@@stxrmygamesI play tenor sax and the G was also hard for me to learn when I moved up from the yts 26 student version to the yts 480 it always squeaked when I tried and now it's so easy
Been playing saxophone for most my life and has done several hundred gigs . In my years of playing I commonly hear about adults who either used to play or just want to play the saxophone but doesn’t because they are “too old”. Every time I hear that I explain to them that an adult can learn way faster than almost all children simply because a adult is more intelligent and disciplined. Thanks for making this video I can show people that you don’t have to be some 7 year old son of a musician before you pick up an instrument. Your never too old to learn!
Just bought one never come close to playing an instrument before but always loved the sound of sax.I got a sound out of it after an hour mainly setting it up and holding it right.im 53 so.....probably bit old to master it
I'm sure you'll totally get this - all my non-musician friends saying "You LITERALLY did SUCH a GOOOD job" and I'm like, "no🤣 I still sucked, but thank you"
As a saxophonist, this is the easiest concert band instrument to get the basics on, but as soon as you are all done with the basics, it becomes the hardest instrument in the band!
I’ve been playing saxophone for 6 weeks and it’s gradually become easier, it’s just my teacher won’t let us learn new songs, we have to perfect the ones when need to learn so yeah
I am a fellow alto sax player and played for about 4 years. How is it going so far? What is your highest note you did and lowest? Keep going do not ice up you will get it soon.
@@jappi09Jappiim a very advanced 8th grade 2.5 year long saxophonist I got into the high school advanced jazz band last week and yeah your really right about lowest and highest notes, some beginners might just think its a contest to see who can go higjest and lowest but it is very important learn how to voicebox early on and keep pushing yourself to try to be able to play all the notes, im working on overtones right now and thank god I knew how to voicebox cause if not I would have been LOST
I find it one the of the best instruments to learn because the trigger-key combinations really leave a lot of free ground to cover with improvisation. I have tried trumpet as well and the Saxophone feels like a walk in the park when compared to it
The hardest part is getting your mouth used to it. I just came back to saxophone after like 4 years and once you set your embouchure you’re off to the races
Its easy to make a sound once you get the hang of it..... then the horror comes in. Trying to play in tune, dynamics that kills the note everytime you try to play softer, sore lips from embochure control, endless browsing of mouthpiece and reeds because you want better sound. You get to a comfortable zone then your ears start to get more sensitive in pinpointing inaccuracies in every note. Suddenly you realize the instrument intonation is very bad and you have to relearn your embochure and voicing again.... Thats where it got me in 18months playing as a late beginner😅
Only playing for 4 days and learned 10 songs examples: final countdown, careless whisper, Saturn, pink panther theme song Here are the notes to the final countdown if you are curious. Alto saxophone: E D E A(hold 2 counts) F E F E D(hold 2 counts) still learning the rest!
I play the saxophone I think it is pretty easy to learn thought almost impossible to master this brought me back to the first day of elementary school band the flutes blowing randomly the clarinets squeeking the wrong fingering terrible ombushure no articulation to much slurring but somehow it came together thanks to the band teachers into a amazing band so if you want to master it or learn how to play a simple song remember it is possible with a couple toturials, hard work, determination, and a ton of practice. I will give you one tip for learning any song the UA-cam channel saxplained
i have been playing saxophone for 3 years and holy cow that is a lot of practice and a lot of great sounds for only a week. Anyway if you keep up practicing you could have a lot of great potential
I didn’t know it was one of the “easiest” 😕 I was proud of myself for getting lessons for only two months and being able to join marching band for the first time bc I caught on quickly
Honestly saxophone is easier when you already have experience with another instrument. For example, im a flute player and it was actually kind of easy to understand the fingerings and embouchure on my first day
I’ve been playing saxophone for two years now, and I can say this: The saxophone not a hard instrument. And that’s because there is no such thing as a “hard” instrument. It’s just unfamiliar to someone who has never played it.
