Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal

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4.9/5 from 18 reviews

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2. Get Expert Feedback - Receive personal video responses from Eric Marienthal with tips to improve!
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3. Learn from Community - Browse exchanges from other students to learn from their questions.
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Course Structure Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal

Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from zero to hero!

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Master jazz saxophone with Eric Marienthal. Over 150 lessons from beginner fundamentals, breath work, and articulations, through advanced professional improvisation techniques.

7 sections within this school

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.

39 lessons

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.

42 lessons

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.

50 lessons

Exercise of the Week Archive

46 lessons

Lick of the Week Archive

46 lessons

30 Day Challenge

2 lessons

About Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal

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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

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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!

4.9
18 reviews
May 26, 2023
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...

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Phil D.
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May 24, 2023
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...

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Mark1231m
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November 15, 2023
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 ...

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Roger P.
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June 29, 2023
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 ...

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felixol
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April 23, 2024
Calm and authoritative

Whereas many online sax teachers are pushing either a brand or their own ego, Eric Marienthal gives what one needs in a calm, authoritative and selfless manner. I cannot recommend ...

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John M.
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August 21, 2023
Jazz and sax lessons with Eric Marienthal

I am thrilled to be taking these lessons. I have idolized Eric Marienthal for quite a while now, and could only dream of taking lessons from him. Then this email from Artistworks p...

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Linda W.
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July 19, 2023
Early days

Just getting started. So far, I'm liking it. 😎

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Ronald W.
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February 14, 2025
Eric Marienthal

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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VINCENT D.
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December 31, 2024
Wow

What an incredible opportunity. I've been performing music on stringed instruments, keyboards and percussion for over 50 years and the instruction I am getting from Eric Marienthal...

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Brian F.
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September 2, 2024
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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Brenda H.
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