SKU: HL.266771

ISBN 9781785580529. UPC: 888680733414. 9.0x12.0x0.253 inches.

Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backing track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your saxophone. In one great book you get a look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures instead of long explanations, Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing, technique and maintenance, audio tracks to show you how things should sound, plus full-length accompaniment tracks to play along with. The book also comes with an e-book and a practice assessment app!

SKU: FH.WS4

ISBN 978-1-55440-553-4.

Unparalleled in scope, this groundbreaking series for E_Alto and B_Tenor offers a single collection of Repertoire and supporting materials written or arranged specifically for saxophone. With Repertoire spanning from the Baroque to contemporary eras, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts, this comprehensive series serves as a balanced and organized pedagogical resource from the beginner to advanced levels of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to original works and arrangements of diverse styles from W.A. Mozart to Violet Archer, with selected works by notable jazz artist Paul Desmon (Take Five), and living composer Phil Woods. Each level provides opportunities to explore Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary works, with original, unaccompanied selections from Levels 5 through 8 that use extended techniques such as multiphonics, key clicks, and bisbigliando. Earlier works pre-dating the origin of the saxophone have been carefully arranged with consideration of the unique quality of the instrument. Exposure to these works help to develop musicianship and an understanding of tonality, creating well-rounded and versatile performers. Selections written for both E_Alto and B_Tenor include piano accompaniments that function with both instruments.
Eb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Siciliana - attr. Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Stephen Chatman
Sonata, op. 1, no. 1 - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (de Gant), arr. Kathleen Wood
- First Movement
- Second Movement
Habanera (from Carmen, act 1) - Georges Bizet, arr. Stephen Chatman
Two Airs - Henry Purcell
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Romance - Elizabeth Raum
A Knight in Shining Armor - Phil Woods
Idyl - Nova Pon

Bb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Sonata, op. 1, no. 1 - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (de Gant), arr. Kathleen Wood
- First Movement
- Second Movement
Habanera (from Carmen, act 1) - Georges Bizet, arr. Stephen Chatman
Allegro in G Minor, op. 6, no. 8 - Arcangelo Corelli
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Romance - Elizabeth Raum
Dancing Silhouettes - Floyd Olin Harris
Willow, Willow - Percy Aldridge Grainger, arr. Carl Simpson.

SKU: FH.WS8

ISBN 978-1-55440-557-2.

Unparalleled in scope, this groundbreaking series for E_Alto and B_Tenor offers a single collection of Repertoire and supporting materials written or arranged specifically for saxophone. With Repertoire spanning from the Baroque to contemporary eras, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts, this comprehensive series serves as a balanced and organized pedagogical resource from the beginner to advanced levels of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to original works and arrangements of diverse styles from W.A. Mozart to Violet Archer, with selected works by notable jazz artist Paul Desmon (Take Five), and living composer Phil Woods. Each level provides opportunities to explore Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary works, with original, unaccompanied selections from Levels 5 through 8 that use extended techniques such as multiphonics, key clicks, and bisbigliando. Earlier works pre-dating the origin of the saxophone have been carefully arranged with consideration of the unique quality of the instrument. Exposure to these works help to develop musicianship and an understanding of tonality, creating well-rounded and versatile performers. Selections written for both E_Alto and B_Tenor include piano accompaniments that function with both instruments.
Eb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Sonata, BWV 1035 - Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Kathleen Wood
- First Movement
- Third Movement: Siciliano
- Fourth Movement
Sonata, TWV 41:F2 - Georg Philipp Telemann, arr. Christine Donkin
- First Movement
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Sonata - Anton Bilotti
- First Movement
Sonata - Alec Wilder
- First Movement
- Third Movement
Allegro - Vaclav Nelhybel

Bb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Sonata - Johann Friedrich Fasch, arr. Jason Noble
- First Movement
- Third Movement
Sonata Prima - Francesco Maria Veracini, arr. Harold Birston
- First Movement
- Third Movement
- Fourth Movement
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Sonata - James di Pasquale
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
Three Songs Without Words - Paul Ben-Haim
- 1. Arioso
- 3. Sephardic Melody

Eb Saxophone or Bb Saxophone:

Unaccompanied Repertoire:
Introduction, Dance, and Furioso - Herbert Couf
- [Complete]
Improvisation (Romani) - Ronald L. Caravan
Improvisations on Lines Where Beauty Lingers - M. William Karlins.

