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.
Andy Hampton's Saxophone Basics series is widely regarded as the leading method for beginner saxophonists and their teachers. This is the full eBook edition of Saxophone Basics Pupil's book (with audio) in fixed-layout format and offers a fresh design, clear technical drawings, fun illustrations, new activities, pull-out fingering chart and of course all of the great tunes featured in the original Saxophone Basics. Starting at absolute beginner level and progressing to about Grade 2, it contains: - a wide range of repertoire, including original pieces and well-loved favourites from every genre - warm ups and fun original exercises - invaluable fact files, quizzes and technical advice covering notation, general musicianship and care of the instrument - helpful fingering diagrams and rhythm boxes - duets throughout ideal for group teaching - pull-out fingering chart to pin on your wall - access to online audio containing piano and saxophone accompaniments to play along with. Contents: - Down To Earth - Up And Away - Life s Little Ups And Downs - Bitter Sweet - At The End Of The Night - Feel The Heat. - Come Join The Band - And So It Goes - Cor Blimey. - Merrily We Blow Along - Caribbean Calypso - Stop FEEF! - Brazilian Girl. - Sorted! The F# Files - Set Em Up - This Land Is My Land - Cool Ghoul. - As I Walked Out - Sad Jazz Waltz - When The Saints - Rock That Sax! - About Face - Song Of The Volga Boatman. - Razor Sharp - That Sinking Feeling - Deep D Duet - Call Of The Wild - Carnival Of Venice - Swanee River. - Woogie Boogie - A Whole Lot Of Soul - Dotty Mazurka - Nobody Knows The Trouble I ve Seen. - Lazy Days - Knock, Knock - It s A Cinch - Prokofieff: Lieutenant Kije - No Better Blues - Hatikvah - Sweet Betsy From Pike. - Be Happy, Be Natural, Be Flat - Cool 4 Cats - Cat s Tail Swing. - Two Down, One On The Side - The Ashgrove - Frankie And Johnny. - Dee For Two - La Follia - Green Onions - Just Left Of Right. - Concert Pieces - Vivace - Walk The Cat - Lay Me Down - Blue Call. - Warm-Up Bossa - Greensleeves - One Mint Julep. - Wave Them Goodbye - Duetteud - Creepin Around. - C U Down There - Go With The Flow - You And Me. - Which Way Now? - That Swing Things. - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Tell Me About It - Here Comes The Blues. - I m Late For School! - Wintertime Blues. - Take Your Partners Please - Scarborough Fair. - Goodall: Theme From Red Dwarf - Harris: Miami Beach - Franck: Allegretto - Another Wet Wednesday. - Lisk: Theme From Men Behaving Badly - Beethoven: 7th Symphony 2nd Movt - Alone Again
James Rae's highly successful method Progressive Jazz Studies has given countless aspiring jazz players the confidence to play with real style. Now with Jazz Saxophone Studies, 78 of Rae's studies are brought together into a single great-value book, from Grade 1 to 5 (elementary to late intermediate). Part 1 introduces the beginner to jazz rhythms including swing quavers, syncopation and anticipation; Part 2 contains fully graded melodic jazz studies; and Part 3 develops confidence within common jazz tonalities: whole-tone, diminished and blues scales, modes and the II-V-I chord sequence.
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.
Concert Repertoire for Alto Saxophone is a combination of original pieces and imaginative arrangements carefully selected and written for the late intermediate (Grade 5-7) player there is something here for every occasion! Paul Harris and Beverley Calland have pooled their wealth of experience to put together this varied and challenging collection.
The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, first published in 1999, tells the story of the saxophone, its history and technical development from Adolphe Sax (who invented it c. 1840) to the end of the twentieth century. It includes extensive accounts of the instrument's history in jazz, rock and classical music as well as providing practical performance guides. Discussion of the repertoire and soloists from 1850 to the present day includes accessible descriptions of contemporary techniques and trends, and moves into the electronic age with midi wind instruments. There is a discussion of the function of the saxophone in the orchestra, in 'light music' and in rock and pop studios, as well as of the saxophone quartet as an important chamber music medium. The contributors to this volume are some of the finest performers and experts on the saxophone.
For slightly over two decades, the College Band Directors National Association published the CBDNA Journal, a research outlet for all types of subjects of interest to the membership. Following cessation of activities in 2002, Michael Votta, Jr., the Journal's most recent editor, assembled representative articles on composers and their works, historical research and composition analysis investigations, and produced this fine collection of writings. As a source of well-constructed research by some of the country's leading musicians, it fills a much needed place in everyone's library.
