Thank you! I've been interested in playing the saxophone all my life and now it's been in my list to do while still in lockdown. What a great Jumpstart!
If you really want to play saxophone you should definitely get a real one. Sounds way better, more notes, just better in general. But if you just want to have fun playing simple melodies, go for it.
I've a mini sax in Bb, I've been trying to make it sound for like 3 days without luck until I get to this video, THANKS A LOT!!!! Greetings from México
Rock on! That is awesome! I am happy the video has helped you. Please, comment on our youtube channel or email us on our website www.minisax.com/contact for any other questions or help that is needed.
Friday the 13th 2020. Being one of the oldies who is in UK Corona Virus lockdown and very bored I spotted an advert for a Mini Sax. I instantly made my mind up I WANT ONE. . . I didn’t even know they existed. Being musical all my life but never having played reed instruments apart from a harmonica know nothing about them, so thank you for your excellent tutorial and I will shop for one now.😀✅ . . PS .. it is now Monday 20th 2020 and I have bought one and now awaiting delivery of one Mini Sax’ a C, 2 octave Xaphoon. 👍 🎷.
Thanks. You’ve opened my eyes. I play guitar but would love to also play a wind instrument. This is an easy way in, and not too loud for the neighbours. Hmmm ... a reed and some carbon fibre, and a permanently installed condenser mic insert ... maybe use the mini sax as input to my Boss SY-1000 synth.... all aboard for Funtime !
Was on google looking up alto reeds and somehow ended up here. Must've been fate because i never wanted something so bad like this in a while. About to order one after i finish this video lol
thank you for explaining it so easy, i just got mine today and i love it, well i don`t have perfect sax sound yet but that takes practise, in the daily i am a Harmonica Player and i play some normal flutes. but when i saw an ad for this instrument, i just had to have it. i am getting sound out of it and its a lot of fun.. i have the one that has 2 holes in the back of it
Nice 👌👌 In India it is not available in the market where can get it in india.i like this Alto mini sax .can i make it at home please provide me the measurement of this mini sax. 👍😊 Thanku sir ❤️
MiniSax ,that was more than 2. Months ago.we thought we got a stainless steel,when we opened the packet it was just a plastic one. It was from Kaloso site. For 29,97 dollar. We send it back. After a time we saw again a stainless steel,but it was an other site,and we ordered the real stainless.,but this was much expensive.. We ordered it on 23 th of march,and till now we did not received it. Our holidays and his anniversary did pass,he could not play his sax,like Alex showed,and he is very sad. We don’t know if it is from the corona,that we did not get it yet.hope we still get it. But than the sax will be in Indonesie and my host will send it to us in holland. Still hoping,than my husband can play on it,back home in holland. Fingers crossed. Yesterday he went for the third time to the USPS office,no sax at this tracking numer. It is still in Miami,he let us know.
I play the alto sax and I'm curios as to wether or not playing this instrument might negatively impact my technique and embochoure. I know that playing several wind instruments can causes problems of that kind. Maybe some of you here in the comment section have experience worth sharing? Other than that, I want to say that this video was very concise and your playing sounds great, Alex :-) Other than
Hi, Whats the difference with the two mini saxophones, is it just the material. It should do something to the sound right? Also, I really like this idea! Beautiful sound! You should do a video on both mini saxophones (comparison).
Hi Alex, the difference is obviously in the material, but also in sound. The sound of the stainless steel model is slightly bigger and deeper. Thanks for your input, comparison of the two will definitely be one of the future video topics.
How do we contact Alex to learn more about his Mini Saxophone to purchase, and also how to learn how to play the instrument. Has he written any books or lessons on learning to play the instrument ? Thank you for any information you can provide to me. Bill Arnett. bkarnett@aol.com
Hi Alex, I just bought and received my mini sax. This will be my first wind instrument. I play piano and guitar so I’m going to give myself sometime to master this instrument. What I like about this, is that you’re not breaking the bank with investing in a sax, and then finding out, that it’s not your type of instrument. Alex I wanted to ask, the mouth piece, is that the one that came with the mini sax or is it a different mouth piece from another sax?
