Saxophone

The saxophone comes in various sizes and shapes known as Alto, Baritone, Soprano and Tenor. Each instrument is played by blowing air through a reed within the mouthpiece.  This vibrates and different notes are produced by covering and uncovering holes with a system of keys operated by rods and levers.

The soft pads fixed to each key that close the holes off need replacing every couple of years and whilst reeds can last a couple of months it is always wise to have spares available at all times.

A popular instrument in music of all styles, the saxophone is used in orchestras, brass sections and as a solo instrument in blues, jazz and modern music.

Saxophones

Alto Saxophone

Baritone Sax

Soprano Sax

Tenor Sax

Saxophone Scores & Lessons

8 Notes
excellent resource with over 1500 free sheet music riffs and pieces complete with sound clip examples plus free pictures of commonly used musical instruments and free lessons.

Bassic Sax: How to select a used Saxophone
Site on all things saxophone related includes tips on buying a used saxophone.

Free-Scores
free music scores

Pay the Piper
helpful advice on every aspect of learning and playing musical instruments

Sax Lessons
US site offering online instruction for the saxophone.

Sax lessons
at Jazclass

The Woodwind Fingering Guide

Organisations & Institutes

Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments
CSFRI is devoted to fostering and serving as a resource for scholarly research on all aspects--organology, sociology, repertory, performance practice, etc., of all free-reed instruments, from the harmonium, so popular in India, and mouth-blown sheng family of Southeast Asia, China, and Japan to the western "art-music" repertories for the English concertina and accordion to the many types of "squeezebox" and harmonica as used in myriad folk traditions.

National Association of Musical Instrument Repairers
Promoting quality repairs of musical instruments formed in 1993 to provide a dedicated craft association for the profession of musical instrument repair. Members repair and make a wide range of instruments including: woodwind, brass, fretted and non-fretted strings, pianos and percussion instruments.

Virtual Saxophone Museum
Committed to its mission of compiling and making freely available content that has relevence to the history of the saxophone, its use and its development. Our vast collection of digital content is intended for use by researchers, historians, scholars, enthusiasts and others for purposes of benefit to the public and includes news, events, community, teachers lisitngs,

Saxophone Links

Mel Martin's Jazz & Saxophone

Pete Thomas - Saxophone

rec.music.makers.saxophone newsgroup

Saxophone Emporium
Includes saxophone photos, articles and links.

The Sax Doctor
Saxophone repairs

The Sax Shed
News, transcriptions, articles.