From best-selling author, John O'Neill, The Saxophone Method is a complete course for the beginner to intermediate saxophonist. Start by mastering the essential foundation techniques of breathing, embouchure, tone production, and tonguing required to be a great player in any style. With a wide range of tunes from all over the world you will be exposed to a great variety of musical styles to motivate and inspire.The mp3 backing tracks, available as free downloads, feature top professional musicians and will give you the feeling of playing in a great band from the very beginning.The Saxophone Method is supplemented by two Repertoire Books to give you even more music to practice and enjoy, and perfectly complements the Jazz Method for Saxophone. By the end of the method you will be able to:understand the fundamentals of good playing techniquehave explored the full range of the instrumentbe familiar with the most common rhythmshave a solid grounding in music theoryhave the confidence to play with a real band in many different styles / Alto Saxophone

As music education progresses children begin to learn the Saxophone increasingly early often as young as eight years old. Méthode De Saxophone is intended for those young beginners for whom other methods are toocomplex advanced or difficult to understand. Being simple and versatile this method is also suitable for prospective saxophonists of any age. A CD featuring 52 minutes of Piano backing tracks is included with thisvolume. From the second week of study students will be developing close musical listening with a diverse repertoire of songs dances classical and romantic music from the past and present as well asimprovisational skills. The CD will especially help with this getting the student experience playing with another (recorded) musician from the beginning. The method will also introduce learning pieces by heart and varying theexercises in different ways with lower or higher octaves differing rhythms etc. A teacher can use their discretion to develop exercises further or repeat them or omit them altogether depending on thestudent's ability. With Méthode De Saxophone young beginners will quickly become accustomed to analysis musical reflection and the association of mastery over an instrument with musicalenjoyment.

Improvisation - Stilistik - Spezialeffekte-Following on from the best-selling Jazz Method for Saxophone Developing Jazz Technique for Saxophone will help intermediate players take their jazz skills to a new level. This method bridges the gap between beginning tenor sax students and Jamey’s Play-A-Longs with basic but hip solos and a swingin’ rhythm section. The 22 pieces are written in a variety of jazz styles including reggae jazz waltz bossa nova calypso New Orleans South African salsa samba blues and swing. Special emphasis is given to helping students improvise over chord sequences such as the II-V-I progression. Idiomatic effects such as vibrato subtone glissandi and ‘bending’notes are dealt with and there is a special chapter on overtones. Several new scales are introduced including the whole tone and diminished scales and a special section on patterns contains many ideas for practising in all 12 keys. A superb rhythm section provides backing for all the pieces and exercises on the accompanying CD.