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Features
- The experienced player will find the Xaphoon to be expressive and powerful; the beginner will find it fun and easy, and good practice for other reed instruments
- This deep, rich-sounding instrument can be with you always - A true portable sax-like instrument that can be carried everywhere - in your pocket, backpack, and even up your sleeve.
- The Maui Xaphoon Pocket Sax sounds two octaves lower than conventional flutes or recorders of the same length. Play it in an acoustic space and it will sound like a saxophone. Make friends while making spiritual music.
- A portable instrument that will bring you joy - Imagine bringing a smile to people wherever you are - at a bus stop, in a cave, waiting in line, even in a parking garage!
- Xaphoons make Great Gifts for that talented musician in your life.
Description
The Maui Xaphoon (pronounced "za foon") is the original "Pocket Sax". It's sound falls somewhere between a saxophone and a clarinet - a much richer sound than it's size would suggest. The experienced player will find the Xaphoon capable of all the subtle shadings and vibrant power of a saxophone.
Color: Black
Brand: Xaphoon
Instrument Key: C
Style: Modern
Item Weight: 0.5 Pounds
Item Weight: 8 ounces
Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
Item model number: XAPH
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: May 15, 2006
Color Name: Black
Musical Style: world-music
Instrument Key: C
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Style: Modern
I've been playing this fine instrument for a couple of months, and I am getting pretty comfortable with it. Having never played a reed instrument before (just harmonica, recorder and penny whistle) I didn't understand the learning curve. First, a lot more air is required than the aforementioned instruments, so it is important to develop abdominal diaphragm strength. And getting the embrasure (mouth shape) right takes practice and strength. It isn't hard, but it takes dedication. Second, the actual playing isn't as easy as it might appear on the videos. You must adjust lip pressure at different points of the register - less pressure for the low notes and more pressure for the higher notes. And controlling the pitch of the higher notes is tricky. You must hold the instrument still and keep the pressure on the reed very consistent or the sound will waver. And speaking of high notes...they claim that you can play a full two octave chromatic scale, which I've seen on the video but not been able to do myself, yet. Playing the scales (with all the sharps and flats) isn't difficult, but getting just the right amount of pressure on the reed to reach the top half octave is beyond me so far. Again, I've only been playing for a couple of months so my expectations may be a bit unreasonable. If you are used to playing a recorder or penny whistle you might find the fact the holes in the Xaphoon are not evenly spaced to be a challenge to adjust to (I did at first). As you can see in the pictures, two pairs of holes are very close together and some others are quite aways apart...especially the top two closest to the mouth piece, which are 1-1/2" apart. Small hands might have trouble with this. Third, the reeds. It comes with a Rico 2.5 installed, but it won't last a long time. They aren't expensive, about $4 or $5 each, and once you build your skills you'll want to experiment to find one of the right stiffness for you. They come in half-steps from 1-5. The Xaphoon is fitted with a 2.5, which seems like a good place to start. Reeds are kind of like guitar strings - they lose their tone and playability over time and have to be replaced. And, like guitar strings, some people like light, some medium and some heavy. But unlike guitar strings, natural reeds are not consistent, and some brand new ones will be all but unusable right out of the box - unless you pay for the premium brands. Of course, there are lots of YouTube videos that show you how to "fix" a bad reed, which isn't hard, but it is just one more skill that needs to be mastered...unless you want to spend about $30 on a synthetic reed. I haven't bought one yet, but by the end of today I will have ordered my first one. Why, you ask, am I putting up with all of this? Because, bottomline, I think it is worth it. Learning a new instrument that is only for soloing is a really interesting and fun experience for me. I play mostly acoustic guitar now, and I'm looking forward to trotting this little guy out at the next jam and seeing what everyone thinks. So, what about the Xaphoon itself? To my eyes and ears and fingers this is a really well made, nice sounding instrument. I love the look, feel and portability. I've had a couple of emails with the manufacturer in Hawaii and they are very supportive and informative. The manual that comes with the Xaphoon is a good start, but I'd like to see a little more info either there or on their website about reeds and playing technique. However, just look up tenor sax information on YouTube and you'll find everything you'd every want to know that applies to the Xaphoon. Lastly, I haven't tried any of the other competing brands of similar products...and there are several...but I'm quite confident that everything I've said here applies to them as well. At a fundamental level one reed instrument is like any other that uses the same reed just like one guitar is much like any other. I hope this has been a helpful review/dissertation, and that if you decide to take the plunge that you enjoy the Xaphoon as much as I have.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019 by S&C Sheumaker
