Sage Music® Blog

How to Clean a Saxophone

These are the most basic and effective ways to keep your saxophone clean and working properly. You can prevent 90% of trips to the repair shop, and prevent gross bacteria and mold from growing in your horn by following this short routine each time you finish playing.

How to breathe properly for singing

This is a step-by-step guide to engaged breathing. Engaged breathing is when the mind and the body are both focusing on breathing rather than keeping it running in the background. By using these steps, engaged breathing will become easier to practice not only in making music, but help with taking those deep breaths we all need in our day-to-day lives.

Sage Music San Antonio - Photo Tour

A brief photo tour of our San Antonio music school.

How to set up your clarinet mouthpiece

Learn how to assemble and disassemble a clarinet mouthpiece and avoid common mistakes like having bad tone, or inconsistent sounds. Read on to ensure that you have fun, avoid frustration, and make consistent, amazing progress on the clarinet.

How to play the G Major scale on piano

In this how to, we will go over the basics of playing the G Major scale in both hands. We will also look at other concepts such as how it looks written down on sheet music, and how to play it through multiple octaves.

How to Play Major 7th Chords on Piano

Learn how to easily build root position major 7th chords. Then learn three common voicings for variety, plus a bonus voicing that is a personal favorite of mine. These are great to use when improvising, reading lead sheets, or composing to improve your musicality.

How to Put a Saxophone Together

Learn how to put your saxophone together! Once this becomes routine, you will be able to put the horn together in no time flat (without breaking anything!) so you can focus on playing music.

How to Hold Drumsticks

Instructions for holding drumsticks using Matched Grip

Student of the Month: Roberto A. wins Frank Sinatra audition!

Congratulations to Roberto, our student of the month for June 2023. Learn about Roberto's journey, and how his music lessons and practice helped him gain acceptance into the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts.