Alto Saxophone - First 5 Notes

[@ericamoser7797]

I didn't have a spare saxophone in my band room, so I used this for my remote students - very helpful and exactly what I needed. Thank you!

[@MrBlueBrass]

Awesome! I wish I had time to make more videos. I'm glad you found a use for this.

[@ananthagirim9341]

Dear Sir, I have seen placement fingers on saxophone. You have played on saxophone and shown 5 notes G A B C D Remaining notes you didn't show fingers on saxophone. Kindly show the remaining notes on saxophone so I can play the notes on saxophone Thank you Sir.

[@sitiaisya1907]

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[@Cece_STARCHILD]

I was able to loan the alt saxophone of my Uncle and with a small history of learning clarinet when I was younger I tried to play some notes with the help of this tutorial and I can proudly say that it worked! Thank you very much! I’m going to keep trying!

[@yeahhhhhhhhhh422]

same-

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

This is so easy to understand dude thanks so much , I’m 57 and just bought a sax out the blue , I find so many teachers talk so much and it gets confusing ! I also might just be as thick as mud as well but this way of learning certainly works for me . I’ve learned a lot very quickly from you so thank you again 🙏👍

[@AniyahMateo-o7n]

The guy is so good at teaching on the saxophone I was a little confused and I got it amazingly want to watch his

[@pjuiliano]

Thank you for being specific with the notes like I'm a 2-year-old I just started to learn you make it very simplistic

[@MrBlueBrass]

Glad to hear it.

[@chlogamez2647]

I just started learning saxophone this video was so helpful thank you!!!

[@doitalldreaux]

thanks for having the notes on the staff as well this helped a lot thanks!

[@DiLARADONUT]

Thank you so much! Exactly what I needed! I got so confused before with the notes and finger placements. Kind greetings from the Netherlands!

[@kamaljitlall9329]

Excellent video. Thank you. Kam

[@briarevans7745]

Thank you I've been out of band for so long and got an alto to start playing again and please bro do the whole instrument and possibly some sheet work with your way of teaching it can be a good mine for people wanting to learn or trying to reevaluate the instrument... Thank you

[@juavang1833]

Brother, you are a God teaching

[@benjones9014]

A good lesson for beginners

[@MrBlueBrass]

Thank you. I hope to make more videos soon

[@HelloGregoryOfficial]

Okay but this was the most helpful video for me. I got so overwhelmed with other videos going so fast and showing all of the notes. Thanks for the slow breakdown. Please keep making these!!!!!

[@Captain_price522]

Thx for everything man I can play notes because I wanted a saxophone 🎷 in my life and I can learn now👍

[@christopherposwaity5853]

Thank you so much. This helped me to differentiate between different sounds on the sax.

[@Peypey-wn4fr]

As a band student I thank you for this video we had to play 5 notes to bring our Instruments home or if we rented ons

[@MrBlueBrass]

@@Peypey-wn4fr Glad I could help!

[@CookingwitAlex]

Very helpful with teaching my 5th grade daughter the basics. Thank you

[@zifro9943]

Thank you it helped me I have a Alto Sax in band. Thx

[@1Raphael1664]

Oh my god best video ever!!

[@Metqa]

So, like, you are the only person I've seen who has shown the fingering with your hands, and the image and the sound immediately together and allowed for the audience to play along. Honestly, with all the shiny bits and pieces I can't see which fingers are in or out so the illustration is very helpful. My only problem is with me and my horn because no matter who's video I watch, my note is always have a tone flat, like perfectly halfway down and no amount of pushing or pulling on the cork or changing my embrouchur (sp?) gets it closer/higher to correct. But I also noticed that my octave key is not working so I may have some faulty keys. Your video helped me figure that out because you taught more than one note and I was able to see I was indeed holding the keys and changing correctly. I am really frustrated but also Very Appreciative of your video for helping me realize what direction I'm going, even if it's the wrong direction. But I'm looking forward to my next practice and I'll be back using your vid to work on my finger placement. Kudos to you , Cheers and Be Well!

[@MrBlueBrass]

Thank you for this. Being flat may be an instrument issue or something else, but I can't diagnose unless I were there in person. I would say have it checked out, or test out another sax to see if you are having the same issue. Keep practicing! Cheers!

[@megalodonpapi]

This was great, thanks for helping me get started- super helpful! 😊

[@MrBlueBrass]

You're welcome. I hope to add more videos over the summer this year.

[@ethanjames4189]

This video is awesome! Thank you!

