But, everyone will need to practice! Students younger than middle school age would have a very difficult time learning the saxophone because of their smaller hands and mouth. On the other hand, people who have prior experience with any wind instrument, especially woodwinds such as the clarinet , will adapt to the saxophone more quickly.
Fortunately, the fingering system for the saxophone is not as complicated as other woodwind instruments. It takes a lot of time and effort to develop good tone quality. This can vary depending on your experience and how much time you spend playing. These unrealistic expectations can set a student on a course for disappointment. Keep in mind that college music majors who have been playing the saxophone for eight years still have a lot to learn!
Taking these steps will get you well on your way to sounding incredible when you play the saxophone:. Having the right saxophone and quality equipment can make a huge difference when you start learning how to play the saxophone. Here are popular types of saxophones :. Wondering how much a saxophone costs? This can vary greatly! This is great news because no matter your budget, you can find one that works for you. You can find new and vintage options and prices can range from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousand.
Here are our best recommendations for standard equipment for beginners:. Note: For your neck-strap, just make sure that it is rigid and not stretchy. Working on the embouchure, scales, articulation, dynamic control, and vibrato will strengthen your abilities as a saxophonist. The best thing you can do to learn these skills and continue to grow as a musician is to choose a good private instructor.
You can compose for all instruments, it's in the universal key, and you will learn a lot of music theory that you wouldn't get with a sax.
But the saxophone certainly is fun. Bring one of your rods to a music store or a drum shop. They should have a claw and a rod that fits your drum. The claw may not match exactly. Just switch the claw that doesn't match with one by the bass drum pedal where it won't be noticeable. Most stores stock the common size rods. Bo Eder Platinum Member.
Another vote for piano. Actually, all musicians should learn piano. Alot of them do. However, chicks dig guys who play saxophone Bo Eder said:. Click to expand Nodiggie Gold Member. Piano has my vote. I love me some Dave Sanborn but I've always had a huge appreciation for the ivories. My sister got the piano skills, I just beat up on stuff. Ainulindale Gold Member. My main instrument is the drums, but I play around with the alto sax and the piano.
Between the sax and piano, they inspire different improvisations. This could be the limits of my playing, but when I play the piano I tend to play more chords and rhythmic type melodies then a true melody line. Anybody able to blow a bit of air should be able to play the saxophone, although not too great from the get-go.
This is mainly how most people assess how difficult an instrument is to play, by comparing it to others. Generally, an instrument has two degrees of difficulty.
There are some instruments that are very easy to play at first but then when you learn more and more about them, you find out that there are a lot of techniques for you to learn if you play professionally.
Taking that idea and applying it to the saxophone, we find out that the instrument is one that is hard to get started on, but after you get the feel of how it should work, you will be able to perform wonders on it. The trumpet is considered one of the most difficult instruments to play, and if you want to make it sound good, you will need constant practice for an extended period of time. If you practice for an hour or just half an hour a day, you will be able to get a good tone after one year or two, depending on how well you progress.
This means that you need minimal practice to get a mature tone, a sound that will feel good to the ear. The piano can play on itself and it will always sound good, while the saxophone can do that, but only sometimes. The big advantage of the piano is that no matter who presses the keys, they will still produce a good tone if the instrument is in tune.
But with the saxophone, in order to create the perfect sound, you need to put in a lot of work. To play the saxophone you need a good playing technique, and that only comes with practice. Although they are beautiful sounds when you get to master them, the notes created by the sax will be quite bad at first and you will have to get used to that. It will take you some time, in the beginning, to get somewhere with your efforts.
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