8 Ways to Practice the Saxophone Quietly
Daily practice is absolutely essential if you want to get better on the saxophone or just keep your chops up. Problem is, sometimes the noise of the thing presents a …
Saxophone Tips for The 6 Hardest Things to Do
Saxophone Tips Everyone’s always looking for saxophone tips, especially because there are plenty of really hard things to do on the saxophone. So here’s a list of hard, yet very …
3 Songs Perfect for Beginner Saxophone players
“3 Songs Perfect for Beginner Saxophone Players If you are a beginner saxophone player you might think it will take you a while before you’re able to play any songs. …
The Most EFFECTIVE Way to Practice Patterns
A big part of the musical vocabulary you hear in great saxophone solos comes from scale patterns. Today I’m going to teach you an easy and fun to play pentatonic …
10 Tricks for Sax Solos that Win from Avery Dixon on America’s Got Talent
Why Avery Dixon’s Sax Playing Won America’s Got Talent I’ve never watched the show America’s got talent, but it has come to my attention recently because of a young man …
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This Stops 95% of Saxophone Students Improving – Sound and Rhythm
There is so much stuff to practice and learn that it can feel a bit intimidating right? How to make progress in your playing Over the years I’ve worked with …
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Easy Approaches to Soloing Over “Just the Two of Us”
“Just the Two of Us” “Just the Two of Us” is one of the all time great tunes. Today we’re going to do a quick lesson on a few different …
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How I Learned My Major Scales in all 12 Keys
How I Learned My Major Scales in all 12 Keys I recently challenged you to learn all 12 major scales on your saxophone… and then play them in one breath. …
Learn This Easy Bebop Pattern
Here’s a mini sax lesson for you. Take this diatonic triad pattern through the keys for some nice arpeggio practice. These are arranged in such a way that it lends …
The LAST Altissimo Lesson You’ll Ever Need with Ben Wendel
“If you work through this book and do everything in this book you’re going to become a very good altissimo player.” – Ben Wendel In this video I sit down …
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How I Practice (with my new favorite app)
Everything I Know About Practicing Today I want to show a bit of my daily practice routine. That way you can see the sort of things that I’m working on …
5 Ways of Improvising Over Basic Chords + Pentatonic Scale Trick
Hey Everyone! Welcome back, today I’m gonna show you a few simple techniques for improvising over the classic soul standard “Ain’t no Sunshine” by Bill Withers. Plus, I’ll show you …
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Applying a Pattern to Any Scale in all 12 Keys
Hey everyone, today I’m going to show you a really great scale pattern that will sure to spice things up in your practice sessions and help you understand different kinds …
How to Put a Reed on a Saxophone Mouthpiece
Today, for all of you beginners, we’re going to talk about the best way to put a reed on a saxophone mouthpiece. This is tricky at first. But once you …
Top 10 Myths about Learning Saxophone
There’s so much information out there these days, it can be tough to know what to listen to and what things might be saxophone myths. Today, I want to try …
How to Improve Every Saxophone Reed – The ReedGeek
The ReedGeek Those of you who follow BetterSax closely, know just how much I love the ReedGeek and what it can do for my saxophone playing. Earlier this year, my …
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Coolest App for Sax Practice – Drum Genius
If you’re bored with practicing with a standard metronome click, here’s a fantastic app called Drum Genius. It adds some new dimensions to practicing and it’s become one of my …
Easy Pentatonic Lick II
Learn this relatively easy pentatonic lick for saxophone or any instrument by ear. This is a real public domain lick that can be used in all styles of music. It …
How To Improve Your Rhythm & Time Feel with a Metronome
Are you practicing with a metronome? If not, you should be! Rhythm is usually the biggest weak spot for developing saxophone players. Part of the problem is we’re always focusing …
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How to NOT Mess Up a Performance
How to Not Mess Up a Performance… Wanna hear a cool story? Lately, I’ve had a very specific task in the practice room. Which involves learning the horn lines to …
Blues Lick for Saxophone – Old as Dirt
Today we’re going to talk about a very simple blues lick. You can hear this in almost everything. Singers do it, saxophone players do it, piano players do it. It’s …