This book is designed to help saxophonists develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on the horn. Think of Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available when you need it. You can open the book to any page and just start playing. Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 is an indispensable resource that shows you how a professional player would deal with many of the complex chord progressions found in popular standards and jazz compositions. Special Features of Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 by Greg Fishman: • 120 Hip Licks – Each lick is unique and customized for each key, based on the best timbre, register and playability on the horn. • Idiomatic Construction – Alto and Tenor read the same written part, while the rhythm section is recorded in two different keys, ensuring that each lick lays perfectly on all saxophones. • Slow Tempo and Fast Tempo Play-Along CDs are included for both Alto and Tenor – 4 CDs included: 2 Alto CDs and 2 Tenor CDs, providing over four hours of play-along tracks. All licks at 208 BPM (and above) are recorded at both slow and fast tempos. • Hip Licks for Saxophone Volume 2 features great licks over the following chord progressions: • V7#11 chords [C7#11] x 12 keys • ii mi7 / V7 [C mi7 / F7 ] x 12 keys • ii mi7b5 / V7b9 [C mi7b5 / F7b9] x 12 keys • iv mi7 / bVII7 / I Maj7 ( 2 bar and 4 bar phrases) [F mi7 / Bb7 / C Maj7] x 12 keys • b vi mi7 / bII7 / I Maj7 [Ab mi7 / Db7 / C Maj7] x 12 keys • #iv mi7 / VII7 / I Maj7 [F#mi7 / B7 / CMaj7 x 12 keys • Turnaround Licks (4 beats per chord – 4 bar phrases [C Maj7 / A7b9 / Dmi7 / G7] x 12 keys • V7#9#5 / i mi [C7#9#5 / F mi ] x 12 keys • Turnaround Licks (2 beats per chord – 8 bar phrases] [C Maj7 Ami7 / Dmi7 G7 ] x 12 keys • Modular Design – The licks are self-contained, easily taken out of the book to be used in a wide variety of songs. • Interactive Call and Response Format, perfect for ear training and developing your musical memory. Each lick is played twice in a row on the Play-Along CDs, so you can hear the lick and then immediately play along. • Twelve Key Approach – Each CD track takes you through all twelve keys. • Rhythm-Section-Only Tracks let you experiment with your own variations on the licks and improvise over a wide variety of harmonic settings. These tracks are also excellent backgrounds for practicing all of your chords and scales. • Technique Builder – Use Hip Licks for Saxophone as part of your daily practice routine to dramatically increase your technical command of the saxophone. Hip Licks for Saxophone Volumes 1 & 2 were designed to work well together. The lick numbers in volume two start where volume one left off, beginning with lick number 169. This will help you easily keep track of your favorite licks, with no confusion from duplicate lick numbers. Using Volume 1 and 2 together will you have 288 hip licks, many of which can be mixed and matched, creating even more licks. 36 pages, 4 Play-Along CDs included

Instrumental Play-Along-Solo Alto Saxophone arrangements of thirteen favourite songs from Stephen Schwartz's fabulous musical. This Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along volume comes with online audio featuring accompaniments for each tune.

This book and CD package is solely devoted to providing you with a complete overview of the techniques and styles popularized by the greatest blues saxophonists of all time. Includes lessons music historical analysis and rare photos. All the best are here: from the rough-hewn Chicago Blues of Eddie Shaw and A.C. Reed to the organ combo soul/jazz of Stanley Turrentine and Willis 'Gator' Jackson.

George Frederick Handel's (1685-1759) Sonata No. 6 is well-known to the Violin repertoire. Therefore when French saxophonist Marcel Mule (1901-2001) arranged the popular piece for the Saxophone in 1951 it was very well-received. The Sonata No. 6 is made up of four movements: Adagio Allegro Largo and Allegro non troppo. Handel's Sonata No. 6 was first published in 1732. Mule's editions ensure that the Saxophone part contains the articulation phrasing and breath marks necessary to the instrument. For all classical saxophonists this Mule arrangement of the popular SonataNo. 6 is essential.

One of the world's most popular Jazz etude books; popular because the etudes are hip and fun to play. Very popular among teachers! Designed for sax but suitable for all instruments. This Volume contains 12 easy level exercises and 10 etudes. Includes a play-along CD with a professional musician playing the etudes. Each etude is recorded in 3 keys (to facilitate Eb Bb and C instruments). The Eb track includes an Alto Saxophonist playing the etudes. The Bb track includes a Tenor Sax soloist and the C track includes a Jazz Guitarist. All are accompanied by a nice piano bass and drums rhythm section. Each track is stereo seperated (solo instrument piano bass drums on one track -piano bass and drums on the other track) so that the soloist can be eliminated and the student can play along with piano bass and drums.

