Master the Saxophone: Intermediate Instruction Made Simple!

Move beyond beginner with MusicProfessor's intermediate Saxophone course. A years worth of lessons in just a few hours!

What you'll learn:
Read complex rhythms and meters like 6/8 and Cut Time
Play expressively with phrasing, dynamics, and vibrato
Interpret dynamic markings
Play the full, natural range of the saxophone
Play for longer periods without fatigue thanks to numerous strength-building exericses

Requirements
Working Alto-Saxophone
Saxophone Reeds
Neck Strap
Thorough knowledge of basic music theory and notation

Description

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Looking to improve your saxophone playing? MusicProfessor can help you make the most of your practice. Pick up where MusicProfessor's Beginner Oboe course leaves off, adding more complex rhythms, scales and tone exercises to your repertoire.

And save money while you study with us! Private lessons are expensive. Each MusicProfessor Oboe course provides an entire year’s worth of lessons, for a fraction of the cost, and at your own convenience.

Join over 18,000 fellow MusicProfessor students and begin your studies today!

COURSE FEATURES

100 video lessons
Downloadable sheet music
Animated fingering charts
Saxophone equipment recommendations
Saxophone-specific troubleshooting tips
Dozens of familiar melodies and songs
Technique-building exercises
Major scales and scale exercises
Music Theory
MusicProfessor's curriculum is used in nearly 100 schools and school districts throughout the United States and by more than 18,000 students and music teachers throughout the world. Nowhere else can you find the level of detail and professional instruction of MusicProfessor's curriculum.

Fulfill your musical destiny by enrolling today!

NOTABLE REVIEWS

“Enjoy the increasing tempo and complexity.”

-Alexksandrs Valisevskis

“I really like the way one can mark different sections to start a repeat. I am learning to play for personal enjoyment and this is a fun and informative course.”

-Hernando Butts

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Born and raised in the Chicago area, Los Angeles-based saxophonist-composer Dave Wilson graduated from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying under David Baker, Tom Walsh, and Pat Harbison. Following that, he lived in Macedonia for two years,working in the non-profit sector yet immersed in a world of Balkan music, performing with local folk, jazz, and rock musicians in the studio, in local clubs, and at festivals.

His collaborators have included Curt Smith (Tears for Fears), Dave Stewart (Eurhythmics), Engelbert Humperdinck, James Torm, composer Mateo Messina (Juno, Thank You for Smoking), producer Charlton Pettus, and French gypsy jazz artist Jessica Fichot.

His performance work has taken him to the stages of the Chicago World Music Festival, the Lotus Festival, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the London Palladium, the Sydney Opera House, and the Araneta Coliseum, where Ali and Frazier met at the Thrilla in Manila. In 2010 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, he debuted Light Connected, a piece for clarinet, alto flute, cello, bass, cajon, dancer, and spoken word poet that he conceptualized and co-composed.

In addition to his work as a composer-musician, Dave just completed a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music. His work there focused on the Macedonian folk tradition, and on how traditional and popular music reflect, articulate,and construct national identity, politics, class, and ethnic tensions in the context of a post-socialist capitalist society.

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This course has been provided by MusicProfessor, an online music education company.

Who this course is for
Adult Learners
Students looking to catch up
Students looking to get ahead
Music students who can't access a private teacher
Intermediate Players