Imagine someone who has worked as an international saxophonist, an educator, a technician, a consultant, and as a designer, and you can imagine Peter Ponzol. For the first time, Peter offers details from his famous Saxophone Workshops. Learn about: ? Maintenance ? Reeds ? Mouthpieces ? Ligatures ? Sound ? Flexibility This exciting and informational pocket book will be a much needed addition to your musical library! Convenient pocket-sized book - 3.5 x 5.5 - perfect to toss in your gig bag! 64 pages. Peter has been around saxophones for decades, doing it all from manufacturing horns to reeds to mouthpieces. As well, he is a seasoned player. What he discusses in this book is coming from one of the sources-read carefully! - David Liebman, Sax artist/ author/ clinician. Read this review from Sax On The Web: The information in this book is right up SOTW?s alley, with answers regarding reeds, necks, mouthpieces, saxes, maintenance, and the like. I would assume that the number of redundant threads started could be reduced almost in half simply with a reading of this book and those owning it could refer back to it at their leisure, as needed. And there is enough info in this book which contradicts some of our SOTW urban legends to make an episode of MythBusters. If you catch the right posts at the right time, much of the info in this book is already posted here on SOTW. But you have to see it and if hunting for it, you have to find it. OTOH it?s all conveniently gathered and organized here in this primer - plus more. There are suggestions such as replacing the neck cork once or twice a year, which I would, if posting a response, say is not necessary. But here?s the difference. Many of us on the forum are experienced musicians but few have the experience and depth that Ponzol has. We can write with credibility - Ponzol writes with authority. And this is based on decades not only as a top-echelon player, but as a successful and innovative sax, neck and mpc designer. The book is a 61 page pocket reference booklet which, in addition to topics mentioned above, include thoughts on ligatures, sound and flexibility. It is based on items of interest asked by attendees at workshops he has given over the years, hence the title. He begins by pointing out that at these workshops one of the first things he does is look at the condition of attendees' equipment with the observation that at least 90% of them need some kind of work and adjustments. What follows in the book?s 61 pages are recommendations generated by this observation. Included are interesting comments such as: aging store-bought reeds by letting them sit for several years is fairly useless since the aging process stops once the bark has been cut away from the reed; not earth-shattering but interesting and certainly myth debunking. Again something that fits right in with many of the conversations on this forum. Interesting thoughts follow regarding the future of natural cane reeds, or how to select and get the most from your reeds - things I wouldn?t think of like sanding the heel of your reed. SOTWers might also get a kick out of, and relate to, the title of his section on mouthpieces, ?Now the Fun Begins?. There are also interesting side comments we don?t often hear like: in the 70s so many young players like Ponzol were trying to get Trane?s recorded sound by working on metal Links because that?s what they saw in photos and yet, Trane often recorded with hard rubber mpcs because, in Trane's opinion, it didn?t have as much spit in the sound for him. It?s interesting how some things come around back to you. There are two exercises I recommend to my students and have recommended on the forum regarding volume and embouchure control and flexibility. I?ve never heard anyone else recommend these exercises and yet here they are in Peter?s book. Then it hit me. The only other one I know who uses them is a former teacher of mine and I remembered that years ago he said he had had some lessons with Ponzol. So ?the circle is unbroken? LOL. I would highly recommend it for beginners and intermediates, as well as for more advanced players to recommend to their students. It has made me re-think even some of my most basic assumptions regarding equipment and maintenance, which has made the read well worth it. I wish every SOTW newbie would start out their Forum time with this booklet at their disposal.

Une collection unique de quatre-vingt-huit les meilleures chansons jazz jamais rassemblés en un seul volume arrangé pour la ligne de la mélodie et le piano avec boîtes de corde de guitare. Inclut Ain't Misbehavine, fille d'Ipanema du corps et âme, une journée brumeuse, toutes les choses vous êtes, Birdland, que Rainy Day Voici, The Lady est un clochard et beaucoup plus. / Saxophone Et Piano

This collection of ten jazz etudes with accompanying audio provides intermediate to advanced tenor sax students with a fun and effective way to learn to play in the specific odd meters: 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, and 9/4. Each etude is based on the chord progression of a different jazz standard, and includes an in-depth analysis of the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic devices used. The addition of the odd-time ingredient, along with completely original melodies and improv lines, converts what would be mere academic etudes to a delightful jazz listening and playing experience.If you want to improve your fluency in reading, performing, and improvising in odd time signatures, this is the book for you! A generous number of preparatory exercises gradually introduce the student to not only reading music, but also 'hearing how phrases land within a measure” of odd time. Play-along audio tracks featuring a professional rhythm section (piano, bass, and drums) minus the sax track allow you to play as the soloist. Includes access to online audio. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz / Etude / Saxophone Ténor

for Tenor Sax. Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 timeless pop hits and favorite standards: The Boxer · City of Stars · Daughters · Every Breath You Take · Gabriel\'s Oboe · Have I Told You Lately · Just Give Me a Reason · Love Me Tender · Michelle · Never Enough · Perfect · River Flows in You · She\'s Always a Woman · Strangers in the Night · Three Times a Lady · What a Wonderful World · Your Song · and more.

