THE SPECIFICS OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAXOPHONE PLAYING IN THE CLASS OF WIND INSTRUMENTS

Abstract

The article considers difficulties encountered by students in the class of wind instruments in preparation for the transition to saxophone playing. The work is based on the analysis of training methods on wooden wind instruments, the emphasis is placed on the emergence of specific difficulties, as well as problems at the beginning of training, inherent in the mastery of the saxophone and the system of additional music education in general. Conditions and causes of learning problems are identified and defined, differentiated and opportunities for overcoming them are shown. The presented material allows to conclude that in the existing methods of training on the saxophone there is practically no attention paid to the preparatory stage of training. Attention is focused on the setting of the body and hands, the development of breathing and the formation of ambouchure. However, there is very little consideration of the overall primary training of the student, as well as overcoming the difficulties of primary education in a modern child. It can be concluded that there is a growing need to expand the range of issues in the teaching of wooden wind instruments, as well as in updating a number of methodological guidelines.