Hallo Alex. Ich liebe deinen saxsound! Habe ich es richtig verstanden, dass du sie herstellst? Was kostet so ein Instrument? Hier in Deutschland scheint es das so nicht zu geben. Vielleicht kannst du mir ein gebrauchtes Instrument anbieten? Als Kind habe ich Querflöte gespielt..... Ich würde gerne wieder ein Instrument spielen! Liebe Grüße, Sandra
Elvis, a mini sax that plays two octaves straight up without overtones would have a much more complicated fingering, way harder for beginners to learn.
Hello Sir. Thanks for your videos, quite useful and funny at the same time. If you don´t mind I would like to ask you a question. I have been thinking about buying a mini sax in your web but my problem is I do not read music and I do not have a Windows computer either (to use the T3 app to learn music with it) but a Mac computer. So I am kind of stuck not knowing too well what to do. I would like to learn an progress with the instrument but I do not find any way to learn scores for minisax where fingering and explanations are included, at least for the very beginning playing the instrument. Any idea from you or whoever who know where to find or buy scores with fingering and explanations for chords included (for instance for 7th chords used many times in jazz music)?. Once again congratulations for your videos!! Kind regards
MrFriscos, you can take a look at our fingering chart. Here is the link to it: www.minisax.com/s/quick-start.pdf It is on the second-last page. It will show you which holes to keep closed/open in order to achieve certain tones. If you have music in tabbed format vs. scores that tells you which tone is which note, you can easily use our fingering chart in order to get going. We also have a tune bundle in our store which has a pdf sheet for each song. These songs have specifically been edited in order to make them easily playable on our mini sax. Please let me know if this makes sense to you. Thanks!
@@MiniSax Can you provide me with the dimensions of your saxophone.... Distance from each hole to the very end of the sax Length of the pipe and so...*
Hello, I have a few questions before buying one of these. Is this tuned to the key of C? What is the range, is it only one octave like a recorder, or can i get two octaves out of it? Also, can you play sharps/flats? Or is it strictly 7 notes from a set major scale? Thanks :)
Hi iltanail, I hope this helps: mini sax is an instrument with minimal number of holes (7) which has one octave range (full chromatic scale). It is possible to produce lower tones than C using the bending technique. It is also possible to produce higher (second octave) tones by producing overtones. D5 is an exception, but you can produce it by bending E5 downwards. We looked into making an 8th hole in order to solve for D5 (without bending), but that would drastically complicate fingering and elevate instrument's pitch, resulting in degraded sound. We figured that it is better to have an instrument with much easier fingering and learn tone bending than eliminate tone bending and drastically complicate fingering. On top of that once you learn tone bending you can apply it to any reed instrument in the future.
Mini sax is an instrument with minimal number of holes (7) which has one octave range (full chromatic scale). It is possible to produce lower tones than C using the bending technique. It is also possible to produce higher (second octave) tones by producing overtones. D5 is an exception, but you can produce it by bending E5 downwards. We looked into making an 8th hole in order to solve for D5 (without bending), but that would drastically complicate fingering and elevate instrument's pitch, resulting in degraded sound. We figured that it is better to have an instrument with much easier fingering and learn tone bending than eliminate tone bending and drastically complicate fingering. On top of that once you learn tone bending you can apply it to any reed instrument in the future.
@@MiniSax I play saxophone but I am interested in purchasing this mini sax, do they sell mini sax on different scales? Or they are all made to play in the Key of C with two octaves?
I played alto sax in school. I assumed this would be like that or maybe like a soprano because of its size. I was very surprised to find out that it's most like a tenor and that you use a tenor mouthpiece. What would happen if I put an alto mouthpiece on there?
Thanks for the kind words. We do have our tune bundle which is a collection of songs specifically transposed for the mini sax. You can find it in our store: www.minisax.com/store
I would like to have a cup of coffee with this man. His voice is great and I bet he has stories
you helped a lot. thank you beard man
Glad to hear that
Lol
I wish I was as cool as this guy.
:) Thanks! Just being myself.
Thank you! I've been interested in playing the saxophone all my life and now it's been in my list to do while still in lockdown. What a great Jumpstart!
You can do it!
If you really want to play saxophone you should definitely get a real one. Sounds way better, more notes, just better in general. But if you just want to have fun playing simple melodies, go for it.
