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More Online Saxophone Lesson Resources

If you're starting saxophone from square one or looking to improve your saxophone technique, we offer the following complimentary saxophone lesson resources to inspire your musical adventure!

Beginning Topics:

BEGINNER GUIDE TO SAXOPHONE TONE PRODUCTIONS
Key Leaves Artist Alexia Perez helps saxophone beginner's make a great tone. Free PDF download about saxophone Tone Production

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED TOPICS:

Pitch Bend and Vibrato
Rulon Brown shares his “Wah Wah” sax exercise to improve tone, flexibility, vibrato, scoops, bends, falls and more.

BARI SAX LESSON WITH JASON MARSHALL

JAZZ ETUDE DOWNLOAD by STEVE KORTYKA

 

SAXOPHONE EMBOUCHURE: CLASSICAL VS. JAZZ

Dr. Wally Wallace describes the three functions of the saxophone embouchure!

 

ALTISSIMO

Download this great Altissimo Fingering chart for saxophone

Then watch these two Lessons about how to play saxophone altissimo, by Key Leaves Artist Emma McPhilemy

Lesson #1


Lesson #2 

  

Marc Russo is AWESOME and definitely one of our favorite sax heroes.  Check out what Marc has to say about overtones, altissimo, growling and more.

 

Slap Tongue - How to play slap tonguing on the saxophone

Derek Brown is a world leader in the advanced technique of slap tonguing and his youtube channel this and other great tutorials. 

 
How to Slap Tongue on Sax - Taught by Emma McPhilemy

 

Harvey Pittel about the saxophone teachings of Joe Allard. Allard deeply inspired many sax players and we think every serious student should at least be familiar with the Joe Allard approach to the saxophone.

 

Mouthpiece Pitch Exercises with Key Leaves Artist Jerome Laran

 https://www.jeromelaran.fr/

 

Navigating Large Intervals with Key Leaves Artist Jeffrey Leung 

 

 

 

Low Bb/B Speed Trick by Derek | Sax Spy