00 - What This Course Is All About

This video gives you an idea of what to expect from this course, who it was written for and who can benefit from it.

01 - Which Should I Start With? Alto? Tenor?

A quick rundown on picking which type of sax to start with.

02 - Some Stuff About The Mouthpiece

It's a small part of the horn but dealing with it the right way can make a big difference. So let's start at this end of the sax.

03 - The Mouthpiece And The Neck

Let's continue now looking at the saxophone neck: things you should know and things you should never do. You'll thank me later.

04 - An Important Tip About The Neck

Not everyone does this or even thinks about it. But this one consideration might well save you a world of hurt.

05 - Holding The Saxophone

Some important things to remember about holding your saxophone. These are good habits to deveiop now and they'll help you out down the road

06 - Let's get back to something here about the neckstrap

Some things you'll want to keep in mind as you are working on sound and dexterity with the instrument. Develop good habits now to help in the future. This is all about getting the "geometry" correct. It makes a difference.

07 - Our First Sounds

It's time to talk about how to get some sound out of this thing.

08 - How Much Mouthpiece?

Now that we've made a couple sounds and found a couple notes on the sax, let's talk about the mouthpiece and how to position it properly for the best sound.

09 - Our First Notes

Time now to start working through an actual scale on the instrument.

10 - Using Your Tongue When You Play

Let's talk about tonging - what it is, why you need to do it, and what the proper technique is to do it.

11 - Some More Notes Now

Let's continue working our way up and/or down the instrument to get more notes under our belts.

12 - Into The Upper Octave

Let's explore the upper octave of the sax now, for more range and higher notes. Things to keep in mind when you're playing higher notes.

13A - Play Along On Alto Sax

Let's play some stuff now on your alto sax that actually starts to sound like music

13T - Play Along On Tenor

Let's try to do something actually musical on your tenor sax now!