Saxophone in music education: teaching methods and their evolution in different cultures

Abstract

Currently, the development of music education is considered as one of the most important aspects of the comprehensive development of the individual. The study of teaching methods for playing the saxophone in different cultures allows us to identify the most effective approaches that contribute to the full mastery of the skills of playing this wind instrument. The purpose of this article is a comparative analysis of teaching methods for playing the saxophone in developed countries of the West and East in the 20th - 21st centuries. The work used methods of historical analysis to study the evolution of approaches to teaching the saxophone in Europe and the United States throughout the twentieth century. A comparative analysis of modern teaching aids for teaching the saxophone in Russian and foreign music schools was also carried out. The results of the study made it possible to identify the main stages in the formation and improvement of teaching methods for playing the saxophone in developed countries of the world during the twentieth - early twenty-first centuries. A comparative analysis of modern approaches to teaching playing this musical instrument in Russia and abroad was carried out. Additionally, we analyzed video recordings of performances and master classes by leading saxophonists of our time from different countries in order to study the characteristics of their performing style and approaches to teaching. Recordings of performances by such musicians as jazzman Kenny G from the USA, classical performer Klaus Seiss from Germany, and jazz-pop saxophonist Makoto Sakurai from Japan were analyzed.