Saxophone Teaching & Online Tutorials
Newsflash!!!
Saxophone & Jazz Tutorials
All the saxophone and jazz pages (over 100 pages about jazz & blues theory, improvising, saxophones, practise tips, tone exercises, arranging and much more) have moved to Taming The Saxophone.
Or here to see which pages were moved
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I have been a saxophone teacher and professional session musician for 25 years. From 1999 - 2002, as well as giving saxophone lessons, I worked as a lecturer in composition and jazz/pop performance at the Southampton University Music Department, Hampshire, UK.
I am now working full time as a TV and film music composer, so I am unable to give private tuition on a regular basis, however I may be able to recommend a good teacher. Although all of the saxophone exercisess and lessons on this site will be very useful, online resources are not a substitute for one on one lessons from a qualified saxophone teacher.
Saxophone Instruction DVD
A few years back I devised and and presented the Jools Holland Music Makers
series saxophone tuition video which is now released on DVD. If you purchase from this site all profits go to charity.
UK Saxophone Teachers Directory
All saxophone teachers from the UK are invited to submit their details for inclusion to this new online directory which will help to support various charities.
Pages moved to tamingthesaxophone.com:
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