@@mug5022 after playing one of these I did find the jump to a “proper” alto sax easier just being used to making noise with a reed
I was struggling to make my Xaphoon sound, but I followed your instructions and it worked! Thank you :)
Glad I could help!
I've a mini sax in Bb, I've been trying to make it sound for like 3 days without luck until I get to this video, THANKS A LOT!!!! Greetings from México
Rock on! That is awesome! I am happy the video has helped you. Please, comment on our youtube channel or email us on our website www.minisax.com/contact for any other questions or help that is needed.
A very clear and simple explanation.
However, my wife did get a little excited when I told her I was watching a video on mastering fingering 🤪
THIS VIDEO TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY XAPHOON. THANK YOU FOR VALIDATING $80 AND A MUSICAL LIFE
You are most welcome, glad you found it useful.
Wow, you play so beautifully, Alex. Gorgeous tone.
Thanks a lot! :)
Sir, Alex you are not only a teacher, also flames up dreams of saxo maniacs👏👏👏👍👍🙏🙏
You are THE Man.. the value of your simplistic lesson, can get us all far down the road... God bless
I appreciate that!
Friday the 13th 2020. Being one of the oldies who is in UK Corona Virus lockdown and very bored I spotted an advert for a Mini Sax.
I instantly made my mind up I WANT ONE. . . I didn’t even know they existed. Being musical all my life but never having played reed
instruments apart from a harmonica know nothing about them, so thank you for your excellent tutorial and I will shop for one now.😀✅
. . PS .. it is now Monday 20th 2020 and I have bought one and now awaiting delivery of one Mini Sax’ a C, 2 octave Xaphoon. 👍 🎷.
Thank you for your order I hope you are enjoying our MiniSax.
My heart is a little more alive and happy after this video... Wish all the good things to you and your channel. Now I shall sleep better, thank you...
You are so kind, thank you!
You're a very good teacher, Sir!
It's very amazing teacher! Thank you so much for your explanation! It was much clear
Glad it was helpful!
There are some people who can talk about anything or nothing and keep peoples attention. You sir, are one of those gifted people. 🙂👍🏼
Thank you so much for your kind words.
U speak so nicely clearly and admirably. I wish I cud learn from you at your feet.
Thank you
Hi Sir. Your instructions is so effective and clear.
Thank you, I just ordered mine through Amazon.
Thank you! Hope you are enjoying it!
Thanks for a brilliant explanation professor
You are welcome and thanks for the kind words!
very good lesson, well done.
Thanks for listening
Just bought. Tks a lot for tutorial. Let's see what happens at the next resident's meeting! :D
Thanks and good luck!
Beautiful instrument, great soud and very well explained. Thank you very much.
Thank you for your feedback.
Thanks. You are Amazing. Really good and living explanation. Greetings from Denmark.. 😊
Thank you! 😃
Thanks. You’ve opened my eyes. I play guitar but would love to also play a wind instrument.
This is an easy way in, and not too loud for the neighbours.
Hmmm ... a reed and some carbon fibre, and a permanently installed condenser mic insert ... maybe use the mini sax as input to my Boss SY-1000 synth.... all aboard for Funtime !
Thanks for your feedback and kind comment!
Thank you for making it simple 😊
God bless you!
Glad it was helpful for you
Was on google looking up alto reeds and somehow ended up here. Must've been fate because i never wanted something so bad like this in a while. About to order one after i finish this video lol
Lo voglio!!!! Che bravo maestro
Thank you!
thank you for explaining it so easy, i just got mine today and i love it, well i don`t have perfect sax sound yet but that takes practise, in the daily i am a Harmonica Player and i play some normal flutes. but when i saw an ad for this instrument, i just had to have it. i am getting sound out of it and its a lot of fun.. i have the one that has 2 holes in the back of it
Recebi o meu aqui no Brasil. Ele é lindo! Material forte .Lindo inox. Amei!
Demorou uma cerca de quantos dias?
Onde compra?
Passa o endereço da compra, por favor
You helped me get my first sound🤝
Glad to hear it!
The note range is just like a 6 hole English ocarina.
