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Choosing an Alto Saxophone
How to Assemble a Saxophone
What are Saxophone Reeds?
How to Use the Saxophone Mouthpiece
Breathing Techniques for an Alto Saxophone
Note Articulation on an Alto Sax
Alto Saxophone Fingering
Maintaining Your Alto Saxophone
How to Transpose Notes on an Alto Sax
How to Play Octaves on an Alto Saxophone
Range of the Alto Sax
Disassembly of an Alto Saxophone
Playing the Alto Saxophone with Metronomes
Summary: Play octaves on the alto saxophone, changing from a lower note to a higher note, simply by pressing the octave key; learn how from our expert sax teacher and player in this free sax video music lesson.
Leslie Burnick graduated from Auburn University in Alabama with a degree in music education. She has studied with Anthony Gigliotti, former principal clarinetist with the Philadelphia...read more
"Hi! My name is Leslie Burnick and I’m speaking on behalf of Expertvillage.com. And today I’m going to talk about the role of the octave key. Saxophone is very easy because to change octaves to go from the lower note to the higher note you are simply going to just press this key in the back, the octave key. So without the key pressed you would be playing the lower G, and then pressing the octave in the back, you go higher, you go an octave higher. So again one more time. So it makes it very simple on saxophone to change octaves. "
eHow Article: How to Play Octaves on an Alto Saxophone
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budhi said
on 8/2/2008 how are you ?
when i download your video lesson in expertvillage.com i'll have trouble in my internet connection, woud you please sent me by email about this lesson (how to play alto sax by Leslie Burnick) , iam the beginner for the saxophone player so i need the all lesson anything for saxophone, and i love Jazz.
Iam sorry about my very bad english, but i now you undestand what i mean.
Thank you,
Best Regards
Budhi Suhradi