The Complete Intermediate Saxophone Course

Advance your Saxophone skills with all the tuition, guidance, sheet music, resources and backtracks you will need

What you’ll learn
Play a wide selection of intermediate level pieces from over a variety of genres including classical, jazz and funk.
Interpret advanced rhythmic patterns and apply them to a specific musical context.
Learn about expressive markings at intermediate level, and how it elevates the musical charisma of a piece and its performance.
Add emotion to a performance with the use of inflections like vibrato and musical ornaments.
Master scales up to Grade 5 level including major, minor, pentatonic, blues and chromatic scales.
Play in the jazz style using elements like swing rhythm, basic improvisation techniques, and inflections.
Apply and enhance finer artistic nuances in your playing including phrasing, gradual tempo and dynamic shifts, key changes and stylistic detail.
Do more than just read notes – play like a professional musician!

Requirements
An Alto Saxophone (with mouthpiece, reed and neck strap)
Beginner level knowledge about Saxophone playing (Grade 1 -3)

Description
In this course you will find the complete collection of materials and instruction for intermediate level Saxophone playing. You will learn everything Saxophone students typically learn in their second and third years of instruction with the advantage of working at your own pace, and having the luxury of watching lectures as many times as you like!

Learn To Play With Technical Prowess And Artistic Musicality.

Learn from a seasoned Saxophone teacher and professional performer who has refined her instruction over the past 15 years.

Play more than 17 intermediate Saxophone works with backtracks in easy-to-follow play-along videos.

Gain access to a complete set of technical exercises to practice the techniques covered in each section.

Master all the technical abilities of an intermediate player.

Develop the finer artistic nuances of musical performance, and how to apply them in performance.

At intermediate level the aim is not only to play the correct notes, but to also look beyond the notes at what we are expressing musically.

As a result you will learn various advanced techniques, how to apply them to a musical performance, and how to approach a musical work from first rehearsal to performance. To top it all off, you will also learn about performance anxiety, performance etiquette and things that are important when taking your musical abilities to the stage.

If you want to learn everything there is to know about intermediate level saxophone playing, this is the course for you!

Who this course is for
Saxophone players who have covered the basics of saxophone technique, who want to advance their technique, artistic ability and overall performance confidence.
Saxophonists who want to refresh their skills after taking a break.