How to Play Saxophone: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Playing Saxophone (Unabridged‪)‬

If you are looking for a quick, straightforward explanation to the art of playing saxophone, look no further. The How to Play Saxophone guide will give you all of the tools you need to jump into the exciting world of music and performance. This guide will provide you with knowledge of:


What the saxophone is and how it works
How to maintain and care for your instrument
What music really is and how to create it
How to read music, in both sheet and "skeleton" versions
How to interpret the true intent of the composer
Every aspect of playing the saxophone, from mouth position to posture
How to identify and reciprocate style in music
How to take pieces and put your own life into them
How to play "on the spot" without composed sheet music or memorization
And overall musicality

This guide is the manual for saxophone playing, taken from its lofty place and brought to words, thoughts, and processes for the ordinary person. The step from listener to musician is a large one and will take a lot of knowledge and work. This guide will give you the knowledge and basis needed to undertake the task; all you have to supply is the practice.