Rolling Stone

Learning to Play the Saxophone? Here Are Three That We Like

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Deciding to learn how to play the saxophone is one thing.
Classic FM

Dame Judi Dench wants to learn the saxophone – and thinks now might be the best time to do it

The legendary actor tells Classic FM’s John Humphrys that she’s a big fan of classical music, and that learning an instrument is particularly appealing in the current climate. Dame Judi Dench is a big ...
Scroll

A director sets out to learn the saxophone and finds a doughty tribe of horn players in Mumbai

As Praveen Kumar tells it, the Films Division documentary The Sax in the City is the result of “a childhood fantasy come true”. The director of the National Film Award-winning documentary on Madhubani ...
The Washington Post

‘They’re coming to you’: A man played his sax for a herd of cows, and they loved it

my parents are such goofs they drove out to the backroads so my dad could play the cows the songs he’s been learning on the saxophone pt.1 pic.twitter.com ...
MLive

‘Gifted’ saxophone player becomes first Russian in University of Michigan grad program

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Valentin Kovalev saw a saxophone for the first time at age 5 and thought it was made of gold. He also knew that he wanted to learn to play it. “I fell in love at first sight,” Kovalev ...
Science Daily

Music to the ears of dementia suffers: learning to play saxophone after diagnosis

Researchers have revealed details of an usual case that offers new insights into frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The story revolves around a patient who, with no prior musical training, learned to play ...
The Hindu

Saxophone magic

Curt Sachs in his book, 'The History of Musical Instruments', says, the saxophone “being intermediate between the timbres of wood and brass instruments, passes from the softness of the flute over the ...