The Newbury Sax School Blog

Choosing Your First SaxophoneSo you’ve decided to learn to play the saxophone - well done! But how do you know which instrument to buy (or hire)? Obviously, if you are…

Just the mention of the word ‘scales’ is often enough to send students to one of two extremes of emotion - a glaze of boredom or a spin of fear. …

We’re onto our third post in our series about the most searched for saxophone greats.  See here for our post on Kenny G, and here for Charlie Parker. John Coltrane…

Playing With Licks.Using licks is an ideal way for beginners to learn jazz improvisation.The word ‘licks’ is a cool name for phrases, and in non-musical terms it can be compared…

Ask anyone of a certain age to name a classic saxophone solo in a pop song, and odds are that the one they’ll mention will be the intro to ‘Baker…

Do you want to sound more professional with the way you bend your notes on the saxophone? Here is a free video explaining how to add more of an expert…

Free Sax lesson Here is a step by step free lesson on how to play the sax intro to the George Michael hit, Careless Whisper. There are 4 other videos…

Blues Scales for Saxophone. We saw here how a jazz sound is created by note clashes and resolving into correct notes, and the same is true with the Blues Scale.…

Who IS ‘Epic Sax Guy’? We’re interrupting our run-down of the Greatest Saxophonists temporarily to talk about the man behind ‘Epic Sax Guy’, which is one of the most searched…

A saxophone fingering chart is essential to help give you a constant reminder of the correct way of playing each note. Without it, you will spend a lot of wasted…