Should be able to play all of the music for the 6 hole English ocarina on The Mini-Sax!
Groovy!
Precisely!
thanks, that was great!
I love your tutorial how to play mini saxophone,,, tankyou very much...
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for your little informative video. Can't wait to try it. I'm a flute player and so i hope i'll make it. Greetings from Germany
Thank you and best of luck.
@@MiniSax So kind of you !
Thank you so much ❤️ I just got one and you explain really good, how to get a sound out of it 😃👍
Glad you like it, thanks for your feedback
very easy to follow, thanks for sharing
You are welcome!
Thanks sir very good explanation GOD bless you
Thanks and welcome
I just bought one and this video helped me a lot. Thank you sir
Thank you, glad it was helpful.
Thank u it was helpfull,become to love the instrument and its warm playable sound it makes!
Glad it helped!
Nice 👌👌
In India it is not available in the market where can get it in india.i like this Alto mini sax .can i make it at home please provide me the measurement of this mini sax. 👍😊 Thanku sir ❤️
Gracias. Por fin pude sacar un sonido.. Aún no es música. Pero es un comienzo!! 😃
Que bom que você está progredindo!
Wonderful explanetion,I bought this one for my husband,when we are on holidays,he can play there too.
Thank you very much!
Henny Pattiwael glad you found the video useful. Thank you.
MiniSax ,that was more than 2. Months ago.we thought we got a stainless steel,when we opened the packet it was just a plastic one.
It was from Kaloso site. For 29,97 dollar.
We send it back.
After a time we saw again a stainless steel,but it was an other site,and we ordered the real stainless.,but this was much expensive..
We ordered it on 23 th of march,and till now we did not received it.
Our holidays and his anniversary did pass,he could not play his sax,like Alex showed,and he is very sad.
We don’t know if it is from the corona,that we did not get it yet.hope we still get it.
But than the sax will be in Indonesie and my host will send it to us in holland.
Still hoping,than my husband can play on it,back home in holland.
Fingers crossed.
Yesterday he went for the third time to the USPS office,no sax at this tracking numer.
It is still in Miami,he let us know.
Verry clear explanation sir keep it up GODbless
Thank you, glad it was helpful!
TAKE MY MONEY lol, I love the tone of this, I must have one
You can order through our website if you would like one: www.minisax.com/
I play the alto sax and I'm curios as to wether or not playing this instrument might negatively impact my technique and embochoure. I know that playing several wind instruments can causes problems of that kind. Maybe some of you here in the comment section have experience worth sharing?
Other than that, I want to say that this video was very concise and your playing sounds great, Alex :-)
Other than
amazing master, how can I calculate the distance between holes to get the correct tonality?
Thank you dear sir 🙂
Very simple, that's the best instructions i got. But I don't know how to play this..hehe.
I ordered mine last week and look forward to try it out. It looks relatively simple but I am sure it needs practice. I will share my first experience.
what happened?!!!
How is it going with playing our MiniSax? :)
Hi, Whats the difference with the two mini saxophones, is it just the material. It should do something to the sound right? Also, I really like this idea! Beautiful sound! You should do a video on both mini saxophones (comparison).
Hi Alex, the difference is obviously in the material, but also in sound. The sound of the stainless steel model is slightly bigger and deeper. Thanks for your input, comparison of the two will definitely be one of the future video topics.
I bought it. And I am practicing hard now.
I saw this video and learned the exact way. Thank you.
Good to hear! Thank you for your feedback.
where can I buy it?
How do we contact Alex to learn more about his Mini Saxophone to purchase, and also how to learn how to play the instrument. Has he written any books or lessons on learning to play the instrument ? Thank you for any information you can provide to me.
Bill Arnett. bkarnett@aol.com
Well don't. It stinks
NICE! i'm from brazil and i really like your chanel
Thank you!
looks like fun
Ya toque señor!!!
Sounds far superior to the plastic pocket sax.
I enjoyed your instruction. Very simple to follow. I just need to get a mini sax to try it.
Thank you for your feedback Gilbert. I am glad you found the video helpful and easy to follow.
Great lesson! Thank you.
Glad you like it and you are most welcome.
Jeste li vi naš? :) great tutorial!
