Saxo Introduction

If you can consistently generate a good tone, on one pitch, when you want, stable and in tune, then you have good technique. Expanding your technique then becomes a matter of transferring this skill to every other note, in any order, in any range, with any articulation, at any velocity or dynamic with or without vibrato and make use of all of the skills developed.

Improve your current level or ability. These lessons are written with a step-by-step approach with emphasis on increasing your saxophone technique, playing abilities and tone.

Developing your saxophone sound - Flexible saxophone tone production - Air placement exercises for saxophone - Air support, subtones and equipment - Saxophone tonguing basics -Tonguing and phrasing - Finding your own saxophone altissimo - Exercises for extended saxophone techniques - Reducing tension in performance.

Practicing ear training this way establishes a more direct link between your mind, fingers and memory. No matter what style of music piece you might be playing, your tool for a successful solo depends on the depth you went to train your ear in recognizing all intervals both randomly as in playing songs and through patterns as in all the keys.

You find a fingering chart, some tips for taking good care of your instrument, and an index for definitions for musical terms used in the book as well as composers and styles of music.
Essential Technique includes short songs, etudes, scales, and studies that will help you practice.

History

A highly effective and comprehensive book for developing complete technical and musical skills on the saxophone. This features innovative exercises, solos and performance tools that will help you learn melody, harmony, rhythm and improvisation techniques for the saxophone.

Covers general practice tips, all major scales and related modes, designed to enable students to perform any major scale, beginning on any scale degree.

The story of the saxophone, its history and technical development from Adolphe Sax (who invented it c. 1840) to the end of the twentieth century. It includes extensive accounts of the instrument’s history in jazz, rock and classical music as well as providing practical performance guides.