<p>How long have you been playing saxophone and how much time do you practice on average per day?</p>
<p>8 years</p>
<p>I don't practice during the day at home anymore; Only during school in class; but I'm really really good.</p>
<p>Eight years as well. I don't practice at home either, just twice a week during jazz band. I'm really really average.</p>
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<p>7 years, and I never really practiced very much at home.</p>
<p>If you're just learning, here's another story. Someone I know switched from saxophone to French horn, and he never really practiced at home. Now he can play just fine. On a saxophone, once you learn how to make sound come out and what the fingerings are, you're all set.</p>
<p>I use to play sax since the 5th grade, but I quit cause our school's band wasn't competitive enough. Now i practice for fun at home. </p>
<p>But when I played, I practiced on average 2 hours a day, 3 hrs on weekends/friday.</p>
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<p>...How do you saxophone people play such a loud instrument without your ears hurting?</p>
<p>Just curious.</p>
<p>it doesn't seem that loud to me. my parents made me quit band this year tho.. otherwise i would have been in it for 6 years.</p>
<p>Saxophones are nothing, in terms of loudness. You can only play so loud with a reed instrument, or at least an alto. </p>
<p>Try a trumpet blast, or a full ensemble of marching drums.</p>
<p>I used to play trumpet, and I never practiced at home because it was so incredibly loud and everyone within 50 meters heard my every mistake ><</p>
<p>Oh. maybe I was getting it confused with some other brass instrument then.</p>
<p>i used to be really good at saxophone, but i quit going into 7th grade because i was the only girl... <em>sigh</em> darn gender roles and how influenceable i was</p>
<p>From my experience in band, I think saxophones are pretty high up there, at least louder than clarinets/flutes/trombones/tubas/baritones. </p>
<p>Trumpets still win though.</p>
<p>Violas lose. : (</p>
<p>mj93: I was the only girl saxophone player in my school band until this year so I understand what you mean.</p>
<p>As to the purpose of this thread I've been playing for 7 years and have never practiced at home although my director/teachers think I do because I'm so good.</p>