learning saxophone

I remember my trumpetist middle school band teacher saying that when he'd been x-rayed they discovered that his lungs were 3 times the size of normal lungs/

superlungs!

superlungs! ie: BANGING

mod pls change title to: learn to work the saxophone

I bought a student alto on a whim 9 months ago and have been playing it at least 4/7 days a week since then. I'm not a disciplined student, especially since I'm teaching myself. Anyone out there play, or trying to? I'd love some dialogue on the mechanics of this instrument, which I still find the most fun thing in the world even despite making the same mistakes every single day. Embochure, man....