This book provides the beginner alto saxophone player with all the skills you need to get started. Following simple illustrated lessons, you will learn to play in a variety of styles – from funk and pop to soul, jazz and blues. Easy-to-follow lessons will help you pick up the essentials – creating a warm, rich, even sound, mastering rhythm and notation, and improvising – until you are ready to join a band and start jamming! The backing CD provides accompanying tracks to help you play the right style, and demonstrations of the material for you to listen to and emulate. The book isn’t only for alto sax players, students of the tenor sax will also get plenty from the lessons and the scale library, allowing them to create simple improvisations and letting them ‘jazz up’ a melody. About the author Ollie Weston is Professor of Jazz Saxophone at the Guildhall School of Music and currently runs both the Jazz Workshop and the Jazz MA courses for the Junior School. As well as numerous smaller groups, he writes and arranges music for his own quartet, and co-leads the Zephyr Saxophone Quartet. His session credits include 19 Management, Island Records, Edwyn Collins, Jamie Cullum and Amy Winehouse. Ollie has also played in many West End productions.
Book, 1 DVD & 1 CD. Everything you need to know to teach yourself how to play the Saxophone. Features: A lesson-by-lesson method to learn the fundamentals of Saxophone playing for the complete beginner; Contains many well-known songs in a variety of styles including Folk, Blues, Rock and Classical; Assumes no prior knowledge of music or the Saxophone; Introduces music theory in an interesting and practical way; Covers all the essentials of Saxophone playing including breathing techniques; Features a chart listing all fingerings for the Saxophone; All Saxophone players should know all of the information contained in this book. This method comes with a CD and DVD with recordings of all examples and exercises contained in the book.
According to Larry Teal, the best method of learning to play the saxophone is to study with a competent teacher. Teal's studies were mostly of instruments other than the saxophone, but as a student at a Chautauqua summer session, he came under the influence of Georges Barrère, the eminent French flutist. He played bass clarinet with the Detroit Symphony, but he continued to be absorbed by the saxophone. As a result of his acquired expertise and growing reputation, he was appointed to a full-time faculty position as a saxophone teacher by the University of Michigan -- the first ever to receive such an appointment from a major university. During his 21-year tenure, he attracted students from all over, thus exerting an ever widening influence on saxophone teaching and performing.
Teach yourself how to play saxophone with our easy saxophone lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free sax videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along. Also includes music score and saxophone animation for easy music learning.*** "I spent a lot of time to find a good book for my alto saxophone lesson. This book let me know how I can play it. You don't need to waste time to find another book. Just buy it and start now. [It] has good design and you can see clearly to learn." - JIN [Amazon] Progressive Beginner Saxophone contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great saxophone player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson saxophone tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all types of saxophones including alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, and baritone saxophone. No prior knowledge of how to read music or saxaphone lessons is required to teach yourself to learn to play saxophone from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play alto sax, how to play tenor sax, how to play soprano sax, or how to play bari sax • How to play saxophone notes, scales, riffs and melodies • All the fundamental techniques of saxophone playing including posture and breathing techniques • Practical saxophone theory for learning how to read saxophone music for beginners • Saxophone tips and saxophone tricks that every player should know when learning saxophone including the basics for how to improvise on saxophone • Shortcuts for how to learn saxophone fast by getting the most from practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the saxophone today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners saxophone lessons written by a professional saxophone teacher • Easy-to-read saxophone music • Photos and saxophone fingering diagrams for all saxophone notes • 70+ saxophone exercises, beginner saxophone songs and popular easy saxophone music in rock saxophone, blues saxophone and jazz saxophone styles Beginner saxophone lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the saxophone, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's saxophone lessons for beginners are used by students and saxophone teachers worldwide to learn how to play saxophone. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted music lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.
Part of a series of instrumental tutors designed specifically to prepare pupils for the early grades of all the principal examination boards, this title is suitable for both individual and group instruction. It is divided into 24 units, places the maximum emphasis on the early development of musicianship.
A trusted training method for aspiring and serious players, "The Saxophone Bible" covers tuning, tone production, fingering, breath control, playing low and high ranges, scales, intervals, and much more.
For beginner rock saxophone players. Covers a variety of classic sounds, rhythms and techniques essential to Rock playing. Also contains lessons on transposing, playing in all keys and improvisation.
Many woodwind players come from a classical background which may not have taught you how to play by ear. While this can provide an excellent grounding in music, it doesn't teach you how to improvise, and often it's difficult for classically trained musicians to learn Jazz soloing. Beginner Jazz Soloing For Saxophone & Clarinet is the perfect guide to bridge the gap. Devised by Buster Birch (visiting jazz professor at Trinity Conservatoire), this book teaches a creative method for improvisation that's been road-tested at hundreds of workshops.
