StretchLearn Course
From your first squeak to swinging a blues, with named exercises, tuner targets, and the listening habits pros rely on.
Course Overview
Learn the saxophone the way working players actually practice it, from assembling a Yamaha YAS-280 and seating a Vandoren 2.5 reed to playing all 12 major scales and swinging a blues. You will build a tunable embouchure, a supported air column, and the listening habits that separate musicians from button-pushers. By the end you can read a lead sheet, improvise simple lines over a 12-bar blues, and reach into the altissimo register.
Learning Outcomes
Assemble, tune, and maintain an alto saxophone with a correctly seated reed and a centered embouchure
Produce a steady, supported tone using diaphragmatic breath control and long-tone practice
Play all 12 major scales and a chromatic scale across the full normal range at a metronome tempo
Articulate cleanly with legato, staccato, and swing eighths using consistent tonguing
Read a jazz lead sheet, interpreting chord symbols, the melody, and the form
Improvise basic melodic lines over a 12-bar blues and access the altissimo register
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Get the horn assembled correctly, seat a reed, and form an embouchure that produces a clear, in-tune note instead of a squeak.
Build a supported air column, learn to tongue notes cleanly, and develop the finger and register skills to play your first melodies.
Master all 12 major scales and the chromatic scale, understand the saxophone as a transposing instrument, and read standard notation fluently.
Read a jazz lead sheet, swing your eighth notes, improvise over a 12-bar blues, and take your first steps into the altissimo range.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.