Saxophone Workout

Saxophone Workout

Author: Eric J. Morones

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1495011100

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(Sax Instruction). This book will give you a complete saxophone workout. Here you'll find etudes that cover a wide spectrum of techniques, from the basics to intermeidate level to advanced. With daily practice that includes use of a metronome and tuner, this book will provide noticeable improvement in the mastery of your horn. The excercises are designed for the trouble spots of all the instruments of the saxophone family soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and can be used by players at all levels. Topics include: articulation; rhythms; time signatures; chord arpeggios; major scales.


Daily Warm-Up Exercises for Saxophone (Music Instruction)

Daily Warm-Up Exercises for Saxophone (Music Instruction)

Author:

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1996-05-01

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1476863148

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(Instructional). Living sax legend Jackie McLean is one of the greatest alto players of the post-Parker era. For this book, he has assembled essential warm-up exercises to help students become familiar with playing through different keys ascending and descending chromatically. Includes a biography, an interview, many exercises, and transcriptions of his solos in "Bluesnik" and "Dig."


Universal Method for Saxophone

Universal Method for Saxophone

Author: Paul DeVille

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2018-03-21

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0486823946

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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.


First Lessons Alto Saxophone

First Lessons Alto Saxophone

Author: Jeremy Viner

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-07-26

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1610659902

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This book is designed for the person who may know nothing about music and have had no previous saxophone training. the book, complete with audio, covers the basics of technique on the alto saxophone, as well as provides an introduction to the most fundamental elements of music. Skills are presented, reinforced through exercises, and implemented via real repertoire.


Learn to Play Sax

Learn to Play Sax

Author: Ollie Weston

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781845433550

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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.


A Complete Approach to Sound for the Modern Saxophonist

A Complete Approach to Sound for the Modern Saxophonist

Author: Ben Britton

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781480131477

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This book is designed to guide saxophonists of any genre towards achieving their ideal sound. Not only will pursuing this aspiration result in a more beautiful and powerful tone, but it will also promote virtuosity in other areas of technique such as the ability to execute technical passage, extending the range of the saxophone to four octaves, and widening the palette of available tone colors. The guiding principles for reaching these goals are taught in this book as are corresponding specific exercises to help efficiently achieve them. Accompanying sound clips are available at: www.benbrittonjazz.com/completeapproach "This is a terrific book on an often neglected yet integral part of saxophone playing. I recommend Ben's book to every serious saxophonist." --Walt Weiskopf Editor: Victor Pinto, New Orleans, LA Cover Photophrapy: Frankie Withers, Annapolis, MD


Saxophone Method

Saxophone Method

Author: Bob Cooper

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1609740602

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A comprehensive sax method by one of America's top jazz and studio saxophonists. Subjects covered include key studies, chord and scale etudes, solos, high-register studies, vibrato, fingering, and rhythm studies. In addition, an excellent solo and duet repertoire is presented. Applicable to any saxophone.


Learn as You Play Saxophone

Learn as You Play Saxophone

Author: Peter Wastall

Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780851620589

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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.