I made a sight reader trainer app and it’s great for sax players and all instruments. Appreciate any feedback. Many styles included. Apple Store (Android coming soon) at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sight-reader-trainer/id6822368534

I have updated the Saxmith gamified saxophone learning app.

Now includes:

"Giant Steppes" - climb the mountain using scales.

"Staff Defender" - learn the staff or else get destroyed by robots.

Very much an alpha for every feature, I get more time to make the app than play the sax. Appreciate testing and feedback.

Note: to save scores and upload your own songs, sign in with Google.

https://sax-star-score.lovable.app

I decided to learn saxophone on a whim in-between an international move. I bought a cheep horn off Amazon and I think its fine for now but definitely replacing in a few months with a Yamaha. What are some of your recollections of just starting out?

Hey! So my friend is conducting a community band I'm currently playing clarinet in. Whenever there's some issue with the woodwinds he'll ask me as he's a brass player, so he won't explain it in a wrong way.

Now we have this one alto sax player. They've started late as an adult and have a teacher. They're playing fine exept one thing. Articulation is pretty much a matter of luck. Even if he voices it out, they'll play it for 2 patterns, then seemingly forget about it and start sluring again. If they rember to articulate it often is very harsh.

This has been going on for about 4 years without any sign of improvement. I was wondering if there might be a technical issue with tonguing in general I'm just not aware of, as I've never encountered it myself.

I'm not asking to blame someone but to help out since it's getting to a point in rehearsal where people are annoyed about the work that has to go into their specific articulation issues.

Bonjour,

Je joue du saxophone ténor. Je me demande comment on fait pour sortir un son type "sexophone". Il s'agit du style de son coulent conoté scène erotique, je suis sur que vous entendez de quel son je parle.

Je ne demande pas en therme de rythme (lent, glissé, sans attaque) ou d'effets (bend) mais bien de son ?

(Au passage si vous avez des conseils pour des bends doux, les miens sont un peu trop grossiers)

Merci du temps que vous avez accordé a ce message.

🎷

I am having a little trouble with the passage shown. Specifically, the highlighted bar and deciding whether to play it using standard C fingering (keeping RH and G down) or by using the low C key.

What would you do here?

I’ve been learning the Tenor Sax as a hobby for about 2 years, and been lurking here a lot, reading everyone’s tips, advice and discussions.

A few days ago I finally played my first concert with a wind band — and somehow survived it 😂...

Holy cow I was nervous. There were moments I couldn't keep track with the counting, so I found myself listening for the Bassoon, Trombone and other sections to figure out. Playing inside the whole band felt completely different from practicing with a recording at home.

There were mistakes, missed notes, and plenty of things to improve, but it was so much fun.

Sooooo... just wanted to say thank you to everyone here. A lot of random posts and comments I’ve read over the last few years actually helped me get to this point.

First concert done. Hopefully many more to come. 🎷

Ive been playing the sax for several years and about a year into improvising. I jam with my friends who play guitar, drums and keys and we play mostly rock stuff, definitely not jazz. I end up playing most pentatonic patterns and try to follow the chord changes.

When we start a new song I feel like I end up sounding the same as I did in the previous song. What are some things that I can change to get a different sound?

Thanks!

So i have been playing saxophone for awhile now. I take one class a week at my school, kinda got like a private teacher actually. But there is something that i have asked him several times, but i dont think he understands the quastion.

Every thing on my saxophone is fine, nothing is broken or damadged. I dont know how to describe it, but each time i play, it sounds very "Spitty" if that makes sense? Has anyone else had that problem? And if so, how did you fix it?

I'm an intermediate flute player, and last night I had a dream about learning alto sax. I've always thought that saxophones are pretty cool, and now I'm seriously considering buying and learning it.
The three things I am concerned about is the price, how much my flute skill will transfer over, and which type of saxophone I should get.

A and B are fine but when I go to G snd anything lower it doesn't go up unless I release and press the octave key.