I am an alto saxophone 🎷 player and played about 4 years and in my experience it’s pretty easy to learn but to master is hard. I am tryna play by ear but that’s very hard.
Surprisingly took me like 3-4 days of practicing on and off to get Careless Whisper, Baker Street, and Tequila basically down and memorized. Technique isn’t the best and the reeds that came with my sax are kinda bad apparently, switching to plastidip tomorrow, should help with some of my squeaking issues. Extremely fun instrument and yeah, it’s hilarious when it lets out a squeak or something, I laugh all the time when I’m playing
When I saw you put the mouth piece upside down I almost cried and when I heard you try to play at the beginning I got sad. But good for you it took me a month to learn and play decent.
Ok, I play tenor saxophone too but I never played alto and I've been playing for roughly 3 years and I still struggle with low notes! It's so embarrassing, I don't know what to do
mě to trvalo jen tak 2 týdny a jen 2 hodiny ale před tím jsem hrála na zopcovou flétnu a hned na poprvé jsem do toho uměla foukat proto jsem to hned uměla
lol i’m very advanced in sax i started playing in 2020 for school and goodness i could not even blow it took me 2 whole lessons to learn how to blow anyways it has gotten me so far if you want to learn do it it is so amazing and you just need to commit
I play alto sax and I’ve never really had trouble with it😨😨 I switched into my saxophone band class after being in percussion for a few weeks and I just got it I guess my teachers are amazing though
I’ve pretty much mastered the flute so i decided to switch to the saxophone and learn it on the side and it is NOTT one of the easiest instruments, or atleast its hard for me bc i played flute but still its rlly hard 😭
altissimo is closer to the path of mastery. the saxophone is generally easy to learn but like every other instrument, being good at it takes time. And altissimo notes are still relatively simple in comparison to what other instruments need to do to achieve the same effect(playing a high note on a trumpet takes much more time then hitting an altissimo on the sax for example)
When i was in highschool i wanted to be in marching band senior year of highschool so i learned the alto sax in 2 weeks and made it in a varsity marcher lol sax will always have a special place in my heart
That hardest part about playing the saxophone is finding a place to practice in peace.
Exactly
I'm getting a Yamaha yd120 to get past this. I live In a complex and these are digital
@@ganondorrfrulz great alternative
Under a bridge
@@fig4600 can't, already occupied by a family of trolls .
Easiest to learn. Hardest to master.
Very true, I am a 8th grade student. I have mastered my solo and a Star Wars intro song. My hardest note when I first started was G
@@stxrmygamessame
@@stxrmygamesI play tenor sax and the G was also hard for me to learn when I moved up from the yts 26 student version to the yts 480 it always squeaked when I tried and now it's so easy
@@VladtheZat Same, It would always squeak normally G and E# would either squeak or sound like a rumble.
I mastered it
Google: easiest to learn
Saxophonists: *I have been summoned*
FR
@raianz828it ain’t bro😂
i play saxophone and it’s pretty easy
i played my first song on day 1 and it was “mary had a little lamb”
Bro thank you it is not easy it took my 1-2 years to play careless wisher
@@hzydengreen how did it take you that long
Been playing saxophone for most my life and has done several hundred gigs .
In my years of playing I commonly hear about adults who either used to play or just want to play the saxophone but doesn’t because they are “too old”.
Every time I hear that I explain to them that an adult can learn way faster than almost all children simply because a adult is more intelligent and disciplined.
Thanks for making this video I can show people that you don’t have to be some 7 year old son of a musician before you pick up an instrument. Your never too old to learn!
That’s awesome! Have only done a year of alto sax, but going strong. 💪
Just bought one never come close to playing an instrument before but always loved the sound of sax.I got a sound out of it after an hour mainly setting it up and holding it right.im 53 so.....probably bit old to master it
As someone who plays the alto saxophone I am crying bc of the way u put the mouthpiece on 😭😭😭😭
Fr 😢
Me too-
i’m a clarinet player but this shi gonna give me ptsd
Same😭
im a bassoonist and that is gonna give tetanus stage 999
As a Saxophonist. This video gives me so much pain and rage you cant even imagine.
