Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal


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1. Submit Your Video
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Course Structure Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal
Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from zero to hero!

Master jazz saxophone with Eric Marienthal. Over 150 lessons from beginner fundamentals, breath work, and articulations, through advanced professional improvisation techniques.
Basic Saxophone
Learn jazz saxophone technique basics, classic tunes, chords, and begin improvising with steady confidence. Master saxophone fundamentals, familiar songs, and a clear intro to chords and improv. Grow from first notes to blues solos while building strong skills and a musical ear.
Intermediate Saxophone
Explore scales, tone control, and creative tools to boost your jazz improvisation. Sharpen your tone, explore modes, and build confidence in jazz improvisation. Expand your sax voice with scales, expression, and intermediate improv techniques.
Advanced Saxophone
Master high notes, funky licks, and advanced soloing for serious saxophone expression. Unlock pro-level improvisation, phrasing, tonguing, and altissimo saxophone technique. Take your sax playing further with expert solos, advanced rhythm, and tone control.
Exercise of the Week Archive
Lick of the Week Archive
30 Day Challenge
About Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal
Eric Marienthal has taken his entire knowledge of playing saxophone and poured it into a comprehensive video library that includes hundreds of lessons in a wide variety of styles. Subscribers get unlimited access to all online jazz saxophone lessons, supplemented by backing tracks and other study materials. Plus there's special guests, exclusive interviews, and a community of sax enthusiasts from all over the world. What ultimately sets these saxophone lessons apart from other online offerings however, is the ability to submit a video using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange® learning platform. Eric reviews each submission and records a video response where he offers tips and techniques to practice. All students can access Eric's Video Exchange library, which is always expanding and may contain the key to unlock your own playing.
About Eric Marienthal
Eric Marienthal is a Grammy award winning jazz saxophone musician. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he eventually was awarded the Berklee Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding achievements in contemporary music. He’s been playing professionally since 1980 when he joined Al Hirt’s band on saxophone. He later became an integral member of the Chick Corea Elektric Band, where he recorded 6 albums and received 2 of his 5 Grammy nominations. He has since performed in over 80 different countries, recorded 13 solo albums and also played on hundreds of records, films, television shows and commercial jingles. Some of the many artists Eric has performed with include Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, and many others. In 2012 Eric was voted "Favorite Alto Sax Players" in a Jazziz Magazine Reader's Poll along with David Sanborn and Phil Woods. Eric's online lessons feature both alto and tenor saxophone.
What students are saying!
Eric Marienthal - Jazz Saxophone
Eric is that rare combination - a truly outstanding player and performer who has the capability, patience and character to break down what he does into learning bites. As an in dem...
Superb course!! Eric is absolutely the greatest!! So glad to have found this course!
I am so glad I came across this course online. I was actually looking for some books or sheet music to try to learn to play the saxophone again when I found this. and for almost th...
My ArtistWorks Experience…
Being “here” since 2016 says I get a lot out of every lesson. I’ve gone through all the beginning lessons, the intermediate lessons, and the advanced lessons. There’s something in ...
A unique opportunity to study with one of the greatest saxophone players: Eric Marienthal
About half a year ago, I tried to study saxophone in a self-taught way through several online resources. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that I needed a structured study plan ...
Calm and authoritative
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Early days
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I am just starting out and Eric Marienthal's videos are great! I am learning and progressing at my own pace. He describes each subject in great detail and has a course that is very...
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Artist Works is a fun and valuable tool for music education.
I am enjoying my asynchronous lessons that I am taking through ArtistWorks with saxophone instructor and jazz musician Eric Marienthal very much. The website is easy to use and the...
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