Never Had SAX Before? Start Playing Saxophone in 1 Hour!

Meet your saxophone, explore its parts, learn to set up the instrument, and master posture, the left and right hand positions, armature basics, and packing up.

Explore how closing and opening holes on the saxophone create different notes and pitches. Understand the neck, mouthpiece, ligature, reed, and neck strap roles in producing sound.

Learn to set up your saxophone by securing the neck strap, clipping the instrument, wetting the reed, then attaching the mouthpiece, ligature, and neck.

Place your left hand on the saxophone, resting the left thumb on the circle to create a stable pressure point and balance, with fingers over the palm keys.

Learn proper right hand placement for the saxophone, resting the thumb in a designated space to balance the instrument, with the left thumb and fingers guiding the grip.

Maintain upright posture to keep the diaphragm and lungs open, allowing air to move freely into the saxophone, and keep the mouthpiece meeting your mouth with a tight neck strap.

Master sax mouthpiece placement by seating the mouthpiece in the mouth with top teeth on the mouthpiece and the bottom lip over the reed, at about a pinky’s width.

Learn proper saxophone packing and care, including safe mouthpiece handling, reed maintenance, and neck removal, to protect delicate parts and prepare for your next gig.

Review saxophone parts, assembly, left and right hand positions, posture, and armature basics, plus how to pack up, with a preview of your first notes in the next module.

Learn G, A, B and the Pierrot melody, then master the fourth note, refine armature, and download the fingering map to practice the F, E, D, low C scale.

Learn G, A, and B on the saxophone with correct left-hand fingerings and thumb position, practice the g-a-b sequence, and prepare to play a simple melody.

Learn to play Pierrot on saxophone by singing the melody with G, A, B, then translating rhythm and pitch to the instrument with slow metronome practice.

Learn the middle C fingering on the saxophone using the left-hand middle finger, with guided practice to hear and master this essential note.

Master low f and low e on the saxophone using right-hand fingering and hole closure, and breathe from the diaphragm for a fuller, easier tone.

Master the low D and low C fingerings on sax using the right-hand ring finger and pinky, and practice breath-supported C-D sequences with upright posture for the C major scale.

Learn saxophone notes g, a, b, and middle c, play Pierrot, and master the c major scale with fingering chart and saxophone map for precise notes.

Master the saxophone sound you desire by learning proper breathing, then practice exercises to improve your tone and intonation.

Develop your saxophone sound by daily practice, focusing on breath control and long tones, and internalize the target sound to project it through any mouthpiece.

Compare two saxophone setups, including different mouthpieces, to show that your sound comes from you, not the instrument, and learn a practice routine with exercises to achieve the desired tone.

Breathe into your diaphragm first, filling the belly before the lungs to power the saxophone, and use breath as meditation to center your long-tone practice.

Practice long tones to shape your saxophone sound, using a tuner and metronome to steady pitch, strengthen your armature and breath control, and gradually expand through the full range.

Practice long tones with a play-along backing track that shifts through major seven keys, moving a half-step up every four bars, while you study chromatic scale and saxophone fingering chart.

Learn to shape a sax tone by hearing the sound in your mind's ear, breathing correctly, and using long tones with breathing meditation before practice for balance and better sound.

Learn how to reach the higher notes on the saxophone, practice the fingerings for those notes, and play the C major scale across two octaves.

Practice fingerings from middle C to high C and use the octave (registry) key to ascend and descend. Maintain key pitch with lip tension, jaw position, and a tuner.

Learn to play a two-octave C major scale on sax, using the octave key, with a metronome and tuner to ensure proper intonation and smooth breath control.

Master higher notes and the higher register with the C major scale across two octaves, and keep practicing to solidify your saxophone skills.

Practice fingerings in the higher register from middle C to high C, using the registry key to shift octaves, while tuning with a tuner and adjusting lips and jaw.

Learn the essentials of reading music, including clefs, notes, ledger lines, sharps and flats, major key signatures, rest values, and time signatures, with a downloadable workbook.

Introduce the treble clef and its relation to the note G, teach saxophone beginners how to read music, and mention bass and tenor clefs as additional references.

Learn note names by locating G, mapping c d e f g a b c along the C major scale, screenshot it, and do the workbook exercises to learn nodes.

Learn how ledger lines extend the music staff to notate notes outside its range, identify which notes need them, and recognize saxophone's highest and lowest pitches.

Identify how the music staff places notes that encode pitches and time, using the five horizontal lines as the alphabet of music.

learn how sharps, flats, and naturals shift notes by semitones, understand double sharps and flats, and visualize the chromatic scale on saxophone.

Master key signatures by memorizing the order of sharps and flats, identifying major keys from the last sharp or flat, and noting that C major has no accidentals.

Master note and rest values and learn to read and notate time in music, from whole notes (4 beats) to half, quarter, eighth, and 16th notes with rests.

Explore how time signatures define time meters in music, and learn the meaning of common values like 4/4, 3/8, 2/4, and 6/8, including how many notes per measure.

Review the music staff, clefs, notes, ledger lines, sharps and flats, major key signatures, note and rest values, and time signatures, then practice them in the workbook before next module.

Learn two new notes, f sharp and B flat, and build your G major skill and F major skill in this module.

Learn saxophone note f sharp with right hand middle finger, play two bars, then an octave higher with left thumb octave key, leading to the g major scale next.

Learn the g major scale from the lowest g to the highest g, with f sharp as the only accidental, using the right hand and middle finger, up and down.

Learn two fingerings for B-flat (sharp) on the saxophone, including the middle B–A biscuit and the A with the bottom three notes, and practice both to build your saxophone vocabulary.

Master the F major scale over one octave on the saxophone, using standard and alternate fingerings for B-flat while practicing ascending and descending passages.

Practice the new notes f sharp and b-flat, along with g major and f major scales, using two fingering styles and the right-hand middle finger for f sharp.

Explore the essentials of saxophone play from breathing and embouchure to reading music and notes, including first melodies and key skills learned in this course.