I'm both sorry, but also really appreciative for you being here😅
I'm sure you'll totally get this - all my non-musician friends saying "You LITERALLY did SUCH a GOOOD job" and I'm like, "no🤣 I still sucked, but thank you"
I’ve been playing saxophone for only 2 months but I still feel ypu
I’m a clarinet player and this still gave me an unimaginable amount of pain
Same I think I'm going into a depressive state
Playing the saxophone is easy to learn, but difficult to master. It takes dedication and practice to become a skilled saxophonist.
I can't escape this fella
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As a saxophonist, this is the easiest concert band instrument to get the basics on, but as soon as you are all done with the basics, it becomes the hardest instrument in the band!
I still wouldn’t say the hardest in the band but it can be difficult
@@mythicalmylo3275 I can agree with you on that!
Sure it becomes harder, but its still the easiest 😂
I think this applies to all of the reed instruments.
@@carriedthunder3883 Fair point!
Wait till bro finds out about soprano and sopranino
I have played sax for over 50 years. It takes your whole entire life to be the best you can be. Then you die!!!!
Great thanks for the motivation lol
Agree, not as long just about 3 years but still agree
Hahahahaha 🤣
50 years is absolutely insane, keep up the work
Your a master then huh😂
I play the saxophone too, and i can confirm your better than most of my school already😂
Ha, thank you very much! I still don't think I'm very good😅😅
I’ve been playing saxophone for 6 weeks and it’s gradually become easier, it’s just my teacher won’t let us learn new songs, we have to perfect the ones when need to learn so yeah
I am a fellow alto sax player and played for about 4 years. How is it going so far? What is your highest note you did and lowest? Keep going do not ice up you will get it soon.
@@jappi09Jappiim a very advanced 8th grade 2.5 year long saxophonist I got into the high school advanced jazz band last week and yeah your really right about lowest and highest notes, some beginners might just think its a contest to see who can go higjest and lowest but it is very important learn how to voicebox early on and keep pushing yourself to try to be able to play all the notes, im working on overtones right now and thank god I knew how to voicebox cause if not I would have been LOST
@@Sup_8 dam nice keep it up
I find it one the of the best instruments to learn because the trigger-key combinations really leave a lot of free ground to cover with improvisation. I have tried trumpet as well and the Saxophone feels like a walk in the park when compared to it
Whoever at google said saxophone is easy, Me and the other saxophonists *will* find you
THANK YOU
As a saxophonist I confirm I had a heart attack when you put the mouth piece on like that
Oh heck no bro😂 He’s gonna go through hell
Guys a saxophone is actually hard to play (I’m in band and I play saxophone)=google isn’t always correct yall :D
As a Alto Saxophone player, I was slightly offended at the beginning, but you played really good at the end👍
In my opinion, recorder is the easiest instrument to play
Hmm, need to give that one a shot
have you like actually tried to play a chromatic scale on recorder, its so stupid
i play the saxophone and you’re so good, most people in my band class can’t blow into their sax
Trying to avoid using band terms in a weird way *cough* blow *cough* their sax *cough cough*
I played saxophone once, until the Richardson Police Department came and told me to stop and go back inside.
😂
It is extremely easy to learn and with the right teacher is very easy to play some really really good music
It's actually the easiest instrument but the only hard part is to be able to make a sound when u blow into the mouth piece.
The hardest part is getting your mouth used to it. I just came back to saxophone after like 4 years and once you set your embouchure you’re off to the races
I love playing my saxophone!
Its easy to make a sound once you get the hang of it..... then the horror comes in. Trying to play in tune, dynamics that kills the note everytime you try to play softer, sore lips from embochure control, endless browsing of mouthpiece and reeds because you want better sound.
You get to a comfortable zone then your ears start to get more sensitive in pinpointing inaccuracies in every note. Suddenly you realize the instrument intonation is very bad and you have to relearn your embochure and voicing again....
