Exercise begins at 1:16 (click the 1:16 to skip video intro if you've played before).

Struggling to motivate yourself to regularly practice your Tenor (or soprano) saxophone scales (even though you need to address the issue)? We invite you to play through this video every time you practice your sax, and promise that they WILL improve!

The video (which appeals to our sick sense of humour....cue maniacal laugh Mwahahaha!) takes you through all 12 major keys, but don't worry if that's a little tricky initially....don't give up! Try SAYING the note names in time with the play along track perhaps initially.

You can choose your level of difficulty; slower (using minims/half notes), medium (using crotchets/quarter notes), and trickier (using quavers/eighth notes), or....mix and match! play the easier scales in crotchets or quavers, and choose minims for the scarier scales!

A clear 'ping' sound alerts you to when you should be starting the next scale, and all notes that are either a flat or a sharp, are highlighted in red.

The 12 scale workout plays three times in total: the first and last times are in a straight Latin style, and the middle one is in a swing style however, this only affects your playing if you are playing the quavers (eighth notes) option. Make sure you swing your quavers (so like saying 'guava' instead of co-ffee) on the second time around if you are choosing to play quavers.

Once you've got to grips well with the exercise, why not try free styling on the scales? Change direction, add rhythms, use lyrics from songs you know to create rhythms, use the scale notes in ANY order etc! Scales CAN be fun :D.

Look out for our other videos (coming very soon!), Bb Clarinet, and Flute (C), and also the Minor scales bootcamp play along (Eb sax, Bb sax, Bb Clarinet, and Flute (C).

The Major scales play along bootcamp video is already available on our channel so do have a try at that too :D

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