Agram420, da da naš, hvala na lepim rečima :)
Hi Alex thanks for the information regards from mexico
Glad you are finding it useful Luis. Good luck with your playing.
Hi Alex, I just bought and received my mini sax. This will be my first wind instrument. I play piano and guitar so I’m going to give myself sometime to master this instrument. What I like about this, is that you’re not breaking the bank with investing in a sax, and then finding out, that it’s not your type of instrument. Alex I wanted to ask, the mouth piece, is that the one that came with the mini sax or is it a different mouth piece from another sax?
Hey Tony the mouthpiece in this video is the same one that ships with our mini saxes. Glad you like them by the way :)
Hallo Alex. Ich liebe deinen saxsound! Habe ich es richtig verstanden, dass du sie herstellst? Was kostet so ein Instrument? Hier in Deutschland scheint es das so nicht zu geben. Vielleicht kannst du mir ein gebrauchtes Instrument anbieten? Als Kind habe ich Querflöte gespielt..... Ich würde gerne wieder ein Instrument spielen! Liebe Grüße, Sandra
Hello Sandra. Have you already ordered from us?
You can order through our website:
www.minisax.com/store
We do not have used ones.
I lost my yello reed but the other black reed don't wanna make any sound !!
Joshua Dahmad just seeing this... get another reed from Amazon or any music store, Rico #1.5 reeds are great.
Thanks for your explanation from Argentina!
Thanks glad you like it.
Let me know, what brand mini saxophone that you're playing. Tq.
Zulu Eko I am playing my own brand, minisax.com
please can you make a mini sax that can play two octave and above
Elvis, a mini sax that plays two octaves straight up without overtones would have a much more complicated fingering, way harder for beginners to learn.
I just bought one. I can't wait to get it.
Me, too - even it is a cheaper one. I wish you a lot of fun.
Hello Sir. Thanks for your videos, quite useful and funny at the same time. If you don´t mind I would like to ask you a question. I have been thinking about buying a mini sax in your web but my problem is I do not read music and I do not have a Windows computer either (to use the T3 app to learn music with it) but a Mac computer. So I am kind of stuck not knowing too well what to do. I would like to learn an progress with the instrument but I do not find any way to learn scores for minisax where fingering and explanations are included, at least for the very beginning playing the instrument. Any idea from you or whoever who know where to find or buy scores with fingering and explanations for chords included (for instance for 7th chords used many times in jazz music)?.
Once again congratulations for your videos!!
Kind regards
MrFriscos, you can take a look at our fingering chart. Here is the link to it: www.minisax.com/s/quick-start.pdf
It is on the second-last page. It will show you which holes to keep closed/open in order to achieve certain tones. If you have music in tabbed format vs. scores that tells you which tone is which note, you can easily use our fingering chart in order to get going. We also have a tune bundle in our store which has a pdf sheet for each song. These songs have specifically been edited in order to make them easily playable on our mini sax. Please let me know if this makes sense to you. Thanks!
@@MiniSax Thank you very much for the answer. Just ordered one. Let´s see if i will be able to manage it!! ;-) . Thanks
Do you sell them?
Yes, we have an online store: minisax.com/store
superb...thank u very much...excellent..
Where do i get this
Through our website:
www.minisax.com/store
How is the markings on a saxophone decided?
by marking do you mean wholes?
@@MiniSax
Yes the 7 holes on your mini sax
@@smita7983 Trial and error... moving holes up/down until we finally got everything in tune.
@@MiniSax
Can you provide me with the dimensions of your saxophone....
Distance from each hole to the very end of the sax
Length of the pipe and so...*
@@MiniSax
Can I produce a half note sound like in a flute?
I think you should make the curvy bell to make it perfect vibrant sound
I have a very dirty mind
Daniel Crake .lol 🤣
u ain't alone bud
Thats not valid here, were here to learn serious
Great Sir you give the valuble instruction.simply, thank you very much god bless you
I would love to purchase one of your instruments! Do you have an online store?
Edward, we do. Here you go: minisax.com/store
Hello, I have a few questions before buying one of these. Is this tuned to the key of C? What is the range, is it only one octave like a recorder, or can i get two octaves out of it? Also, can you play sharps/flats? Or is it strictly 7 notes from a set major scale?
Thanks :)
Hi iltanail, I hope this helps: mini sax is an instrument with minimal number of holes (7) which has one octave range (full chromatic scale). It is possible to produce lower tones than C using the bending technique. It is also possible to produce higher (second octave) tones by producing overtones. D5 is an exception, but you can produce it by bending E5 downwards.
We looked into making an 8th hole in order to solve for D5 (without bending), but that would drastically complicate fingering and elevate instrument's pitch, resulting in degraded sound.
We figured that it is better to have an instrument with much easier fingering and learn tone bending than eliminate tone bending and drastically complicate fingering. On top of that once you learn tone bending you can apply it to any reed instrument in the future.
MiniSax thanks so much for your quick reply! Also one question, where are you from :)
iltanail originally from Serbia
@@MiniSax Znao sam :)
Pozdrav is Mostara
:D
iltanail pozdrav sa Floride :)
Hi Alex, how can I buy a mini sax please?
jordash914 hi, it’s easy, just go to minisax.com/store
Thank you, very instructive....and funny...please do more!
James, glad you like it. Thanks for your feedback. I am planning to to do more...
Fans of Malaysia 😂hope has Chinese subtitle
Let's see a video of any other person playing the Mini Sax. I call BS.
Tony here you go: th-cam.com/video/EcFaL-3_YXE/w-d-xo.html
Someone has same question. How to make high tone D, E, F . It is necessary to play popular music.
Mini sax is an instrument with minimal number of holes (7) which has one octave range (full chromatic scale). It is possible to produce lower tones than C using the bending technique. It is also possible to produce higher (second octave) tones by producing overtones. D5 is an exception, but you can produce it by bending E5 downwards.
We looked into making an 8th hole in order to solve for D5 (without bending), but that would drastically complicate fingering and elevate instrument's pitch, resulting in degraded sound.
We figured that it is better to have an instrument with much easier fingering and learn tone bending than eliminate tone bending and drastically complicate fingering. On top of that once you learn tone bending you can apply it to any reed instrument in the future.
Someone has same question. How to make high tone D, E, F . It is necessary to play popular music.
Watch our tutorial videos on our website:
www.minisax.com/learn
Hello Sir... Would you show to me.. high Tone D E or F and low tone B A or G? On this mini sax..?
Thank you Sir... (Sorry my English)
Julian, we'll try to include that in one of our next tutorials
MiniSax thank you verry much sir
Who will hold my instrument? So funny!!😁Great job! Simplicity is best!
:) Thank you! That is what we want a simple instrument.
Love from India ❤️😊🎉❤️
Thank you. Very clear. 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Hola dime dónde lo compraste porfavor .. gracias!!!!!
Excellent! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
@@MiniSax I play saxophone but I am interested in purchasing this mini sax, do they sell mini sax on different scales? Or they are all made to play in the Key of C with two octaves?
So simple. I am going to buy one.
Which one should i go for and where can i buy it from?
Thanks a lot Sir.
Best place to get it is www.minisax.com
I played alto sax in school. I assumed this would be like that or maybe like a soprano because of its size. I was very surprised to find out that it's most like a tenor and that you use a tenor mouthpiece. What would happen if I put an alto mouthpiece on there?
I love your mini saxophone where can I buy it pls?
Thank you for your kind words. You can buy it at www.minisax.com/store
Thank u so much for this video!
You're so welcome!
Thank you , very simple and helpfull !
Thanks for your feedback!
How fascinating - I've always wanted to play the saxophone, now maybe I'll try :) what about music? Do you have music for the sax???
Thanks for the kind words. We do have our tune bundle which is a collection of songs specifically transposed for the mini sax. You can find it in our store: www.minisax.com/store
im already 30 yrs old and i want to learn this instrument, do you think i would still be able to learn this??
You definitely will. Consistency is key. 10-20 minutes every day and you should be able to see progress pretty quickly.
i tried to look on amazon but could find the one you are having.
Go to www.minisax.com
is it possible to play half notes like Indian flutes?
Thank you 👍🏼
i did it in five minutes following your instructions... thanks it was one week i was amounting nothing.... :))))
Glad you did it and the video was helpful.