This stage covers all the basics needed to learn to play the saxophone effectively as quickly as possible. You will learn the correct way to posture and breathe, making sure that you don't pick up any nasty habits that will seriously limit your potential from the outset. Been playing a while but you are in need of some serious Saxophone Troubleshooting? Check out the troubleshooting videos in this lesson. This Stage also introduces music theory for sax players, note reading and the treble clef.


So you think you can breathe?

The first lesson in this saxophone beginners course demonstrates how to breathe effectively while playing the saxophone. Breathing is one of the m...

Saxophone Assembly

This Saxophone Lesson shows you the correct way to assemble your Saxophone correctly in a safe manner. In this lesson we cover setting up the mout...

Good posture - back to finishing school

In this saxophone lesson I show you how to play stood or while seated when playing saxophone. The key elements of this video are the tips I give y...

Becoming a Crook champion, Intro to Tonguing

This saxophone lesson teaches you how to make your first sounds through the crook alone, not an especially beautiful sound, but the sound that come...

Using a Tuner and Sound Troubleshooting

This saxophone lesson covers how to use a tuner in order to make sure you are giving yourself the best opportunity to create a great saxophone soun...

The nuts and bolts of Music - A Theory Introduction

This saxophone theory lesson introduces written music and the basics of music theory. The SaxCasts Saxophone Fundamentals Course is a complete mu...

Walking the Lines

This Saxophone theory lesson begins with how to identify drawn notes on the musical stave. We use a mnemonic to remember the names of the notes o...

Basic Tempo, Rhythm, Note Values and Rests

This saxophone theory lesson introduces the basics of rhythm, a part of music that causes many problems. Rhythm is both the cause of and solution ...

Basic Tempo, Rhythm, Note Values and Rests - Part 2

This saxophone theory lesson introduces the basics of rhythm, a part of music that causes many problems. Rhythm is both the cause of and solution ...

Getting your BAG out

The first 3 notes on the Saxophone taught in a way that will enable you to remember them forever. This Saxophone Lesson also covers how to recogni...

BAGFED demo and visual

In this Saxophone Lesson we add 3 more notes to your current repertoire and show you their visual representation on the musical staff. The video a...

BAGFED Troubleshooting

Got the wobbles? Low D not speaking right? Well help is on the way. This video is all about the problems that can occur when you are first tryi...

BAGFED Live Training

Here we begin to develop your musical vocabulary, we’re aiming to make music your “mother tongue” and we do this in the same way that all the great...