which instrument do you think is easier to play, the flute or saxophone?

Question

i play both but i have been playing the flute for 5 years now, but i am learning how to play the saxophone! i think it's easy!

Answer 1

Both are easy to play but both have areas that a player needs to be strong in. A saxophone is easy to learn but it takes a long time to get a good sound on the saxophone. It may be easy to you as in fingering or scale wise but with sound many saxophone students are covering theirs ears and running for the deepest hole they can find. If your serious about playing the saxophone I would go to a local college that has a good music program and get your embouchure worked out. Every instrument has a different lip/tongue/air support to make it play well.

Answer 2

Neither is easy to play well. On the flute, unfortunately it takes the proper embouchure to be able to reach the high notes as well as decent resonance and volume on the lows. Those people with softer and more rounded lips have trouble with developing this. It can take several years of embouchure practice before it is well formed. Additionally, some fail miserably when graduating to an open holed flute.
The saxophone is also similarly difficult, but you can achieve mediocre results without a great deal of proper direction. The key to making the saxophone sound resonant and rich is to open the throat, not take too much of the mouthpiece with your teeth and not rolling too much of your bottom lip over the lower teeth.
Anyone can play the saxophone; just look at Kenny G for an example of mediocrity that became famous. My advice is to not play the soprano until you develop good resonance with the alto or tenor. Listen to the great players for direction. For tenor, Stand Getz, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins and Johnny Griffin have a great sound one might learn from. On the alto, Phil Woods, Sonny Stitt, Richie Cole, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderly, Johnny Hodges (my favorite sound) and Paul Desmond make great sounds. Listen to Gerry Mulligan on Bari. Coltrane made the sop sax famous and sometimes he really does resonate well, but oftentimes it just screams, which can get on one's nerves after awhile.

Answer 3

Difinately Flute

Answer 4

I played flute for 4 years then learned how to play tenor sax....I think flutes easier just because sax is so different...I mean like the way you play and stuff....but It was worth it...

Answer 5

The fingering is pretty much the same on both. Girl flute players are a dime a dozen. Girl sax players are rare.

Answer 6

i think the flute is,
personally, i have no experience,

but i played the sax for a year and it was bougus...


maybe it had some thing to do with all those squiggles...what were they called,

oh, notes

Answer 7

i would say the sax is easier only because i play clarinet and i find it almost the same

Answer 8

Sax... the scales are easier

Answer 9

both are easy

Answer 10

saxaphone