what's going on. Maybe the
Simpsons should be broadcast on National Public Radio, for all the
value of the so-called animation.
I'm surprised that no one on this NG has asked who actually plays
tenor for Lisa.