learning saxiphone online

[Jordan_Frerichs]

parents forced me to play alto a couple years ago for school. hated it at the time. now, i am getting more into ska music, and pulled it out off the closet. took it to the music store. they told me the metal thing that tightens to hold the reed in place was broken, and that was why i had a problems trying to play it. getting it fixxed up now.
anyway, what are some good websites i can learn from? i no absolutely nothing about playing it. i actually slept through band class despite all the noise.

[wartomods]

good man, try to get also in some jazz and blues, and man with the new indie scene, you can do something cool with the sax

[Jordan_Frerichs]

yea, just need a place to learn from. can't do it school, so i am turning to the internet. i plan to play around with styles, because just like with any music, you can mix them. my favorate ska band, streetlight manifesto, does not stick with the traditional ska horns sound. thats for sure.
now i just need a couple begginers websites. also were would i get the tabs/music scores for alto saxiphone parts of music?

[wartomods]

yea, just need a place to learn from. can't do it school, so i am turning to the internet. i plan to play around with styles, because just like with any music, you can mix them. my favorate ska band, streetlight manifesto, does not stick with the traditional ska horns sound. thats for sure.
now i just need a couple begginers websites. also were would i get the tabs/music scores for alto saxiphone parts of music?

sorry i dont know anything about it,
help this guy out

[Janeway]

Well, if you can't sit through band class, learning scales and things, you might as well give up. Really, your ability to play ska depends on your ability to improvise, and in order to improvise well, you need to have a decent grasp on scales, theory, etc.

And even if you're already comfortable with theory, you have to have good technique. Proper embouchure is vital, and it's a very difficult thing to learn simply by reading how to do it. Tonguing and breath support are also incredibly important, and it's necessary to go through all of the lame, boring beginner books to have a grasp on all of these things before you can play what you want.

Sax tabs basically don't exist, either, so you'd have to buck up and learn to read music. The internet is not a replacement for books, and it's certainly not a replacement for a teacher. In two months of lessons, you could probably learn twice what you'd learn on the internet.

Saxophone is an easy instrument to play...badly.

[Jordan_Frerichs]

i have a small background of that stuff in bass playing, but i am starting to get it more. i figure, i got the saxiphone, why not. it is not impossible to learn without somone teaching you, so i am looking for some good online sources

[red n black]

Well, if you can't sit through band class, learning scales and things, you might as well give up. Really, your ability to play ska depends on your ability to improvise, and in order to improvise well, you need to have a decent grasp on scales, theory, etc.

And even if you're already comfortable with theory, you have to have good technique. Proper embouchure is vital, and it's a very difficult thing to learn simply by reading how to do it. Tonguing and breath support are also incredibly important, and it's necessary to go through all of the lame, boring beginner books to have a grasp on all of these things before you can play what you want.

Sax tabs basically don't exist, either, so you'd have to buck up and learn to read music. The internet is not a replacement for books, and it's certainly not a replacement for a teacher. In two months of lessons, you could probably learn twice what you'd learn on the internet.

Saxophone is an easy instrument to play...badly.

this.

or

http://www.saxophoneforum.com/
http://forum.saxontheweb.net/

those

[mutant!]

it is not impossible to learn without somone teaching you
yes, but you're going to suck at it without someone to teach you proper embouchure.

do you even know what embouchure is?