This is a difficult question to answer, as some people will pick up learning the sax or other musical instruments relatively easily, while others, be it because they’re “tone deaf” or simply struggle to “get it,” could sit with a sax for weeks and still not have a clue what they’re doing.

From the outside, learning the sax seems like it is quite har...

If you’re new to the sax then you probably won’t have a clue where to start when it comes to buying one. The most important thing to realise early on is that “a sax is a sax” couldn’t be further from the truth. While you might not want to go out and spend a fortune on a saxophone, especially if it’s your first one, knowing the key differences that you’l...

Tonguing is an important and fun saxophone technique that you can use to take your sax playing to the next level. If you’re already a competent sax player then you don’t need to be able to tongue your instrument – you can still play it well without needing to use this technique. If you want to learn how to tongue, then great, because you don’t need to relearn the sax fro...

Your saxophone’s sound is almost entirely influenced by the reed you choose to use. Therefore, you want to make sure you have the best possible reed for your play style as well as for the type of music you’d like to play. But there’s such a variety of choice available in saxophone reeds that it is easy to feel confused when picking the reed. Here are some of the key factors th...

When it comes to quality saxophone music there isn’t much that beats proper baritone sax. This dark and witty instrument has been an amazing addition to saxophone music in a wide variety of genres. Although names like Duke Ellington and Gerry Mulligan are the first to come up when you think about baritone saxophone music, there are plenty of other players with cool songs. Here are some of...

Learning a new instrument is always a fun challenge to take. Acquiring the ability to play a musical instrument is definitely worth all the practice required. Saxophone is one of those instruments that just sound amazing, but it also isn’t the easiest instrument to master. When it comes to learning to play the saxophone, finding a tutor to help is a good idea. But how can you find a saxop...