It is a very easy instrument to make a sound on, the fingering system is logical. That being said my favorite quote from a saxophonist Jean-Marie Londeix "The saxophone is the easist instrument to play...badly". It takes many years to get a good sound (alot of longtones), and alot of time to get intonation correct.
So yes playing it is easy but sounding good, that is another story.
i think any instrument has its easy and hard parts about it.
for sax, fingerings are, yes, pretty logical, but when your pinkies get included you need to build up strength there, and sound and all that jazz. oh, major pun.
anyhow, i agree with that quote.
i know sooooooooooooo many bad sax players that its not even funny.
anyhow theres my 2 cents.
~Triforce
Whell as 2 posters above me said, Its a logical instrument.
But if you look at it non of the instruments are essey, because of ther own little chalangies.
i could agree that sax is pretty easy. I'm pretty sure almost anyone would agree that woodwinds are easier to play than brass. Almost everyone says that clarinet is harder than sax, but as someone who plays clarinet and tenor sax, i personally think that clarinet is easier just because on sax its really hard to get out the low notes with out jumping to the upper octave. So obviously its all on preference, and you should pick an instrument that you like.
In my opinion, the saxophone is one of the easier instruments to learn the basics of (such as the fingering system, embouchoure, etc.) but it takes a while to get it to produce a good sound that is in tune. I learned the saxophone quickly but then again, I learned the Clarinet quickly too
"i personally think that clarinet is easier just because on sax its really hard to get out the low notes with out jumping to the upper octave."
I wonder if:
1. You are using a clarinet embouchure (i.e. lip tight over lower teeth rather than bunched up for a fat 'cushion')and breath pressure on the sax, or
2. The sax needs servicing.
I've also heard the sax is one of the easiest instruments to learn. When I was first going to start to play an instrument, the guy at the music store told me that the sax and the flute were easier to learn for beginners.
I guess the sax is one of the easiest instruments to "pick-up" (not that I've played a whole lot of instruments), but like any other instrument, the more you play it and the better you get, it's going to get harder because you will learn new techniques and play harder pieces...
against popular opinion, woodwind is hard for me. extremely hard. i picked up brass and found that so much easier. on sax i could barely get a sound out at all, just a few random squeaks, whereas on trombone i could play 3 notes in the same slide position on my first go. it really depends on the person.
I think that it is a lot easier if you play another instrument before hand. Going from clarinet to it is very easy. Going from nothing to starting it is apparently quite easy but getting a good sound is a fair bit harder.
I play bassoon for concert band and i wanted to join the marching band and it was a confusing situation but i had to learn sax in about 2-3 months........ not near as hard as bassoon fingering wise........ of course i myself haven't learned all the notes all the scales and when it gets to the harder rhythms it takes me a while before i can play it perfectly...... but for playing since may i think i'm doing really well.
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), but like any other instrument, the more you play it and the better you get, it's going to get harder because you will learn new techniques and play harder pieces...