Saxophone Lessons for Beginners : Embouchure for Beginning Saxophone Players

Keep a tight embouchure when playing the saxophone. Learn the proper embouchure for playing the saxophone in this free music lesson from a professional sax player.

Expert: Brian Medeiros
Contact: www.myspace.com/organix
Bio: Brian Medeiros has been playing the saxophone for more than 10 years.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

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Entertainment

Tags:

• saxophone
• brass instruments
• saxophone lessons

[Helga10001]

Oh, dear... by all means watch youtube for tips, but if you're really serious about learning to play a musical instrument properly, get lessons and stop criticising free videos, I mean what do you expect? As for circular breathing? Forget it, you'll never need it... unless you're planning on taking up digeridoo.

[papajazz1974]

Don't get the idea that al the rest of his videos are correct-this guy is a travesty.

[Usersname1983]

@a803966 No, I don’t assume too much at all. Read the comment I was replying to. The vast majority of people criticizing this video are sax players. That was the point. If you’re really interested in picking up the saxophone, you’re best advised to look elsewhere. Much of what this guy says is nonsense and many of his videos contain misinformation that will certainly be detrimental to the development of any student following his advice.

[Usersname1983]

@ShinobiXRevived Think about it... who else watches these kinds of videos other than sax players? The guy has no clue what he's talking about.

[LiliumNightShade]

There are two parts to you bottom lip. The inside fleshy bit is where you want your teeth. To curl your hole lip in changes the dynamic of your mouth and makes pulling the sides in harder. Do not bite hard. Put your finger in your mouth and bite just enough to feel it. The sides should be in tight and that takes the exercising. I do it while driving. Tense the sides. A good exercise is to make an even sound with the m.p and neck without using your hands to hold them up.

[jazzerwoky]

Whoa - do not put your lip between your teeth and the reed!

[Johnnyboybravo]

people from expertvillage are weird. Like retards or something

[abzoluut]

Basically, you need to practice putting your mouth around something...

[ShinobiXRevived]

I don't understand all these people saying hes wrong. I'm pretty sure my Tenor Sax instructor the exact same thing he says in this video. Do these youtube critics even play the sax?

[dasteufelhund]

what a lousy teaching...

[MegaEvemarie]

Very informative with one big disappointment. As soon as he's demonstrating how to hold the sax in your mouth the strip goes right across his mouth. I could as well have read it elsewhere. Does anyone check these things?

[handsop]

i have an old Mach 7, and it's a bit rattly....any tips on how to get a smooth sound out of this old hag?

P.S. not sure if i spelled "Mach" right.