Thats where it got me in 18months playing as a late beginner😅
I'm joining a band tomorrow as a saxophonist and it's definitely isn't easy
The beginning of the video had me dying
I think a lot of the fellow woodwinds were concerned that he was gonna break that reed 😭
This precessional level editing
As a fellow saxophonist I have been summoned
Only playing for 4 days and learned 10 songs examples: final countdown, careless whisper, Saturn, pink panther theme song
Here are the notes to the final countdown if you are curious.
Alto saxophone:
E D E A(hold 2 counts) F E F E D(hold 2 counts) still learning the rest!
I thought my saxophone was broke because I couldn't get sound to come from it lol.
Second part gave recorder vibes 😭
I am crusing through what gave me problems yesterday. Currently learning pink panther. Such a nice instrument
The fact he did that in a week and he played better than people in my class 😂
as a 7th grade tenor saxophonist ive been doing tenor for 3 years now i disagree with google
ME TOOO
I play the saxophone I think it is pretty easy to learn thought almost impossible to master this brought me back to the first day of elementary school band the flutes blowing randomly the clarinets squeeking the wrong fingering terrible ombushure no articulation to much slurring but somehow it came together thanks to the band teachers into a amazing band so if you want to master it or learn how to play a simple song remember it is possible with a couple toturials, hard work, determination, and a ton of practice. I will give you one tip for learning any song the UA-cam channel saxplained
i have been playing saxophone for 3 years and holy cow that is a lot of practice and a lot of great sounds for only a week. Anyway if you keep up practicing you could have a lot of great potential
I'm learning saxophone but I'm a starter and is easy
Easiest woodwinds instrument.
His tone at the end is better than mine and I’ve been playing for 5 years.☠️☠️☠️
Why don’t you have more followers, your such a good youtuber
My first time on my saxophone is took me 1 day to figure out that I needed a reed 😭
I play the saxophone and it’s one of the hardest instruments, and I’ve played other instruments before
I didn’t know it was one of the “easiest” 😕 I was proud of myself for getting lessons for only two months and being able to join marching band for the first time bc I caught on quickly
When I first tried with my saxophone I was just like you and I still am😂
Get this dude some cork grease 😭😭
Been playing alto sax for 10 years, im still having trouble playing it like a jazz player😂
Honestly saxophone is easier when you already have experience with another instrument. For example, im a flute player and it was actually kind of easy to understand the fingerings and embouchure on my first day
Me over hear playing French horn and is salty towards the woodwinds 😭 NAH I SWEAR THERE ARE SOME ANNOYING CALRINETS
I’ve been playing saxophone for two years now, and I can say this: The saxophone not a hard instrument. And that’s because there is no such thing as a “hard” instrument. It’s just unfamiliar to someone who has never played it.
I am an alto saxophone 🎷 player and played about 4 years and in my experience it’s pretty easy to learn but to master is hard. I am tryna play by ear but that’s very hard.
Pretty good quality after a week. You're not puffing your cheeks. That's where everyone stumbles.
Yea I leaned to play in the forth grade. 20yrs later still learning, always something new or different to learn with this instrument
Surprisingly took me like 3-4 days of practicing on and off to get Careless Whisper, Baker Street, and Tequila basically down and memorized. Technique isn’t the best and the reeds that came with my sax are kinda bad apparently, switching to plastidip tomorrow, should help with some of my squeaking issues. Extremely fun instrument and yeah, it’s hilarious when it lets out a squeak or something, I laugh all the time when I’m playing
It is one of the easiest instruments to learn. But like anything else you need a lifetime to muster it.
When I saw you put the mouth piece upside down I almost cried and when I heard you try to play at the beginning I got sad. But good for you it took me a month to learn and play decent.
