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Alto Saxophone Lessons For Beginners

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About Alto Saxophone Lessons For Beginners

Welcome To The Music Coach Alto Sax Program

4 Essential Elements of Music

Notes, and the musical alphabet

Melody

Harmony

Rhythm

Saxophone Setup and Buyers Guide

You will learn how to put the saxophone together, make your first sound

Alto Sax week 1 practice

Learn all of the notes in the E major scale

Alto Sax week 2 practice

Learn the first melody for music coach song

Alto Sax week 3 practice

Learn how to play the E major scale ascending and descending (up and down)

Alto Sax week 4 practice

Learn how to play the E major scale ascending and descending (up and down)

Alto Sax week 5 practice

Learn how to play the melody for the B section of the song

Alto Sax week 6 practice

Learn how to change your role during the B section from lead to accompaniment.

Alto Sax week 7 practice

Learn how to change your role during the entire song from lead to accompaniment.

Alto Sax week 8 practice

Learn how to play your first scale pattern

Alto Sax week 9 practice

Learn how to play your second scale pattern

Alto Sax week 10 practice

Learn how to play embellish the melody as part of your solo

Alto Sax week 11 practice

Learn how to put all the skills together, melody, solo, and accompaniment

Alto Sax week 12 practice

Jam Room 60bpm

Jam Room 80bpm

Jam Room 100bpm

Welcome to the Music Coach Duo Series

Alto Tenor 1

Alto Tenor 2

Alto Tenor 3

Sax Clarinet

Sax Flute

Sax Piano 1

Sax Piano 2

Sax Piano 3

7 key steps to starting a band

General gear guide

How to create a furtile musical home

How to create a sucessfull practice routine

Sax tuning Video

MC breathing Exercise

What You Will Learn?

  • This is the perfect place to start for beginner alto saxophone players! Take all the guess work out of how and what to practice. This program comes with specially designed practice videos for each lesson..
  • Learn To Play The Alto Saxophone Quickly And Easily.
  • -Learn the basics of how music works with fun easy to understand animated videos..
  • -Use a proven system to take all the guess work out of what to practice..
  • -Gain the confidence to play your alto saxophone with others..
  • -Enjoy learning at a pace that is right for you..
  • Start Playing And Creating Music To Express Your Musical Self.
  • You will learn everything you need to know about the alto saxophone, from how to put it together and make your first sound, to how to play the alto saxophone in a band! This course also focuses on how to express yourself through music by teaching beginner improvisation (soloing). The goal of The Music Coach Alto Saxophone Program is for you to fully express who you are through the instrument..
  • Content and Overview.
  • I designed this program to help you begin your musical journey on the alto saxophone in the most efficient and fun way. This program is suitable for anyone who has a desire to play and has a working alto saxophone. There are over 2.5 hours of video lessons and practice videos..
  • The layout of the course uses a simple format:.
  • -1 lesson video that explains a new concept/technique,.
  • -1 practice video that has voice overs and graphics to help you play along with the teacher on the screen in "real time"..
  • There are twelve sets of lessons and practice videos that help you learn melody, rhythm, harmony, and improvising. This program also contains a "Jam Room" with a virtual band that you can play along with at different speeds. As an added bonus there are also five music theory made easy animated videos that explain the basic building blocks of music..
  • At the end of this course you will have the confidence to play the alto saxophone both on your own and with others in different musical situations..