Style: Modern
I don't really have much to add to what other 4 and 5 star raters have said, primarily i just wanted to contribute my star rating to add to the overall average and help counteract those who have inappropriately downrated this because of shipping or other issues not related to the instrument. Reviewers seem kind of evenly split as to whether this instrument is loud or soft. Some say that it is quiet enough to play while people are sleeping. My opinion is that it is loud. My cats hate it, they run when they see me reach for it. They do not mind my accordion, in fact they will sit right next to me while i play accordion but they head for the hills when either this or the bagpipe comes out. Thus, i am thinking that the volume of this is comparable to that of a bagpipe chanter. My main issue with this has just been intonation. When i play it in what seems to me to be the most natural way, it is basically a full half step flat from what it is supposed to be. I.e. the bottom note, C, sounds like B instead. I can bend it up to somewhere around a C using mouth and air pressure, but it makes it harder for me to play, and the note isn't very stable then, because it doesn't seem like the note that the instrument really "wants" to play but rather is being forced to play. I have had my pocket sax for nearly a month now and play it some almost every day, and still i continue to have this issue after this time. Another minor complaint that i have is just the sound of the B note. This is obtained using a cross fingering, fingering a C and then lowering it by leaving a hole open and closing the one below that. To me, this sounds like it just bends the C note down a hair, and not like it is its own separate true note. I like to hear a clear break in the sound when going from one note to another. On any other non-accidental note throughout the fundamental register you can hear this--even if it's just a half step. When you open or close a hole crisply and cleanly, there is a disruption in the wave generated as it suddenly changes wavelength and you can actually hear that little crack in the sound. This does not happen between the B and C, it doesn't sound like you are playing two distinct notes but rather just varying the pitch of one note a little bit. This is likely true on other cross-fingered accidentals as well, though i have not advanced to the point where i am playing things that need accidentals outside of the "natural" scale of the instrument, other than B, so i can't attest to that for sure. (I call B an accidental because of the cross-fingering, whereas the note that comes naturally by lifting fingers in succession is B flat. For this reason the instrument, although nominally in "C", actually plays more easily and naturally in keys of F, natural D minor, and Dorian G minor. These keys also have an advantage over playing in C because you can go below the tonic, whereas in C, that's the bottom note of the instrument, which for many or most melodies--beyond Mary Had a Little Lamb--just isn't adequate.) As other reviewers have noted, this instrument is unlike any other, and you will have to devote time and effort into playing it decently. The embouchure is different from other reed instruments (my professional clarinetist friend couldn't make a sound when he first put it to his mouth) and the fingering is different from other woodwinds. Other reviewers seemed to find the fingering system to be flawed and marked it down because of that, but i don't see where this should be an issue. All instruments have their own fingering. This would be like downrating a mandolin because it is fingered differently from a guitar. There are people who play both instruments well, you just learn and use the fingering of each different instrument as it is. I play Irish whistle with six fingers and diatonic note spacing, and i play Bulgarian kaval with eight fingers and quasi-chromatic note spacing, and it's not a problem. I can play many tunes on either instrument and knowing how to finger it on one doesn't interfere in any way with playing it on the other. I don't even think about it, my fingers know what to do when they feel what instrument they are lying on. Now, i have yet another fingering system to become familiar with, i'm not concerned in the least.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2014 by Balkanophile