What can you do with hydrogen peroxide, baby powder, modeling clay, and dental cushions? What are the four variables of good intonation? What is a mouthpiece scale? What does playing it backwards mean? The answers to these questions and other tips of the trade can be found in Saxophone Secrets. Has your saxophone playing hit a plateau? Are you practicing, but not progressing? If you're nodding your head, Saxophone Secrets is for you. Dan Joffe has assembled the guidance you need if you want to: ? Practice More Efficiently ? Improve Your Technique ? Improve Your Tone ? Improve Your Intonation ? Buy a new or used saxophone ? Find other great information about playing the saxophone Learn the secrets of the masters and the way they approach the sax. Transfer the information directly to your horn. Those of you who aren't yet masters, suspend your disbelief and try the techniques of Saxophone Secrets. 92 pages. Convenient, pocket-sized book! 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 - perfect for your gig bag!

A Proven Method to Increase Technique and Become a Complete Saxophonist-Your warm-up time is a precious thing. It can get you off to a great day of practicing or it can set you back every time you pick up your instrument. Learning the correct way to warm up will benefit every part of your playingand send you on your way to mastering the saxophone! This book is the product of the last 10 years of building my warm-up routine and will teach you my proven method guaranteed to improve your playing by leaps and bounds.The exercises in this book are designed specifically for the range of the saxophone and address some of the most common problems that people who play this instrument run into. The main areas of study in this method are:1. Sound Concepts 2. Scales & Arpeggios 3. Working with a Metronome 4. How to Structure Your Time A good day starts off on the right foot and a good practice session starts off with a quality warm-up. Treat your warm-up timewith the care and precision that a brass player or drummer does and turn a repetitive routine into a new one which challenges you every day. Contained Inside: Sound Concepts • Articulation Patterns • Full RangeMajor and Harmonic Minor Scales • Full Range Major and Harmonic Minor Thirds • Full Range Major and Minor Arpeggios • Staggered Major and Minor Arpeggios • Major and Minor Seconds • Full Range ChromaticScale Exercises • Combining Keys with Both Scales and Arpeggios • Full Range Major and Harmonic Minor Fourths and Wider Intervals

Complete Guide to Tone Technique and Performance-A complete guide to playing and maintenance The Saxophone Handbook offers essential information on all dimensions of the saxophone. It provides an overview of technique such as breathing fingerings articulations and more. Exercises will help you develop your sense of timing facility and sound. Extensive directions on repairs will help you maintain your instrument and customize it to support your own playing style andpreferences. You'll learn to fine-tune your reed recork the keys fix binding keys replace pads and many other repairs and adjustments. You'll also learn to improve your tone intonation and flexibility while playing withproper technique.

Saxophone Play-Along Volume 9-The Saxophone Play-Along® series has been designed to help you to play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation listen to the online audio to hear how the Saxophone should sound and then play-along using the separate backing tracks. The audio can be downloaded or streamed and features Playback+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right – available exclusively from Hal Leonard. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book to help you follow along.Saxophone Play-Along Volume 9: Christmas is aholiday edition featuring the songs: Christmas Time Is Here Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep Do You Hear What I Hear Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas The Little Drummer Boy Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town White Christmas and Winter Wonderland.

Vamoosh Saxophone Book 2. Vamoosh Book 2 for Saxophone is a fun, easy to use book for young alto sax players. 28 varied and engaging pieces that gently guide the player towards grade 1 level. Books are compatible with Book 2 for Trumpet and Clarinet and ideal for group lessons. Backing Tracks are available online via Spotify, YouTube, the Vamoosh website and many other platforms. A piano accompaniment book is also available.

The Scale/Mode Approach-Expand the creative breadth of your soloing! Since its original publication in 1974 Improvisation For Saxophone - The Scale/Mode Approach has been a treasured improvisation resource for players worldwide. Thesestep-by-step exercises and explanations will help you develop your ear and improve your soloing technique. You will learn the intimate relationships between modes and chords practising licks and solos that grow out of theirunderlying harmonies and sound natural for the tune.You will learn:How to use the distinctive qualities associated with modes and scales for more expressive soloing Relationships between scales and chordsLickstypical of each mode and scaleSolos built on the different modes and scalesHow to improvise over common Jazz progressionsAndy McGhee has taught at Berklee since 1966 before which he toured with Lionel Hampton andWood Herman. He has taught thousands how to improvise including luminaries such as Bill Pierce Javon Jackson Donald Harrison Antonio Hart Richie Cole Greg Osby Jaleel Shaw and Ralph Moore.

Saxophone Play-Along Volume 8-The Saxophone Play-Along® Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation listen to the audio to hear how the saxophone should sound and then play-along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book to help you follow along. The online audio files also include playback tools that allow you to slow down and loop passages for practice help. This volume includes: Anything You Want Bang Bang Chicago Song Comin' Home Baby The Dream Hideaway Slam and Straight to the Heart.

