How To Put Your Sax Together (Part 1) - Neck And Mouthpiece. Beginner Saxophone Lesson

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Free online saxophone lesson for complete beginners teaching you how to assemble your sax. This first part covers the mouthpiece, ligature, reed and neck.

🎬 Beginners playlist

Chapters
0:01 - intro and theme music
0:22 - what 4 separate parts make up a saxophone?
1:20 - what is a sax reed?
2:23 - how to fit a sax mouthpiece to the neck (crook)
3:00 - how to fit a sax reed to the mouthpiece using a ligature
4:19 - summary of how to assemble your saxophone neck, reed and mouthpiece
5:27 - dos and don'ts of assembling your sax neck, reed and mouthpiece
6:07 - differences between alto and tenor sax necks (crooks)
6:19 - sign off

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For the rest of my free sax lessons for beginners check out my playlist. Enjoy!!! 

[HasaniTempest]

I finally bought my first saxophone after years of wanting to learn! Looking forward to learning with your videos

[cheese]

Thank you! I played clarinet for 3 years but have wanted to play saxophone for so long, and I FINALLY got an alto. But.. I am clueless 😅 so thank you so much for these videos!

[Lily]

I can’t stop watching your videos! They will be very helpful for when I’m starting saxophone lessons at my school

[williamhuang]

No offense, but when I watch a tutorial for something like this it either means I'm a low-level kid who doesn't take lessons, or I just want to get straight to the point unlike most teachers. Someone like you is doing a great job and potentially saved me from changing my instrument (a 3 year choice)

[xdmikeexd]

Thank you so much for all your videos! You are the best teacher!
I appreciate that you also explain in the case of tenor saxophones

[itshilo_whodwad]

Thanks for inspiration I have my sax now thanks

[caryheuchert]

Great video! I just bought my alto sax. Very clearly explained. Thanks a lot!

[isabellehue]

thank you very much jamie. I'm glad I found you. Hello from France

[xl_moby_lx]

I ordered my first sax. It'll be here Monday. Here we go!

[stephenlegoabe]

thanks for the guidance. I just got alto sax that belonged to my grandfather. I want to learn to play and could not assemble never mind playing. I have assemble it and I still don't know where to begin. I guess I have to find a teacher to start learning how to play an instrument. Thanks once again.

[llgtem]

Thank you i just join the saxophone family after the trombone and its way better joining Woodwinds

[BrandonBurch]

Your video(s) have helped me begin my saxophone journey. Thank you. I uploaded my first saxophone video today (featuring your videos) as I took my first steps with the sax. =)

[zTorjak]

Clarinet switching to sax here and this helps me a lot! Thanks!

[keppinks]

thank you, i was having a lot of trouble putting it together

[deadmanswife]

4:06
That's where you see the way the mouthpiece should look like which direction it should face

[gerrymcmillan]

Thank you so much for this, Jamie! I would love to know what song is that playing in the background.

[asyraaf]

Do i need to wet the reed everytime i want to play and practice or just a one time process per reed? And can i just wet it using tap water instead?

[sussybakas]

Ok so for me my neck is a bit too big for my mouth piece to slide on as easy as yourse did

[christyhao]

I know I’m late but like the wood chip thingy can’t fit inside the whole for some reason