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Lesson 15 – Final Thoughts & How to Practise

Well done for working so hard, you have smashed the course. Keep practising everything we have gone through in this course everyday. Little and often is fine, get the technique really cemented in you. Recap over things constantly, it will take a good year for this all to become in grained in you. It is […]

Lesson 14 – Your First Piece

That is right guys, we are going to learn Hot Cross Buns! Lets smash through this and we can progress you on to Baker Street soon enough! I would love to see and hear your performance of this so please do post your videos on Instagram and tag me in @sarahlouiseings

Lesson 12 – Tonguing Technique

I have given you some exercises here to practise that will keep your tonguing nice and light. As a beginner I would like you to focus on using this only where notes are repeated.

Lesson 11 – Arpeggios

Moving on to Arpeggios, we have just three notes to worry about here! The arpeggio is made up of one, three and five of the scale. You can also think of this as; play one, miss one.

Lesson 9 – G Major Scale

It is scale time, G Major scales kicks us off and we are learning F sharp! The notes for G Major scale are: Ascending: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G Descending: G, F#, E, D, C, B, A, G If you would like a fingering chart to assist you this is one I […]

Lesson 8 – Your Vocal Chambers

Now I bet you didn’t think this would be involved with playing the saxophone! But actually it is one of the most important parts to developing a really great sound. So lets try and get the open throat sensation nailed from the start. Stress can be a really big factor in the narrowing of the […]