A lot of people love to write music for or play the saxophone, and you may start to wonder exactly how low it can go. Instruments are always fascinating to my music students and me, so let's...
Category: Saxophone
Are you worried the sax will weigh too much for you or your student? As a music teacher for over a decade and a good friend to many (many band directors), I know how important it is to get an...
It never ceases to amaze me how often I'll have a student ask me why their instrument sounds so wrong. They'll wonder if it's broken, but most of the time, it's simply out of tune. There are 7...
Many people just love the woody, rich sounds of the woodwind family, but when it comes to picking an instrument, I see a lot of people debate if the saxophone or clarinet is better. I decided to ask...
One of the key things any new saxophone player needs to know is how to hold their instrument the right way. I've seen too many students in my years learn something the wrong way and then have to...
Every single year around this time, my fifth graders are looking at which instrument to play if they want to join a band. With every musical instrument they look at, they wonder if it'll be too...