Music Minus One Tenor or Alto Saxophone-For Saxes Only is designed to give the jazz saxophonist (or clarinet or trumpet player) an opportunity to play with a top-flight sax section. Due to the comparative scarcity of big bands today this is the one area in which young players sorely lack experience. While working with this album you will encounter the problems of sight-reading intonation phrasing vibrato unisons subtone and more. These are the same challenges one would face playing with legendary greats Ellington Basie or Goodman. If you haven't had the opportunity to work in a big band playing with this album should give you an idea of that special thrill one gets when the blend is perfect and everybody'sswinging together! Includes printed solo parts for E-flat and B-flat instruments and a compact disc featuring complete recordings (with alto sax as the solo instrument) and a second performance of the accompaniments only. Performed by Bob Wilber tenor sax Hilton Jefferson alto sax Accompaniment: The Bob Wilber All-Stars: Bob Wilber tenor sax Hilton Jefferson alto sax Jerome Richardson alto sax Seldon Powell tenor sax Danny Bank baritone sax Dick Wellstood piano George Duvivier bass Panama Francis drums

This book enables Saxophone players to practice some of the greatest classical works on the alto Eb Saxophone. It has three main objectives: to enrich your musical culture to improve your technique and to allow you to have fun while playing well known tunes.Pieces by all the great composers are included. You will learn symphonies sonatas lieder arias Renaissance dances orchestral pieces ballet pieces and waltzes as well as instrumental pieces such as preludes nocturnes studies marches etc.In addition to make learning and playing fun each score is accompanied by two audio recordings (MP3) on the included CD which features more than six hours ofmusic.

Saxophone Play-Along Volume 10-The Saxophone Play-Along® series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation listen to the included audio to hear how the Saxophone should sound and then play-along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book to help you follow along. The online audio is available for streaming or download using the unique code printed inside the book. Saxophone Play-Along Volume 10: John Coltrane features 8 Coltrane classics including: Blue Train (Blue Trane) Body and Soul Central Park West Cousin Mary Giant Steps Like Sonny (SimpleLike) My Favorite Things and Naima (Niema).

Par ARMACOST TIM. The ultimate guide to playing saxophone, by NY jazz artist Tim Armacost ? for anyone from beginners to professionals. Rooted in practical skills and going far beyond theory, The Jazz Saxophone Book will improve your ability to construct beautiful, flowing solo lines. The book includes access to over 30 videos of the author demonstrating ideas in the book and hundreds of examples of solo phrases by the masters of jazz saxophone. For the beginning improviser, we cover: ? Creative ways to work on sound, time and building a jazz vocabulary ? Connecting your soloing with your internal singing voice ? Foundational jazz harmony - what you need to know! For intermediate players, the book offers: ? In-depth treatment of jazz harmony, with copious examples from the masters of the tradition ? Ideas for becoming a musical storyteller ? Skills needed to show up at a jam session and confi dently perform a tune For more advanced players, the book discusses: ? Using advanced harmony to build and release tension ? Taking jazz vocabulary, harmony and form into the realm of freedom ? How to practice efficiently to become a well-rounded, continually improving soloist / Date parution : 2022-04-26/ Méthode / Saxophone

Saxophone Play-Along Volume 11-The Saxophone Play-Along® Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation listen to the included audio to hear how the saxophone should sound and then play-along using the separate backing tracks. The online audio is available for streaming or download using the unique code printed inside the book. Volume 11 includes 8 jazz classics including: Body and Soul • Con Alma • Oleo • Speak No Evil • Take Five • There Will Never Be Another You • Tune Up • Work Song.

Quiero Tocar El Saxofon by Victor M. Barba is a great book for learning how to play the sax. If you want to play in school bands jazz bands or just for yourself you need this book because is simple and easy to understand starting with just one note all the way to playing nice melodies with the sax. Every song every study every example comes with the names of the notes under the music notation as well as the graphics for the sax and thefingering so you know where and how you should be playing. You'll find many original songs so you can develop you personal style and a series of daily studies to expand your skills. If you are a solo player or part of a band either way this book is a lot of fun! From the series of Easy Music School and Mel Bay Publications. Includes access to online audio. Quiero Tocar El Saxofon del reconocido autor Victor M. Barba es de verdad un libro muybueno para aprender a tocar el saxofon porque viene muy bien explicado y facil de entender. Ya sea que quieras tocar tu solo on en una banda escolar o en un grupo nortelo con este libro podras aprender lo basico para tocar tuscanciones favoritas en el sax. Desde la primera nota hasta una cancion completa todos los ejemplos vienen con los nombres de las notas debajo de cada nota para que te cueste menos trabajo leer la musica. Ademas trae la grafica yla posicion de los dedos y el audio para que sepas como va la cancion. Tiene figuritas adornos escalas y estudios te aseguro que con este libro vas a tocar saxofon bien rapido. De la serie de libros de Easy Music School y MelBay Publications! Viene con el audio de todos los ritmos.

Another fabulous volume of exercises and pieces to help understanding of Jazz conception and phrasing. While focusing on technique Lennie Niehaus’ splendid method is one which clearly stresses the fundamental rhythms articulations and phrasings commonly used by Jazz groups. These are the keys that unlock proper Jazz conception and are the elements which usually requires the most time. This method can save you months or even years! The first section of this book consists of another twelve exercises each stressing different rhythmic patterns which reinforce basic elements. The second section consists of ten more tunes which utilise the material initiated withinthe exercises making this an invaluable source for the young saxophone player.