[@alfjames]

I know how to playing saxophone but it's good to watch again

[@SviaGnaot]

This is perfect

[@Rylan_HOLLYFIELD22]

You helped me so much with my sax notes thank you 😊

[@reginadadson1522]

Can you please make a video of the first 10 keys

[@michaeldumessa]

Thanks!!

[@musangige5]

Is it sharing same ideas as descant recorder?

[@maksimilanaofficial]

Great! Please-please-please could you explain; when you play the G and I compare it with the G on my keyboard (and also when I compare with G-etalon played on keyboards in different youtbe-videos, it comes out that "your" G sounds like the A sharp on keyboard. Would be really helpful if you could check (listen and compare) and shares your idea(s) on this?

[@InPlanSight]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@Danielaa697]

thank you SO FREAKING MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO 🙏🙏 I really really needed this so you saved my life king thank you very very much I will forever love you and will name my first born child after you thank you so so so much 🙏🤍

[@MrBlueBrass]

@@Danielaa697 are you going to name the first born Mister or are you going to go with Blue Brass? Ha ha ha. Anyway, thank you

[@EasySaxoTune]

Like your content

[@CollinZimmerman-d7u]

1:25 when he started

[@SubProductions]

This helped

[@sandeepdorker2326]

Next note plz

[@laurapud7137]

Why have I just bought a brand-new alto saxophone, but when I hold down different fingers it produces different notes? Like to create the sound of the b that you did, I don’t press down on the same keys that you did? Do I need to get it tuned or something?

[@MrBlueBrass]

@@laurapud7137 1. If you have a Tenor sax, the sound will be different even though the fingering is the same. 2. Even if you do have an alto, the mouthpiece may need to get pushed in more or less than mine, that's how you tune. 3. Also make sure no extra keys are pressed, that could alter the sound.

[@laurapud7137]

@@MrBlueBrass thank you very much, yeah, I have an alto, but even with alto specific videos I watch the sound the same notes produce still sound different. I’ve also tried adjusting the mouthpiece and thicker reeds but still have the same issue. Is there such a thing as having a saxophone tuned or do you think it’s a problem because this one is not the most expensive?

[@MrBlueBrass]

@@laurapud7137 you may have a loose embouchure, in other words the grip around your mouth might be too loose. Or you may want to try a harder reed.

[@laurapud7137]

@@MrBlueBrassokay noted thank you again. :)

[@agjeter1]

do u offer private lessons and for how much

[@MrBlueBrass]

Unfortunately. I do not, but I'm sure there is someone in your local community that does offer lessons.

[@augustineuzorogbonna7900]

Please I really need a sax but I don't have pls can you give me

[@GonTiger]

when i try to make the g not, i can only produce Gb.. whay am i doing wrong here??

[@MrBlueBrass]

Most likely what is happening is that the instrument is flat. Push your mouthpiece further onto the neck of the saxophone. If that isn't helping than try using slightly more or less mouthpiece in your mouth, you may also want to try a harder reed, or change your embouchure. It's hard to say without seeing what you are doing. Try pushing the mouthpiece further onto the neck. If you can see a lot of cork, then that's probably the problem.

[@GonTiger]

wow.. amazing advice! what does it me that the instrument is flat? like it made to make the notes Flat? like Gb?@@MrBlueBrass

[@GonTiger]

so i do everything right, embouchure, mouthpiece is now pushed more as u said, and the reed is fine. the sound is way better, but i sometimes get a higher pitched G instead of the low one. and i didnt pressed the octave button, only when i try the G right away, but if i go by steps, first button, then first and second, and then 1 2 and 3, to make a g, it works. maybe it the air flow and pressure?@@MrBlueBrass

[@MrBlueBrass]

Playing flat means that the note is lower than the desired note, sometimes is can get so low it goes from G to Gb. Sometimes it's still technically a G but out of tune.

[@MrBlueBrass]

If you are getting a higher G without the octave key, you are probably blowing too hard, or squeezing the red too much. Try to relax your mouth around the reed. Lower notes require a more relaxed embouchure (mouth muscles).

[@PirateOfTheNorth]

I play clarinet and want to learn sax

[@MrBlueBrass]

@@PirateOfTheNorth Cool. There are a lot of similarities, so this is an easy transition. Lots of woodwind players play both. It's called "doubling". Good for you for giving it a try.

[@REJ2musik]

Whenever I see sax tutorials, the notes being played sound different to my ear in all of them (i.e. “G” sounds like “A” to me in this video). Is there something different about the way notes are translated on the saxophone?

