BetterSax Courses
Pentatonic Foundation
Learn to play melodies by ear using the 5 notes of the pentatonic scale. Start improvising your own solos and free yourself from the burden of sheet music.
Core Essentials
Practice like the pros. Daily warm-up routines that will improve all aspects of your saxophone playing. Sound - Technique - Routines
Pentatonic Patterns
This collection of patterns serves as a resource of practice material to improve your technique with the pentatonic scale in all keys. Backing tracks in all 12 keys.
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Pentatonic Foundation Course
Core Essentials Program
Pentatonic Patterns for Improvisation
The Revolutionary Method For Learning to Play Sax By Ear
6 part video course
Learn to use the pentatonic scale to play song melodies and improvise a solo

One-on-One Lesson
Take a private saxophone lesson with Jay over Skype
Limited availability
$40 half hour
$75 hour

Jay Metcalf
As the founder of BetterSax my mission is to help developing saxophone players break away from traditional music learning methods and discover a more efficient, practical and fun way to become a Better Sax player.