Easy Popular Movie Instrumental Solos is an accessible selection of movie hits for the beginning student, with simple notation and a play-along CD. Available for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, cello and piano accompaniment. Believe (The Polar Express); Come So Far (Hairspray); Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Balboa); Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone); In Dreams (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); James Bond Theme (Casino Royale); Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz); The Pink Panther Theme (The Pink Panther); Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark); Way Back Into Love (Music and Lyrics)

Teach yourself how to play Saxophone with Progressive Rock Saxophone Method which covers the important techniques required to learn to play the rock Saxophone including vibrato and growling.Suitable forall ages and all types of Saxophones including how to play alto sax how to play tenor sax how to play soprano sax or how to play bari sax.Includes 104 exercises licks solos and popular easy rock music for beginners inrock Saxophone styles.In full colour throughout with diagrams and easy-to-read music for beginners and chords for accompanying all types of Saxophones.Comes with 1 CD containing Saxophone audio demonstrating allexamples.Basic knowledge of how to read music and playing Saxophone is required to teach yourself to learn to play Saxophone from this book.

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The DVD edition of this hugely popular series of tutors gets you even closer to your instrument with a set of real music lessons right there on your screen! A New Tune A Day features the same logical gentle pace andkeen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone technique and posture. Theselection of music is fresh and exciting including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those vital practice hours are never boring!The book includes:Advice on your instrument and the equipmentyou will needInstructions for effective technique and comfortable playingExplanatory pages on reading and understanding musicTests to check your own progress and comprehensionThe accompanying audio CD featuresa virtuoso performance and backing track for each pieces as well as recorded examples to support the lessons.The DVD features lessons on:Basic techniquesPutting the instrument togetherPostureLookingafter your instrumentBasic music notationHow to approach your first piece

With the Guest Spot: Big Film Hits song book you can step into the spotlight and play along with top-line arrangements for ten of the best contemporary film hits. A download card is also included so that you canhear specially recorded versions of the tunes before playing along to them yourself. Some of the best and most popular film theme tunes are included here as sheet music such as Do You Want To Build ASnowman? from 'Frozen ' Happy from 'Despicable Me 2' and Everything Is AWESOME!!! from 'The Lego Movie.' With this film theme sheet music you can recreate the cinematic atmosphere of these songs in yourown home while reliving those edge-of-your-seat moments as well as those laugh out loud moments.  With the innovative Download Card you can hear the tracks exactly as they're meantto be played with the specially-recorded demonstration audio. Then the same song is played with the Saxophone part removed so that you can slot right in and play as if you were leading a full band. This great feature willensure that you can play the songs precisely as they're played in the films giving you an unprecedented level of accuracy when performing or practising.  Songs like All Of The Stars I See Fireand Atlas will bring a touch of Hollywood to your Saxophone playing with all of the recognisable melody lines sounding just stellar on an Alto. Also included is a Saxophone fingering guide enabling you to get thesefilm themes off the page and through your fingers. The Guest Spot: Big Film Hits is the ultimate in up-to-date film theme sheet music for Alto Saxophone. Featuring the best songs from the biggest films you're guaranteed to love taking the guest spot on these tunes.

Ten popular pieces representing a wide range of musical styles from Bach to the present day arranged for E Flat (Alto) or B Flat (Tenor) Saxophone and Piano. All the numbers suit the idiosyncrasies of both tenor and alto saxophones equally well which is unusual in a collection such as this. These fantastic arrangements include works by Bach Purcell Faure Bizet Weill Strachey and Link and Duke Ellington. James Rae has written so much for saxophone and here he comes forward with yet another enjoyable album arranged skilfully as always and containing some instructive as well as pleasing tunes. The solo Alto and Tenor parts are included onseparate inserts. Selected for the ABRSM Alto and Tenor saxophone examinations grades 3 and 5.

Grade 3 Alto Saxophone Pieces allows you to learn a diverse range of popular solo works that have all been carefully chosen with the specifications of the major exam boards in mind. This particular book is perfectfor Grade 3 saxophonists including some classic tunes and contemporary pop hits. The included download card also gives you instant online access to full backing tracks for every song. Thisfantastic songbook includes valuable supplementary repertoire for Grade 3 saxophonists of any age. These particular Alto Saxophone Pieces will aid with your technique and theoretical skills while also allowing you to play some incredible tunes that will help to enhance your musicality. Including such contemporary pop classics as John Legend's All Of Me Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud and KatyPerry's Roar  these familiar tunes will be fun to play for any saxophonist. Not only this but a big collection of timeless pop tunes are included such as The Beatles' Hey Jude CatStevens's The First Cut Is The Deepest and ABBA's Dancing Queen such familiar favourites allowing everyone to enjoy Grade 3 Alto Saxophone! Each of the tunes features song background notesand brief performance guidance while at the beginning of the songbook is an introductory section featuring an invaluable fingering chart. With a fantastically diverse collection of old and new pop songs some beautifully crisp engraving and helpful performance tips for each song this is the perfect songbook for Grade 3 alto saxophonists. It will help hone the techniques necessary for major exam boards whileenabling you to develop a versatile repertoire and have fun playing some familiar songs.

An introduction to blues saxophone styles techniques and improvisation-The latest addition to this popular series is designed for the intermediate saxophonist looking for an introduction to the blues. Experienced saxophone teacher and performer Nick Beston presents straightforward explanations of different playing styles and techniques and covers topics such as basic blues harmony chords riffs and effects like glissando and 'growling'. Original compositions support each chapter and 'sax advice' sections offer guidance on the finer points of saxophone playing. High-quality demos and backing tracks on the accompanying CD encourage the reader to apply these techniques to their own improvisations.