I play tenor sax, ive been playing sax (I started with alto) for 2 years and its truly hard to master
Ok, I play tenor saxophone too but I never played alto and I've been playing for roughly 3 years and I still struggle with low notes! It's so embarrassing, I don't know what to do
@@BriannaHemkerI know you’ve heard this many a time, but try to drop your jaw and blow warmer air
@@oxmora1178 ok, thankyou
@@BriannaHemkerI had that issue before, it just takes time really
@@BriannaHemker Push your jaw forward on lower notes
I disagree with Google, I played the flute and piccolo, and I think flute is probably the easiest.
first sound like a goose 😂😂
As someone who plays the alto the mouth pice part hurt my tiny little heart😔
You knew how to play already.
in a band and i have to say clarinet is easiest, and visibly distraught when i saw that mouthpiece.
mě to trvalo jen tak 2 týdny a jen 2 hodiny ale před tím jsem hrála na zopcovou flétnu a hned na poprvé jsem do toho uměla foukat proto jsem to hned uměla
I’ve dedicated 8 years to saxes.
it’s easy to learn but hard to play after awhile
LAMOOOAOOAKSJKKAKLKA THE WAY THE MOUTHPIECE WAS ON THREW ME OFF SO MUCH I STARTED CACKLING
Haha yea that's a painful clip to watch for me now 😅
Im mainly a bassist but ive also been playing clarinet and alto sax for quite a while and that upside down mouthpiece made me die inside
The mouthpiece upside down triggered me so bad 💀
as a saxophone player who showed this to another saxophone player, we are both in therapy, thank you
lol i’m very advanced in sax i started playing in 2020 for school and goodness i could not even blow it took me 2 whole lessons to learn how to blow anyways it has gotten me so far if you want to learn do it it is so amazing and you just need to commit
Thank you!
Same im also advanced and also started in 2020, im going into 9th grade and im on about a junior-senior level for jazz
What was the song you pretended to do at the beginning
Tender Years from the movie Eddie And The Cruisers, such a fav
I didnt this sax would be ez at all and I self-consciously chose it:
And MAN ITS GOOD
You make me look terrible lol
As an alto player it’s about getting into a flow state for me. I sight read my vinyl and play by ear.
same as me getting the right embouchure is not easy and once you do its super easy and then once you start to master it it gets harder again
Lol ty so much im starting band saxophone soon lol
Like one teacher said, saxophone is the easiest instrument to play.... Badly
It’s so easy tho😅(as long as you have played a woodwind instrument before)
I play alto sax and I’ve never really had trouble with it😨😨 I switched into my saxophone band class after being in percussion for a few weeks and I just got it I guess my teachers are amazing though
First of all, he’s got the mouthpiece upside down😊
I am a sax player and i agree with you so much
I’ve pretty much mastered the flute so i decided to switch to the saxophone and learn it on the side and it is NOTT one of the easiest instruments, or atleast its hard for me bc i played flute but still its rlly hard 😭
Try the french horn next! In very curious now
Easiest to learn? What about altissimo guys? Even master saxophonists miss them quite frequently, if not often
altissimo is closer to the path of mastery. the saxophone is generally easy to learn but like every other instrument, being good at it takes time. And altissimo notes are still relatively simple in comparison to what other instruments need to do to achieve the same effect(playing a high note on a trumpet takes much more time then hitting an altissimo on the sax for example)
I learnt Violin and Sax in both 3 days, one of the hardest and easiest instruments according to google, Idrk how I did it tbh lol
I did the same thing with the mouthpiece 🤣
Easiest to learn got to be Euphonoum
When I saw the thumbnail I had to check
The ending of this video 😅😅😅
I learned saxophone in one hour lol
i finally found a normal person
It look me 3 hours to learn with a teacher and when i moved i was as good as beginners that have played for months 😂
I play saxophone and the upsidedown mouth peice was painful to look at
Been playing it for 7 years
As a saxophone player this hurt me😂 but hey we all start somewhere!😂
THE MOUTHPIECE- 😰
Want also to learn but i cant afford to buy
Try the Baritone Saxophone for a change now
When i was in highschool i wanted to be in marching band senior year of highschool so i learned the alto sax in 2 weeks and made it in a varsity marcher lol sax will always have a special place in my heart
Trust me it is easier than you think