From iconic solos in Pop and Rock, to walls of sound in Big Band and Swing, to sublime solos in Jazz; the saxophone is hugely versatile and great fun to learn and play. Originally created in the 1840s, the saxophone bridged the gap in timbre and projection between the mellow-but-quiet woodwind instruments such as the clarinet, and the piercing-but-loud brass instruments such as the trumpet.
Today, saxophones come in a variety of sizes; in our range, the smallest - the soprano sax - is similarly sized to a clarinet (with a high pitch range); the largest, the baritone sax, stands over a metre in height and offers the deepest note range. For someone just starting out, the alto saxophone is a great choice - it's relatively lightweight and easy to hold but can still create the note range most strongly associated with the saxophone.
Our YAS-280 alto saxophone model is ideal. As with all of our woodwind instruments, we've made it to exacting specifications so that it not only sounds superb, it performs consistently and predictably - so you can concentrate on playing rather than compensating for varying intonation or tone.
