Saxophone Challenge

Saxophone Technique Part I – Overview

Saxophone technique allows the music that you want to play to come alive through your saxophone.

There are a few elements of technique and you need to know how certain ways of playing work as well as working them out so you can play them cleanly at different speeds.

Sometimes you’ll even figure out a ‘new’ technique that works better.  It might be actually new, but is more likely new to you.

One example is how you finger different notes on your sax.

Bb can be fingered several different ways and the different fingerings work better depending on the note (especially which notes come before and after it).

Different ways of breathing, counting, and adding effects to your playing are all part of your technique.

Tip – Practicing technique will allow you to play what you want, but don’t concentrate only on fingering techniques and being able to play things fast.  Your saxophone playing needs soul!

Mindset Lesson–:

Technique is essential for a saxophonist, but only practicing technically will give you facility and dexterity, but not necessarily something people want to hear.