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5th Grade Tenor Saxophone Video Lessons!

Below you'll find videos of everything we've done so far this year as well as things to come.  Bookmark this page and visit it when you're practicing!

Tuning Your Instrument!

Online Tuner

Click the button above to get to an online tuner.  You are trying to have the tuner read E.  Red arrow on the right means sharp and make the cork longer.  Red arrow on the left means flat and make the cork shorter.  Good Luck!

Reed is too low!
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Reed is good - Front
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Reed is too high!
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Reed is good - Back
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(Tenor is the same as Alto, just a little bigger)

Songs in C Major

Hot Cross Buns starts on Mi
Mary Had a Little Lamb starts on Mi
Frere Jacques starts on Do
Twinkle Twinkle starts on Do
Old MacDonald starts on Do
Ring Around the Rosie starts on Sol
London Bridge starts on Sol
Go Tell Aunt Rhody starts on Mi
Pop Goes the Weasel starts on low Sol

Songs in a Minor

Minor Hot Cross Buns starts on Do
Minor Mary Had a Little Lamb starts on Do
Minor Twinkle Twinkle starts on low La
Minor Frere Jacques starts on La
Minor Go Tell Aunt Rhody starts on Do
Minor Old MacDonald starts on high La
Minor London Bridge starts on Mi
Minor Pop Goes the Weasel starts on Mi

Songs in F Major

F Major Scale
Go Tell Aunt Rhody starts on Mi
The Itsy Bitsy Spider stats on low Sol
This Old Man starts on Sol
Alouette starts on Do
Row Row Row Your Boat starts on Do
The Wheels on the Bus starts on low Sol

Songs in d minor

Rhythm Patterns

Tonal Patterns