Miss Worth is here to show you how to set your saxophone up.
You need to practise doing this before your first lesson. Due to social distancing, your teacher can only help you from a distance. Practise with an adult.
This video will show you how to put your reed on!
You will need to know how to do this before your first lesson. Due to social distancing your teacher can only help you from a distance. Practise with an adult.
Miss Reich shows you how to set your sling to the correct hight.
Practise this before your first lesson. Due to social distancing, your teacher can only help you from a distance. Practise this with an adult.
In the last video, Miss Reich showed you how to adjust a saxophone sling, but some people will have a different type of sling (particularly if you have one of our light-weight saxophones). These are a bit harder to do at first, so get an adult to watch this video with you and help you pract. Remember your teacher is going to have to socially distance from you, so can't do it for you in the lesson.
Miss McMurray shows you how to clean out your saxophone. Remember to do this after each time you have played.
Mr Neale shows you some breathing exercises to add to your daily practice.
Mr Neale reminds you how to make a sound on the saxophone.
Miss Reich helps you learn how to tongue on the saxophone.
Don't worry, it's quite common to squeak sometimes on the saxophone when you first start learning. Miss McMurray gives you some tips on how to stop squeaking.
Miss McMurray reminds you how to hold your saxophone and how to play note B.