Hi, welcome to week two of tenor saxophone lessons. Today, we're going to learn the rest of the notes in the a major scale. And this is the scale that we're going to be using throughout the entire program. So learning all these notes is really important. Now if you're not really sure what what a major scale is, there's some pre course videos that talk about harmony and chords and rhythm. Make sure to check those out if you're completely new to music, and you're not sure what that means.

Now, the first three notes we played in the major scale as a review where A, B, and C sharp. Our new note for today is a D. This is where the saxophone differs a little bit from other instruments. We're moving higher, but we're going to be closing more holes. The way the sound travels in a saxophone is the longer the to the lower, the tone goes. But there's a piece of new technology in a saxophone that changed it, which is the octave key. So the octave key on a saxophone is the key above the thumb rests on the left hand.

And they all look a little bit different, but they all do the same thing. They open a key on the neck, and there's a second octave key that's kind of in the middle of the body, or new note D is going to start with four fingers in the left hand. So like we talked about before, we skipped our first note, skip the first key and play B, A. Now we're going to play your ring finger and your left hand which is G. In your right hand, you're going to play the three white keys down here. And keep your thumb on the back and add the octave key and this makes a D. Note he is going to have three fingers on the top and two fingers in the bottom. So the difference between D and E is we lift up the ring finger in the right hand.

The next note is going to be F sharp, which to play that we're going to lift up the pointer finger in the right hand. So now we've got three fingers in the left and the middle finger and the right. Our next note is going to be G sharp. To play this we're going to lift up all the fingers in the right hand, remember to keep your thumb on the thumb hook, and we're going to add the pinky key in the left hand, which is G sharp. And finally, our last note to complete the scale is going to be our high A, which is the same fingering as the first day we learned last week, but with the octave key on. So you're going to have two fingers in the top and the octave key in the back.

Just to review, D has three in the top three in the bottom with the octave key on. He has three in the top, two fingers in the bottom with the octave key still on. F sharp has three in the top, middle finger in the bottom with the octave key. And G sharp has three in the top with the G sharp pinky key and the octave key. And last but not least, is high a just two fingers in the top with the octave key salon. Alright, great work.

I'll see in the practice video.