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.

Après la publication de Adolphe Sax album consacré aux premiers solos caractéristiques du temps d?Adolphe Sax, ce second volume propose un travail similaire et retrace le parcours du saxophone du commencement en 1840 jusqu?au 20e siècle naissant. Au-delà de la lecture des partitions proposées, cet ouvrage sera un outil pédagogique indispensable pour élargir la connaissance de l?instrument de Sax, bien avant la popularité qu?on lui connaît avec le jazz, la pop etc. Saxophonistes, professeurs, élèves, musicologues et amateurs de saxophone apprécieront certains solos, mélodies rares voire inconnues, les caractéristiques de l?écriture de l?époque propres à l?instrument et l?utilisation qu?en ont fait les compositeurs selon les contextes musicologiques, historiques et esthétiques. Contenu BERG Alban : Lulu symphonische stücken - CAPLET André : Impression d?automne - CRAS Jean : Demain - INDY Vincent d' : Poème des rivages - DUKAS Paul : L'ondine et le pêcheur - FRANCK César : Hulda et les pêcheurs - HOLST Gustav : Suites : HURE Jean : Concertstuck et Andante - KASTNER Georges : Le dernier Roi de Juda -LOEFFLER Charles-Martin : Ballade carnavalesque - MAGNARD Albéric : 1re Symphonie - MASSENET Jules : La valse de Lahore - MAYEUR Louis : Grande fantaisie de concert - MOUSSORGSKY Modeste : Le vieux château PUCCINI Giacomo : La sui monti dell'est de Turandot - RAVEL Maurice : Boléro - ROBJOHN William : Introduction et Thème - ROSSINI Gioacchino : La corona d?Italia - SOUSA John Philip : The Stars and Stripes Forever

Arturo Himmer Sax Plus Band 1 8 weltbekannte Titel für Alt- oder Tenorsaxophon mit Playback-CD Besetzung: Saxophon mit CD Wer das Besondere sucht, ist bei Sax Plus! genau richtig. Weltnummern, anspruchsvoll arrangiert, und eine Top-Band auf der Playback-CD machen diese Serie einmalig. Phil Collins You'll Be In My Heart Céline Dion When I Need You Gloria Estefan Oye Mi Canto Gloria Gaynor / Hermes House Band I Will Survive Michael Jackson Heal The World Kenny G Songbird Spyro Gyra Morning Dance Zucchero Diamante

Description Based on the play by Beaumarchais, The Barber Of Seville is one of the greatest of all comic operas, delighting audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melodic elegance, rhythmic exhilaration, superb ensemble writing, and original and delightful orchestration. Presented in full score, reproduced directly from the authoritative edition published by Ricordi. Songlist The Barber Of Seville

Description G. Schirmer Opera Anthology - Arias For Mezzo-Soprano Carefully chosen arias to anticipate the needs of singers, teachers and coaches for years to come. Includes historical notes, plot synopses and translations for study. Edited by Robert L. Larsen. Songlist Acerba Volutta (Adriana Lecouvreur) [Cilea, Francesco] Ah, Michele, Don't You Know (The Saint Of Bleecker Street) [Menotti, Gian Carlo] Amour Viens Aider Ma Faiblesse (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Augusta How Can You Turn Away? (The Ballad Of Baby Doe) [Moore, Douglas] Chacun A Son Gout (Die Fledermaus) [Strauss Ii, Johann] Che Faro Senza Euridice (Orfeo) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald] Cruda Sorte..Gia So Per Pratica (L'italiana In Algeri) [Rossini, Gioacchino] En Vain Pour Eviter (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Faites-lui Mes Aveux (Faust) [Gounod, Charles] Il Segreto Per Esser Felici (Lucrezia Borgia) [Donizetti, Gaetano] L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Lullaby (The Consul) [Menotti, Gian Carlo] Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Must The Winter Come So Soon? (Vanessa) [Barber, Samuel] Nobles Seigneurs, Salut (Les Hugenots) [Meyerbeer, Giacomo] Non Piu Mesta (La Cenerentola) [Rossini, Gioacchino] Non So Più Cosa Son (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] O Mio Fernando (La Favorita) [Donizetti, Gaetano] Pres Des Remparts (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Printemps Qui Commence (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Que Fais-tu, Blanche Tourterelle (Romeo Et Juliette) [Gounod, Charles] Smanie Implacabili (Cosi Fan Tutte) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Stride La Vampa (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe] Una Voce Poco Fa (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia) [Rossini, Gioacchino[ Va Laisse Couler Mes Larmes (Werther) [Massenet, Jules] Voce Di Donna (La Gioconda) [Ponchielli, Amilcare] Voi Che Sapete (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Voi Lo Sapete (Cavelleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro] We Cannot Retrace Our Steps (The Mother Of Us All) [Thomson, Virgil] When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido And Aeneas) [Purcell, Henry]

Description Jules Massenet: Manon (Vocal Score) Massenet's 'Manon', based on the libretto by Meilhac and Gille offers noisy crowd scenes, passionate duets, and tense melodramas, and was an instant popular success. This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score. Songlist Manon

Description Gian-Carlo Menotti: Amahl And The Night Visitors (Vocal Score) This vocal score is a new and revised edition of the well-known opera that made television history on Christmas Eve, 1951.

Description Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus And Euridice (Vocal Score) Gluck's 'Orfeo et Euridice' is a noble and grand opera based on the Greek myth. This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score, with English words by Walter Ducloux. Songlist Orphee Et Euridice Orpheus And Euridice

Description The tragic tale of brothers who are in love with the same mysterious woman, Debussy's only opera is a perfect marriage of music and verse. The culmination of an eight-year effort on the part of the composer, the five-act lyric drama premiered in 1902. This volume, reprinted from the E. Fromont 1904 edition, reproduces the full orchestral-vocal score in a clear, modern engraving.