Notes Lowest to Highest: 0:00 - B-flat/A-sharp 0:04 - B 0:08 - C 0:12 - D-flat/C-sharp 0:17 - D 0:22 - E-flat/D-sharp 0:27 - E 0:31 - F 0:36 - F-sharp/G-flat 0:39 - F-sharp/G-flat alternate fingering 0:44 - G 0:49 - A-flat/G-sharp 0:54 - A 0:58 - B-flat/A-sharp (side key) 1:02 - B-flat/A-sharp (bis key) 1:07 - B-flat/A-sharp (1 and 1) 1:11 - B 1:16 - C 1:20 - C (alternate fingering) 1:25 - C-sharp/D-flat 1:29 - D 1:34 - E-flat/D-sharp 1:38 - E 1:42 - F 1:47 - F-sharp/G-flat 1:52 - F-sharp/G-flat (alternate fingering) 1:57 - G 2:02 - A-flat/G-sharp 2:07 - A 2:12 - B-flat/A-sharp (side key) 2:17 - B-flat/A-sharp (bis key) 2:21 - B-flat/A-sharp (1 and 1) 2:26 - B 2:30 - C 2:36 - C (alternate fingering) 2:40 - C-sharp/D-flat 2:44 - D 2:49 - E-flat/D-sharp 2:54 - E 2:59 - E (alternate fork fingering) 3:04 - F 3:08 - F (alternate fork fingering) 3:13 - F# (most modern saxophones have a special High F# Key as shown here, if you have an older sax, you can use the alternate fork F# shown next)3:19 - F# (alternate fork fingering)
This is great, Ive been on and off with the sax for years and always get frustrated.and put it down. Im not a book learner, Im a visual learner. Your accompanying graphics with a simple slow paced video is EXCELLENT> Take it form a guy who produces training videos! Thanks for this . Russ
Thanks 😊 New to sax, I can literally learn any song I want if I come to this vid and pick out the notes I need just by listening to the examples provided. Time consuming, but well worth it.
My good sir, there is not enough words in the English language to describe how much this video has helped me! I showed your video to my saxophone teacher and he very much appreciated it. He’s even shared it with some of his other students! (He just wishes there was a video of the chromatic scale for tenor.)
Perfect thank you! Been playing for about a month now, working through blues bossa. It was pretty inconvenient flipping through my book to find the fingerings to each new note they were teaching me. Thanks again!
Absolutely! No flipping around in a book, whilst the sax has to be taken down, and the flow - and the previous note - completely lost. Well done indeed.
thank you so much, thanks to you i was able to play some cool pieces, this is probably the best video for fingering charts and notes. you just earnt another subscriber :D
Finally I understand, I have tried searching for everything, but this, this is on point. There’s one thing though, when I press the highest key with my left hand for F# it makes a bad sound almost as if something is wrong but I can’t figure it out. Has this happened to anyone too?
Fantastic video. I have a question: I have been self-teaching saxophone for about two weeks now using nothing but RU-vid and just messing around by myself. I am really getting the hang of it now and this video is perfect to help me understand the way the saxophone works. My question is are there any situations in which any of the alternative fingerings shown in this video are preferable? Or is it simply a matter of choosing the most comfortable fingering for you, or choosing the fingering which is easiest to change to after the previous note? Thanks :)
You're welcome! All of these fingerings also apply to tenor sax, they will just sound in a different key. I hope to get a video like this completed for tenor sax soon.
@@DrSelfridgeMusic any word on this for tenor sax? Would love one for clarinet and flute if you could ever swing it; I'm using this as a resource for my students and I'd love to point other band directors toward this too. Thoughts? Thank you sir!
Fantastically helpful. I was only ever taught the third fingering for Bb. I kept hearing other videos talking about side key or bis key fingerings and had no idea what they were talking about. This is an incredibly helpful reference to practice along with to learn alternate fingerings. Thanks so much!
Pleased to see the enharmonic naming of the notes , as used in notated music for reading saxophone parts in bands/ orchestras ,. There can be a tendency to play the higher notes too sharp , sometimes because of tightening the embouchure unnecessarily and not correcting the pitch by hearing the pitch in one’s head and using steady diaphragm breath control.
Thank you very much for teaching me the alternative fingerings. I wasn't sure what all the keys were supposed to do and it was too hard on the ears to find out by trial and error. This has spared me the trouble with the neighbors, given me a peace of mind and new and convenient options for playing. Thank you once more. I've liked and subscribed. :-)
I enjoy your methodical videos. You explain things very well. The charts you put up are crucial. My concern: fingering alterations between the B-flat clarinet and the alto sax gets confusing. Any words of wisdom to go from one to the other, outside of lots of practice? Dr. Bill
I don’t understand. There’s a b key which is just the very top one that your left index finger goes on then there is a b fingering. Can someone explain this to me please?
Thanks for the video 👍 I have a problem. I am beginner to saxophone and my notes sounds too high, even when playing the low notes. Does anyone know why?
I am just hearing the notes, but I don't see the fingers being applied to make those notes. That was hard for me to figure out. I will try again later.
You're right! Since Alto Sax is a transposing instrument, when you play a B-flat on alto sax, it is actually a D-flat on the piano (otherwise known as C-sharp)
