The sax is actually fairly easy to learn, maybe be due to the fact that it was designed at a time when musical instruments started gaining prominence. The awkward construction of saxes is what really prevents students and little children from picking it up at a young age. Most saxophones are fairly heavy and often require using a neck strap coupled with the hands of the player to grip the instrument. Besides, it is somewhat too wide for little hands, which prevents kids with little hands from playing it.
However, as soon as you have developed physically enough to be able to handle the sax, it is fairly easy to learn. The fingering system is extremely simple to get and tone production is a lot easier and simpler than with many wind instruments. The primary challenge of the sax is when it comes to the control of its intonation. Since it’s a conical bore instrument, it doesn’t have the pitch stability often found i9n cylindrical instruments. Besides, the sax’s different pitches have their own unique tone or timbre, which makes it difficult to understand its intonation. Although, with a decent trainer and a lot of hard work, intonation is absolutely possible.