[@MrBlueBrass]

I'm guessing the tuning is off from the video then. An alto usually tunes to the note G (Bb on the piano) perhaps if you are playing a G but it sounds like an A your mouthpiece may be pushed in too far. Try leaving more exposed cork on the neck. You could also try tuning with www.tunerninja.com your G should be an A# (Bb) in concert pitch.

[@maksimilanaofficial]

I just realized same issue, and not only here, and will keep digging for the answer as C must be C on every instrument and in whatever country :):):) I watched 5 lessons for beginners published by 5 different people and there is deviation in each of them :) First I thought that my keyboard is "lying", but not the case as I checked it (compared with the sounds given in different tuning videos where keyboards/piano is used.

[@maksimilanaofficial]

Here, for instance, the note A. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYK0iHaZaN-ZnKs. When you compare with A played by yourself at the timepoint 2:02, do you here the difference? I guess the answer must be yes. And if you take now your instrument, play for yourself the A and compare with the A you hear in this video of yourself, is there a difference? I am trying to understand, what the real reason is.

[@MrBlueBrass]

It's called transportation. An alto sax A, is a C on the piano.

[@maksimilanaofficial]

​@@MrBlueBrass Thanks a lot. Indeed, I have also read now in an article about this. It is actually a shame that saxophone players (as well as musicians playing some other wind instruments) still conforming with rules set in 18th century because of technical reasons which do not exist any more. Strange is the fact that I watched five very first lessons for "beginners" in youtube and every begins like "Look guys, here we have G (sol), F (fa) and so on. However it is evident that the only correct beginning would be something like "ATTENTION! When alto saxophone player sais here is the "G" do not wonder you hear A sharp" :):):) Once again many thanks for your explanation!

[@MrBlueBrass]

I think that telling a beginner about transportation right away is too much information. It is confusing. It's better to start making sounds right away and learn about that stuff later on.

[@maksimilanaofficial]

@@MrBlueBrass Probably it really depends on the level of beginners. If the beginner has some experience with piano or any other non-wind explaining the deviation is a natural necessity, because the person used to play C and hear C, then suddenly saxophone teacher sais we play C, but the sound is not C - which is a pure 100% confusion. Of course if the person does not have any previous experience with any other instrument at all, it is possible to start by saying this is G, remember here is the G. And then, when the person will get used to this "saxophone G" the teacher can tell that piaono players are perverse guys :):):)

[@shimusdragonworld8106]

I couldn't see where is fingers were

[@simonespencer1639]

Hi, Mr Blues Brass Next time zoom in because it is hard to see.

[@MrBlueBrass]

Yeah good idea. Thanks

[@dasakasenior7758]

For me is ok... through notes display

[@viki.ocarrick]

That's like the sopran flute

[@MrBlueBrass]

Yeah, the fingerings are very similar.

[@anabelcastro5511]

Wow im a bigginner and this is a big helper you will get a subscriber and a like

[@MrBlueBrass]

Thank you so much!!

[@edisonramirez2067]

I'm just starting saxophone this is helpful

[@lee79377]

3:12 Don’t puff your cheeks!

[@MrBlueBrass]

Generally speaking yes. Don't puff your cheeks! I do however play with some amazing pros, who puff their checks, and one guy who puffs his whole neck out. Typically you will get a better sound of you don't. Good eye for noticing.

[@pejmanEntertainment]

Thanks for explaining for newbies… so many other videos just assume you know everything Subscribed …

[@asanka385]

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[@augustineuzorogbonna7900]

I don't have a saxophone to learn

[@sevxred.hand_]

help, my c sounds exactly like a b and idk why😭

[@MrBlueBrass]

@@sevxred.hand_ ok there are a few reasons for that. 1. Maybe your mouthpiece isn't on the saxophone far enough, try pushing it in further. 2. You may have a very loose embouchure, meaning you need to be a little more firm around the mouthpiece. 3. The amount of mouthpiece in your mouth may also be affecting the sound. Try using more or less mouthpiece in your mouth until you find the sweet spot. 4. The way you are blowing can also chance the pitch as well. Try to blow the air straight through the mouthpiece. Hope those suggestions help.

[@OgundariOmolara]

You should at least teach us 12keys on alto saxophone

[@SamawesomeMusicworld]

The instructor did a very nice job, the lesson is meant for beginners not pro or intermediate.... The first five notes is best

[@JTD_64]

I can't even see what he is doing

[@pran637]

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[@OgundariOmolara]

You should at least teach us 12keys on alto saxophone