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One of the genres that almost everyone in the Get Your Sax Together community says they love is the blues. I honestly have no idea what people mean when they say that as " blues" covers such a huge swathe of music, from John Lee Hooker, John Coltrane, Ma Rainey and Louis Armstrong to The Who, James Brown, Joe Bonamasa and even Ibiza House tracks, so in this special extended lesson on blues saxophone I thought the best thing to do would be to go right back to the origins of the blues and trace it forward, clearing up any confusion along the way and, most importantly, learn what sax lines we can play on the blues, in any context.

As always, you can get a (longer than usual!) PDF worksheet...

I've got a real cracker for you guys this week! I breakdown exactly how you play John Helliwell's classic alto sax solo on Supertramp's 1979 hit The Logical Song. Proper Sax Hall Of Fame! I haven't shown the notes and fingerings for tenor for this one as it doesn't sit well on tenor at all, but if you're a tenor player, the free PDF sheet music for The Logical Song has the music for alto AND tenor sax.

Here are the Q&A topics covered in this lesson, with video time stamps (min:sec). Clicking on the time stamp will take you straight to that portion of the video on YouTube (in a separate tab). Full Time stamps for the video and a complete transcript are at the bottom of the...

Got a real classic sax solo for this week! Reed Alto's great bluesy tenor solo on "Old Time Rock And Roll" by Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band. This solo is always featured on the lists of most famous sax solos so, of course, it is my duty and honour to bring it to you, dissected and spelled out in the easiest possible way for alto and tenor sax. Don't forget to get your free PDF sheet music for Old Time Rock And Roll and check out the other sax breakdowns in my Sax Hall Of Fame series on YouTube.

Here are the Q&A topics covered in this lesson, with video time stamps (min:sec). Clicking on the time stamp will take you straight to that portion of the video on YouTube (in a...

In this week's free online saxophone lesson I show you how to get a great "subtone" down the low end of your saxophone. If you don't know what that is, don't worry, all is revealed down below. You can find all my technique videos here and don't forget to get your free PDF cheatsheet for this lesson, which has all the main points from the lesson. Print it off and keep it on your music stand! 

Here are the Q&A topics covered in this lesson, with video time stamps (min:sec). Clicking on the time stamp will take you straight to that portion of the video on YouTube (in a separate tab). Full Time stamps for the video and a complete transcript are at the bottom of the blog.

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