If you are a seasoned saxophonist or aspire to become one then check out our list of the best iPad apps for saxophonists.
The best iPad apps for saxophonists
5 May 2021, by  Joseph Batcagan
With SaxFinger app for iPad, playing saxophone becomes easier! Find a full tuner with this Saxophone app.
- Customize the frequency of reference
- Transpose in the key of your choice!
- Find the fingerings that you have forgotten!
- Select the notes you want to play and they appear
- Find alternative fingering with a simple swipe on them
With the Saxophone Tricks of the Trade app, you can learn how to growl, bend notes, rhythmic displacements, sophisticated ways to use pentatonic and blues scales and much, much more. This iPad app for saxophonists contains video tutorials and demonstrations, PDF files with transcriptions and practice charts, audio tracks for practice and much more. From saxophone technique to improvisation, multiphonics, effects and articulation, this app will keep you busy for a long time. Below is a list of some topics in the app:
- Lester: Using overtones to create a variety of tonal colors
- Mix Them Up: Using overtones to create a variety of colors
- Side D: Three different fingerings for the middle D; dexter: Effect for Bb-G trill
- John’s way: Example of multiphonics; the Wolf: How to make your horn growl
- Slide: Glissando, or bending notes
- Ghosts: Ghosting and accenting notes for great articulation
Introducing Saxophone Tuner! This is a sax tuner app for iPad. This tuner app for sax gives you a simple and accurate way to tune your Saxophone for a practice or performance.
- Accurate for professionals, and easy for beginners
- Easily tune with a fresh new design!
If you want a sax tutorial that is easy to follow, then this is the app for you.
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- So easy that even a toddler can understand it
- Teaches you how to finger the scales
- Know how to change transpositions
- Many reasons why you need to download this app
- Easy blues scales
This interactive app teaches you where to place your fingers while playing the sax.
- Interactive fingering guide
- Be familiar with various notes
- Even includes minor keys
- Easy transposition
- Interactive interface
Don’t fret over learning how to play the sax. This app will teach you easily and quickly.
- Works for all instruments
- Dynamic volume control
- Variable backgrounds
- Realistic woodwind sounds
- Records live performances
Learn how to speak jazz fluently with this app.
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- Develops one’s fluency for sax
- Full musical reference app
- Develops mainstream vocab
- Customized interface
- Full rhythm tracks
This app takes the concept of learning by flash cards and applies it to teaching you how to play the sax.
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- Updated resources
- Full visual learning
- Hi-res graphics
- Intuitive interface
- 24/7 support