Learn to play the saxophone
and master your first
saxy songs!

Clear and complete explanation of the technique of saxophone performance. Play and improvise with over great tracks in the videos. Develop your musicality, gain confidence and enjoy making music!

  • Complete explanation of the sax technique
  • Play and improvise with great tracks
  • More than 60 videos, 12 songs
  • Sheet music of every song
  • Backing tracks for every sax
  • Develop your hearing
  • Additional tips & tricks
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What customers say

  • oth the way of presentation and the content of this course “Learn to play sax” will be very stimulating if you are starting to play this instrument. In particular the fact that in a short while you are introduced to playing along and improvising. In addition the course conveys know-how that is also noteworthy to the already advanced player, e.g. in the areas of handling of the instrument, body posture and hand position, and breathing technique. This also holds for various exercises that are included. A well thought out and designed course.
    Maarten van Lent
  • Good understandable explanation about the basics of playing the saxophone. Handy as a reference book to grab while playing
    Ellanie de Bruijne
  • Very interesting and very useful course for the starting saxophonist. Even useful for intermediate sax players
    Carel van Ballegoy
  • Floor explains everything clearly and at a relaxed pace. I also learn new things even though I already play some sax. E.g. about the tongue technique and the breathing exercises. Thanks
    Anita van den Bosch
  • I like the thorough yet clear explanations
    Donald Cowdry

For you?

Learn to Play Sax offers a clear and complete explanation of the technique of saxophone playing together with learning to play songs in different musical styles.

It’s possible to look up the sheet music over every song but also to learn them by heart with help of the videos. With the demo- and backingtracks you can repeat it easily for yourself (for both Eb as Bb saxophones).

Learn to Play Sax is a beginners course, but also can be useful to more experienced players because of a thorough explanation of the technique of playing and the focus on playing by heart and repeating by ear. Learn to Play Sax is about music making where good sax playing is a means to accomplish that!

The course provides backing- and demotracks, sheet music, additional PDF’s and several other resources.

Note: This course is most suitable for the altosax or baritone player because Floor plays the alto in the video’s. But you’ll find the tracks also played in B flat played by on soprano saxophone. So every song can be played on soprano or tenor with demo and backing track, but you can’t play along in the video

This course is developed and presented by Floor Wittink and Put Into Sound (both video and audio)

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Floor Wittink

This complete beginners course is developed by Floor Wittink: a professional saxophonist with over 20 years of experience both in performance and teaching. Floor has developed a clear vision about teaching. She has written a book and founded a Saxophone school based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Floor made a course where her vision and experience with teaching hundreds of adults and children are brought together.

Floor states that everyone should experience the joy of music making. Develop musical skills, confidence, knowing how to study, through playful exercise and the development of good technique and sound are all part of what makes you a complete musician.

What you will learn (check below for full content)

  • How to assemble the sax and clean it
  • How to develop a beautiful sound
  • Lots of notes and 4 scales
  • How to play by heart
  • Basics of note reading (sheet music included)
  • Songs in different musical styles
  • Understand basic musical structure
  • How to play freely ánd accurate

This course emphasizes on learning how to play the sax and developing your musicality, including playing by heart and improvising, and less on reading notes. There are many programs that can help you with this skill. It simply takes time and practice. But in this course sheet music of every song is provided and you’ll learn all the note names together with the saxophone fingerings, the use of sharps and flats, time signatures and counting along. You’ll improve your rhythm skills and learn to memorize a melody. In addition, you’ll be able to play several scales and play famous songs in different keys, all of which is a great foundation, furthering the development of your reading skills.

Knowing how to study and become your own teacher is often underestimated, but the increased confidence will help you to keep developing your skills. Most importantly, you’ll be inspired to continue playing and enjoying this wonderful instrument!

How to Assemble your Saxophone, €9

In this minicourse you’ll recieve four videolessons:

  • What you need when you start to play the saxophone and how to assemble the reed to the mouthpiece
  • How to develop a beautiful sound
  • Assembling the rest of your saxophone
  • How to play by heart
  • How to clean your saxophone
  • Songs in different musical styles
  • Pack & pack away in three minutes
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About Sound & Rhythm, €27

In this minicourse I selected the following videolessons (resources included) for you:

  • Tongue technique
  • Tonguing Exercises
  • The Ssaxy Blues
  • Breathing Exercises
  • About Time Signatures
  • About Reading Rhythm
  • Exercises for a Beautiful Sound
  • Play Rhythmic Variations on the Ssaxy Blues
  • Introducing the Metronome
  • Metronome Exercises
  • Rhythm Exerciese with Backing Track
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Full content of the course

  • Introduction
    Welcome!
    About learning to learn
    Tips on how to follow this course
    About your instructor
    About musicality (Don’t worry about it!)
  • Module 1 Assembling the saxophone
    What do you need when you start to play
    Assembling the sax
    Pack away your sax
  • Module 2 Blow!
    Posture
    Blow!
    Hands
    First exercises
    Top embouchure checks
  • Module 3 First Notes
    First notes G,A,B,C
    Exercises with G,A,B,C
    Play your first melody
    Tongue technique
    Tonguing exercises
  • Module 4 First Songs
    The Ssaxy Blues
    Improvise on the Ssaxy Blues
    Morning Moon Song
    A Classical Improvisation 
    Morning Sun Song
    Road map: how to practice a new piece
  • Module 5 Sound & Rhythm
    Breathing exercises 
    Time Signatures lecture
    Reading Rhythm lecture
    Exercises for a beautiful sound
    Play rhythmic variations on the Ssaxy Blues
  • Module 6 The Low Notes
    F,E,D and low C
    Exercises with the low notes
    Note Names (theory)
    The C Scale
    Ssmooth Jazz song
  • Module 7 More Songs
    Ode to Joy
    The Ssaxy Bossa
    Summertime
    Summertime extra learning steps
    Ssmooth jazz duet
  • Module 8 Play High
    The Octave Key
    Exercises with the octave key
    The High C scale
    Ode to Joy with octave key
    Ode to Joy in another key
    Summertime with octave key
  • Module 9 PLay in Different Keys
    Twelve keys (theory)
    The G Scale & F#
    Improvise in G
    Summertime in G
    The D Scale & C#
    Happy Birthday
    Evening Dance
    The F Scale & Bb
    Happy Birthday in F
    The Lonesome Road
  • Module 10 Train your Rhythm Skills
    Introduction
    Metronome exercises
    Rhythmic exercises with backing track
    Let’s Play! Song Demo
    Let’s Play explained
    Summary

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