George Michael's 1984 hit 'Careless Whisper' has surely got one of the most iconic and famous sax lines of all time. In this video I'll give you clear and simple instructions how to play it on alto sax, and you can download a free PDF here with the music written out for alto AND tenor sax.
#7 Learn The Careless Whisper Sax Solo
Feb 24, 2019
This lesson is part of my Hall Of Fame series, where I teach you how to play the world's most iconic sax lines. I show you all the fingerings nice and slowly, then all the note names a bit faster, then the whole thing at full speed. You can then download the free PDF for each lesson with the music written out for alto AND tenor sax. And because I'm a bit OCD and love this...
#6 How To Play The Fortnite "Phone It In" Emote On Sax
Feb 17, 2019
In this week's lesson you'll learn how to play the sax part from the "Phone It In" Emote from the Epic Games video game Fortnite. You can get the free PDF for this lesson here, which has the notes for alto AND tenor sax.
This lesson is part of my Hall Of Fame series, in which I'll give you clear and simple tutorials on how to play the world's most iconic and famous sax hooks and solos. Every video lesson has full fingerings, note names and a free PDF (linked in the description) with the notes written out for alto AND tenor sax. I'm super passionate about my sax hooks and combined with my slight OCD tendency you can be 100% sure that I'm giving you the right notes and...
#5 Learn How To Read Music
Feb 10, 2019
In this free video lesson, for absolute beginners on saxophone (or any treble clef instrument), you'll learn how to read written music notation.
Music notation can seem like weird hieroglyphics at first but by the end of this lesson you should have a good grasp of the basics. It's actually quite easy to read music when you know how!
#4 How To Hold A Sax And Play Your First Three Notes
Feb 03, 2019
In this free video lesson, for absolute beginners on saxophone, you'll learn where to put your hands on your sax, which buttons to push, how to position your body and fingers and how to play your first three notes.
Part 1 of this beginner series covers the assembly of the mouthpiece and neck, part 2 covers the assembly of the body and neck strap and part 3 covers your embouchure (how to position your teeth and lips etc on the mouthpiece). You can find my Complete Beginner's Series here for all the lessons.
Here are the Q&A topics covered in this lesson, with video time stamps (min:sec). Clicking on the...
#3 How To Blow Your Sax (Embouchure)
Jan 27, 2019
In this free video lesson, for absolute beginners on saxophone, I cover how to blow your sax and get a great sound. You'll learn how to have your mouth, known as your embouchure, on the mouthpiece and we're only going to be using the neck and mouthpiece so there's no fingerings etc to worry about!
You can learn how to assemble your instrument correctly here (part 1) and here (part 2) and you can find my Complete Beginner's Series here for ALL the lessons.
You can also get the free pdf for this lesson here.
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...
#2 How To Assemble Your Sax (Part 2) - The Main Body & Neckstrap
Jan 20, 2019
In this free video lesson, for absolute beginners on saxophone, I cover how to put your instrument together correctly. Part 1 of this two part series covers the assembly of the mouthpiece and neck and this second part covers the assembly of the main body of the sax and the neck strap (or "sling").
Don't forget, you can get the free pdf for this lesson here.
You can find my Complete Beginner's Series here for all the lessons. 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...
#1 How To Assemble Your Sax (Part 1) - The Neck & Mouthpiece
Jan 13, 2019
In today's free video lesson, for absolute beginners on saxophone, I cover how to put your instrument together correctly. Even some intermediate players and above could benefit from this info as I've seen some pretty shocking efforts over the years! lol
This is the first part in a two part series on this topic, and this first part covers the assembly of the mouthpiece and neck. Part 2 will cover the neck strap (sling) and main body.
You can also find my Complete Beginner's Series here for all the lessons. Here are the Q&A topics covered in this lesson, with video time stamps (min:sec). Clicking on the time stamp will...