Historical information about Händel's Water Music Suites is limited, but certainly these works were intended for two, possibly three, parties given by King George I on the Thames River, London, between 1715 and 1736. Händel and his orchestra played on a barge. Since then the some twenty-two separate original pieces have been organized into three Suites and nicknamed 'Water Music?, each having a separate key and likely corresponding to these river parties. This transcription of Water Music Suite II for saxophone quartet has two purposes: to make this music available to saxophonists for performance and education, and to provide in one volume the entire Suite II. The exception to the latter, because of the limits of endurance, is the exclusion of the short Adagio, a brief interlude between the fi rst two movements. Included though are the Allegro, Hornpipe, Minuet, Lentement, and Bourree. These works were originally meant for an outdoor performance, and one of the original intentions of the saxophone was to play in French military bands, also an open-air purpose. The original scoring of brass, woodwind, and string instruments (but no continuo) transcribe well for saxophones. Matching the ranges of instruments of the original to the saxophone quartet was a primary objective. In addition, this arrangement strives to disperse melodic material to all four saxophones so as to make the arrangement pleasing to all the members of the quartet while providing variety to an audience. Any dynamic, articulation, and tempo markings are to be taken only as suggestions so as to allow interpretation by the performers. The musical study and performance of all styles while using examples of composition and performance that represent excellence is necessary for saxophonists who wish to be well-rounded musicians. For the above reasons saxophonists are urged to listen to recordings of the original orchestration in order to learn and imitate proper interpretation of Baroque style. There are currently a number of excellent recordings of Handel's Suites on period instruments, such as (but not limited to) those by conductors John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, and the ensemble Tafelmusik. The Lewis-Clark State College Saxophone Quartet has for many years enjoyed performing Suite II for concerts, ceremonies and social settings, and I thank Advance Music for the opportunity to bring these great works to the profession. / 4 Saxophones (SATBar)

Cette édition propose jazz, salsa, tango, le boléro, le blues et la musique Candombe par le compositeur et instrumentiste Jorge Polanuer, l'un des musicien argentin meilleur contemporaine. Son ensemble, composé de musiciens de la plus haute classe, offre un CD pour le fond nécessaires. Ecoutez l'enregistrement complet d'abord, puis jouer le 'play-along' avec le CD. La musique vous emmènera dans la nuit 'Paris de l'Amérique du Sud', Buenos Aires, à côté de la scène du club de jazz merveilleux. / Saxophone

Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along: 12 Smash Hits (saxophone tenor) est une feuille de musique / CD Pack confiture emballée avec des arrangements solos de 12 smash hits des artistes récents comme Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars et plus encore.Lire la musique de la livre, et de jouer avec l\'accompagnement professionnellement enregistré sur le CD, des chansons telles que Skyfall, en direct Pendant que nous sommes jeunes, certains soirs, et bien d\'autres. / Saxophone Tenor

If you\'ve been playing sax for a little while you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs many of which originally featured sax!Songs include All of Me ? Baker Street ? Circle of Life ? Deacon Blues ? Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) ? The Godfather (Love Theme) ? Hallelujah ? In the Mood ? Just the Two of Us ? Maneater ? The Pink Panther ? Songbird ? Tequila ? Yakety Sax and more.

This massive collection will keep instrumentalists busy with 101 pop hits to learn and play! Songs include All About That Bass All of Me Brave Breakaway Call Me Maybe Clocks Fields of Gold Firework Hello Hey Soul Sister Ho Hey I Gotta Feeling I Will Remember You Jar of Hearts Love Story 100 Years Roar Rolling in the Deep Royals Say Something Shake It Off Smells like Teen Spirit Uptown Funk When You Say Nothing at All and more.

Internationally renowned authors musicians and recording artists Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the Smooth Jazz Genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. The smooth jazz grooves in this 46 page book feature a variety of contemporary rhythm section styles including R