Where to learn saxophone?

[hellmurderer]

Hey guys! It's been a long time since I visited this thread. Used to play guitar some time back but too bad my passion for it switched to some other hobbies.

Anyway, I am now thinking of learning to play the saxophone. Main reason is because I have just finished school and waiting to enlist into the NS and another reason is that my GF's birthday is coming and I would like to give her a surprise by playing on that day.

Since this is a music forums I guess this would be a good place to ask how I should get started and where is a good place to learn. Will I be able to be good enough to play a simple song in one month's time?

Hope fellow musicians here would be able to advise me!

Regards,
Ed

 

[limdaniel86]

any particular song you wanna play for your gf?
and when is her bday?
like you i played the guitar years back and switched to sax

 

[hellmurderer]

Hi Daniel,

Hmm, I don't have any particular songs in mind right now, but her bday is on the 16th next month. Can you point me a direction on where can I get started? And do I have to purchase my own sax the very day I start my first lesson?

Thanks.

 

[limdaniel86]

hey you reply real fast
preferably you should have ur instrument unless you're learning from yamaha where saxophones are provided less mouthpiece
and if someone would lend u their instrument for ur "performance"with ur gf

Since u don't have much time left it's better to know wad songs u wanna perform and focus on tt song first

 

[hellmurderer]

Haha, yup, I guess that is really a short time to learn an instrument with totally no knowledge whatsoever with it.

Is Yamaha the only place where I can learn?
Another question, what is the cost range of a sax?

Thanks!

 

[limdaniel86]

there are other places where u can find instructors too
but if you're talking bout schools then i guess yamaha is better but also more expensive
hm.... regarding the range it varies
if you're really tight on budget u could go for the china horns ard $500 -$800 for alto sax

if u could afford more, go for yamaha student alto sax, yas23 (if i remember the model and price correctly) which is like $1.5k

else u should go for the yamaha pro series, yas62 ard 3k
or selmer tt kind of range

 

[hellmurderer]

Thanks Daniel for the info!

Guess I have to consider before investing in one. Shall take a look at Yamaha tomorrow. Thanks once again! Hopefully there are more saxophone players here which can contribute.

 

[DSoft11]

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[Kimmey]

Hi,
You can learn to play the saxophone at Elite Music School.

Check out their website:

http://stradivaristrings.com

email: info@stradivaristrings.com

phone: 9813 7769

Cheers!

 

[redname]

wow, digging up a 2 yr thread. wonder if there's any vested interested