Absolute Beginners: Alto Saxophone

Overall, not a bad introductory book. It tells a beginner all they need to know about assembling the sax and caring for it, how to play the first notes and includes a comprehensive fingering chart. As a not exactly competent player, yet not an absolute beginner I found it very useful for getting back into the instrument after a few years off. The Soundcheck facility, once you have found it doesn’t work with Safari, is useful after you have downloaded the app…with one small niggle which is why I gave 4 stars instead of 5. The audio exercises have no count in. As soon as you start the audio, the first note plays immediately, so you are in catch up as you play along. Bearing in mind that you need to press the play button, then get your hand back onto your instrument, there is absolutely no way you can start to play at the same time as the audio. As many of the exercises invite you to ‘play along with the track’, I fail to see how this can be accomplished unless you affix a pencil to your nose and start the track using the pencil. Even then it is going to be difficult keeping in time.

I haven't worked through the whole book just yet due to caring responsibilities and moving home but I have leaned so much and been able to memorize the notes so far, better than reading other sources which has enhanced my playing ability.

Fantastic book shows where the note is aswell as how too play it.

Exelente

It is for someone who has never played the saxophone 🎷 before. Good beginners book 📙