SKU: FH.WS2

ISBN 978-1-55440-551-0.

Unparalleled in scope, this groundbreaking series for E_Alto and B_Tenor offers a single collection of Repertoire and supporting materials written or arranged specifically for saxophone. With Repertoire spanning from the Baroque to contemporary eras, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts, this comprehensive series serves as a balanced and organized pedagogical resource from the beginner to advanced levels of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to original works and arrangements of diverse styles from W.A. Mozart to Violet Archer, with selected works by notable jazz artist Paul Desmon (Take Five), and living composer Phil Woods. Each level provides opportunities to explore Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary works, with original, unaccompanied selections from Levels 5 through 8 that use extended techniques such as multiphonics, key clicks, and bisbigliando. Earlier works pre-dating the origin of the saxophone have been carefully arranged with consideration of the unique quality of the instrument. Exposure to these works help to develop musicianship and an understanding of tonality, creating well-rounded and versatile performers. Selections written for both E_Alto and B_Tenor include piano accompaniments that function with both instruments.
Eb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Sonata in F Major, op. 5, no. 10 - Arcangelo Corelli, arr. J. Michael Leonard
- Third Movement: Sarabanda
- Fourth Movement: Gavotta
Gavotte (from Rosine) - Francois Joseph Gossec, arr. Emil Kross
Rondino - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Jason Noble
Gavotte en rondeau, BWV 822 - Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Larry Teal
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Timepiece - Lennie Niehaus
Hot on the Line - Pam Wedgwood
Furry Bear - Phil Woods
A Drowsy Tune - Violet Archer
Flowers - Elizabeth Raum
Larghetto - Ralph Vaughan Williams

Bb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Contredanse No. 2, K 101 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Jason Gray
Bread of Angels (Panis angelicus, from Messe a trois voix) - Cesar Franck, arr. Mark Mrozinski
The Reapers (Les moissonneurs) - Francois Couperin, arr. Kathleen Wood
Slavonic Dance - Antonin Dvorak, arr. Jason Gray
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Hot on the Line - Pam Wedgwood
Polish Dance - Raymond Milford Endresen
The Keel Row - English folk song, arr. James Rae.

SKU: FH.WS3

ISBN 978-1-55440-552-7.

Unparalleled in scope, this groundbreaking series for E_Alto and B_Tenor offers a single collection of Repertoire and supporting materials written or arranged specifically for saxophone. With Repertoire spanning from the Baroque to contemporary eras, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts, this comprehensive series serves as a balanced and organized pedagogical resource from the beginner to advanced levels of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to original works and arrangements of diverse styles from W.A. Mozart to Violet Archer, with selected works by notable jazz artist Paul Desmon (Take Five), and living composer Phil Woods. Each level provides opportunities to explore Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and contemporary works, with original, unaccompanied selections from Levels 5 through 8 that use extended techniques such as multiphonics, key clicks, and bisbigliando. Earlier works pre-dating the origin of the saxophone have been carefully arranged with consideration of the unique quality of the instrument. Exposure to these works help to develop musicianship and an understanding of tonality, creating well-rounded and versatile performers. Selections written for both E_Alto and B_Tenor include piano accompaniments that function with both instruments.
Eb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Sonata, op. 2, no. 1 - Benedetto Marcello, arr. Jason Noble
- Third Movement
- Fourth Movement
Mazurka, op. 67, no. 2 - Frederic Chopin
Sonata, BWV 1033 - attr. Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Stephen Chatman
- Menuet I
- Menuet II
Tambourin (from Iphigenie en Aulide) - Christoph Willibald Gluck, arr. Christine Donkin
Anglois con Variationi - Johann Gottlieb Nicolai, arr. Stephen Chatman
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Song - Walter S. Hartley
It's a Raggy Waltz - Dave Brubeck, arr. Paul Harris and Beverley Calland
Dancing Under the Afghan Sky - Christiaan Venter
Flight - Noel Gallon

Bb Saxophone:

Mainly Transcriptions:
Serenade - attr. Roman Hoffstetter, arr. John Harle
Sonata, K 13 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Menuetto I
- Menuetto II
Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana) - Pietro Mascagni, arr. Eugene Rousseau
Sinfonia (Arioso) - Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Mark Mrozinski
Mainly Original Repertoire for Saxophone:
Dancing Under the Afghan Sky - Christiaan Venter
Grand Ole Duke - James Rae
The Blue Fox - Frank J. Halferty.