Just started playing saxophone?
Or perhaps you’ve been playing for a couple of years but it doesn’t sound quite like you hoped?
Playing your saxophone a little each day with good technique will improve how you sound. If you really master a piece of a song before you move on, it will stick better.
So learn a few measures to start with. As you develop, it will be easier to learn more music in less time since you’ll have patterns under your fingers and you’ll recognize ideas in the music.
Beginners have found my Saxophone Foundations class immensely helpful. Learn about intonation and playing in tune with the Saxophone Tuning Guide. Go past the basics with Saxophone Wavelengths. Get lost in the chord changes? Feel more comfortable when you solo by learning to Navigate Chord Changes. Or join the Saxophone Tribe to develop disciplined practicing and improve your technique through feedback.
Here are a few articles to help you get started
If you have a question going through any of these articles, just leave a comment using the comment form located at the bottom of each article.
Learning Saxophone
Saxophone Fingering Chart – Beginning Saxophone
Learning Saxophone A Very Brief Outline
How to Learn Saxophone
Practicing Saxophone
“What? You’ve been practicing it for three minutes, and you still can’t play it?”
Saxophone Embouchure
Saxophone Embouchure Introduction Video
Beginning Saxophone
Tenor Sax vs Alto Sax – That is the Question
Saxophone Fingering Positions – Are You Holding Your Sax Correctly?
Beginning Sax – Picking Alto or Tenor Saxophone?
Beginning Sax – How long will it take me to get good on saxophone?
Beginning Sax – Reed and Mouthpiece Issues!
Saxophone Dynamics – Shades of Tone – Beginning Saxophone
Getting Started at Sax Station and on Saxophone in General
Saxophone Note Durations – Beginning Saxophone
Saxophone Technique
Saxophone Intonation
Saxophone Tuning? For Beginning Saxophone Players
Saxophone Intonation
Saxophone Notes & Harmony
Beginning Saxophone – Major Scales Question
Saxophone Pentatonic Scales – Major & Minor
Pentatonic Scales for Tenor Sax
Playing All the Notes in a Chord When You Solo on Saxophone?
Saxophone Improvisation
Sax Improvisation – Free Blues Play Along Video
Blues Saxophone
How to Play Blues Sax
Blues Progression
Blues Chords for Sax
Approaching Saxophone & Music
How Does Saxophone Compare to Other Instruments?
Saxophones
Saxophone Mouthpieces
How Far on do you put a Sax Mouthpiece?
Saxophone Reeds
What is a good brand for tenor saxophones?
Saxophone Cork Grease
Buying a Saxophone
Sax Sheet Music
Notes and rests notation
Beginning Saxophone Books
Dotted Notes
Saxophone Lessons
Beginning Sax Lessons by Randy Hunter
Finding a Saxophone Teacher