Scale Your Saxophone Skills with Aerophone
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Scale Your Saxophone Skills with Aerophone

With the Aerophone, you can practice without worrying about volume, tuning, or other distractions. Learn why it's ideal for new wind players.

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The Roland Aerophone offers players many benefits across all skill levels. It is not only a dynamic digital instrument optimal for performance and composition, but it is also a powerful learning tool. With its flexible settings and user-friendly nature, the Aerophone offers players a variety of ways to focus on fundamental wind player skills such as tone and articulation. With the Aerophone, players can freely practice without worrying about volume, tuning, or other distractions. Here’s why the Aerophone is the perfect choice for new wind players. 

Why the Aerophone?  

Roland launched the first Aerophone, the AE-10, at the end of 2016. Since its release, the family of wind controllers has expanded to accommodate players of every style and skill level. If you’re looking for a high-end digital wind instrument, there’s the Aerophone Pro. In the middle, there’s the AE-20. There’s even something for beginners: the Aerophone Mini and the Aerophone GO

Regardless of your level, players can hone their skills with the Aerophone. Its portability, flexible performance options, and customizable settings make it a versatile performance instrument and a powerful practice tool.

Learn how Aerophone can help players learn the fundamentals.

Play Anywhere, Anytime

Wind instruments like saxophone provide a popular starting point for new musicians, but also pose some challenges. Achieving a pleasing tone and mastering fingering fundamentals can take significant time and effort. The Roland Aerophone simplifies this process for players across all skill levels, from beginners to professionals. Learn why the Aerophone is an ideal choice for new wind players.  

Learn how Aerophone can make it easier to practice and perform.

Use Standard Saxophone Fingering 

From Sade’s “Smooth Operator” to “Careless Whisper,” the iconic saxophone has played a significant role in most music genres since its inception. It’s also widely regarded as one of the easiest instruments for beginners. If you’ve got basic saxophone fingering down, you’re ready to explore the universe of sounds inside the Aerophone. Discover how to move from acoustic to digital wind instrument and expand your musical inspiration. 

Discover how sax fingering makes the Aerophone an ideal beginner instrument.

Learn the Songs You Want to Play

If you learned to play in elementary school, you may have memories of practicing old-fashioned tunes. But what if you could pick up an instrument and immediately learn the songs you want to play? The intuitive Aerophone layout and supporting apps make the process fun, which is the best way to progress and stick with an instrument. Find out how the Aerophone can help you jamming with songs by your favorite artists.

Find out how the Aerophone can help you learn the songs you want to play.

Learn to Read Music

Reading music can seem complicated, but it is a skill that opens up new possibilities. You can expand your repertoire and access musical opportunities otherwise out of reach. Once you master saxophone fingerings with Aerophone, you can learn to read music. Find out how Aerophone makes learning to read music approachable and fun.  

Find out how the Aerophone can make reading music fun.

Caring for a Digital Wind Instrument   

The Roland Aerophone is a convenient, low-maintenance way to spend more time on music and less on cleaning. Caring for the Aerophone is straightforward and differs significantly from its acoustic counterparts. Find out how to maintain a digital wind instrument and leave behind reeds, cleaning swabs, and oily fingerprints  

Learn how to care for the Aerophone.

Shannon Harp

Shannon Harp is the Marketing Operations Senior Specialist for Roland. She lives in Southern California where she regularly performs and records as a saxophonist and composer under the name Shannon Kennedy.