Playing The Saxophone

From best-selling author, John O'Neill, The Saxophone Method is a complete course for the beginner to intermediate saxophonist. Start by mastering the essential foundation techniques of breathing, embouchure, tone production, and tonguing required to be a great player in any style. With a wide range of tunes from all over the world you will be exposed to a great variety of musical styles to motivate and inspire.The mp3 backing tracks, available as free downloads, feature top professional musicians and will give you the feeling of playing in a great band from the very beginning.The Saxophone Method is supplemented by two Repertoire Books to give you even more music to practice and enjoy, and perfectly complements the Jazz Method for Saxophone. By the end of the method you will be able to:understand the fundamentals of good playing techniquehave explored the full range of the instrumentbe familiar with the most common rhythmshave a solid grounding in music theoryhave the confidence to play with a real band in many different styles / Alto Saxophone

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

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

Seven original Joe Henderson compositions and solos transcribed from two classic Blue Note albums: In 'n Out and Page One. / Saxophone

Nouvelle Edition-For each song you will hear the full version featuring the instrument with an Orchestral accompaniment as well as a playback version for you to play along to. For each piece there are four versions:A simplified version for Alto Saxophone (for beginners)A simplified version for Tenor Saxophone (for beginners)A medium difficulty version for Alto SaxophoneA medium difficulty version for Tenor Saxophone The pieces in Tubes Du Jazz Saxophone are great for playing as part of a group. The included harmonic grids will help Bass and Keyboard players to get their bearings and all of the featured pieces can be sung. Lyrics areincluded at the back of this book.

Nouvelle Edition-For each song you will hear the full version featuring the instrument with an Orchestral accompaniment as well as a playback version for you to play along to. For each piece there are four versions:A simplified version for Alto Saxophone (for beginners)A simplified version for Tenor Saxophone (for beginners)A medium difficulty version for Alto SaxophoneA medium difficulty version for Tenor Saxophone The pieces in Tubes Du Jazz Saxophone are great for playing as part of a group. The included harmonic grids will help Bass and Keyboard players to get their bearings and all of the featured pieces can be sung. Lyrics areincluded at the back of this book.

Pop Performance Pieces includes 10 carefully selected contemporary and classic pop songs in special arrangements for Alto Saxophone with aPiano accompaniment suitable for Grade 2-5 students as well as teachers. With a Piano score separate Alto Saxophone part and performance hints and tips these fun pieces will honeyour skills and develop ensemble playing.These pieces present a fun alternative to graded exam material and many are suitable for GCSE performance exams. The tunes will be familiar to most players withclassics like Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water and Elton John's Your Song as well as contemporary pop songs like Adele's When We Were Young and KatyPerry's Firework. These 10 songs can be played in instrumental lessons in the classroom and of course on stage. The separate booklet with the Alto Saxophonepart features tips by professional musicians with some fingering guidance while the Piano score also includes the tips along with chord symbols and helpful fingering suggestions. 

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

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!

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Tenor Saxophone is written by internationally acclaimed author and instructor Andrew D. Gordon. This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases that make upBlues saxophone playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.
This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the Blues tomore advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. It is also useful as a tool for improving one s sight reading abilities with the examples being in many different keys and rhythms. The 12 barBluesprogression and the Blues scale are also explained.
Included with this book are downloadable audio files with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the flute playing along with a rhythmsection and the second version just has the rhythm section playing so that the saxophonist can play along.
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This is the most in-depth approach to playing the saxophone ever published. In this two-volume boxed set, master saxophonist John Harle reveals his ground-breaking techniques for fluent and natural playing ? transforming the musical and learning experience of students and professionals alike. Practical, clear and universally relevant, The Saxophone discloses John Harle?s secrets to playing with individuality, fluent technique and a powerful musical presence by: - introducing revolutionary new concepts such as the Reed Fan, the Power Lines and the Cathedral of Resonance - exploring every aspect of playing and performing, from breathing, resonant tone production and fluent articulation through to techniques for building ease and flow in performance - featuring unique anatomical diagrams, stunning visualisations and colour-coded musical examples throughout - offering expert advice on all aspects of performance: dealing with fear, nerves and adrenalin, developing a strong psychological approach and setting goalposts for success - including practice wheels that help develop a structured and relaxed practice routine.

for Alto Saxophone and Eb Instruments-Andrew D. Gordon world renowned music educator author of over 60 music educational products has previously written numerous books on flute styles such as: ???100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Saxophone??? ???100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Saxophone??? ???The Blues Scale for Saxophone??? as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes ???Ultimate Funk Grooves for Saxophone??? authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew???s he has written this instructional book ???100 Ultimate Soul Funk and RandB Grooves??? based on the influences of the great Funk Soul and RandB artists suchas: James Brown Herbie Hancock The Crusaders Average White Band Marvin Gaye Miles Davis Stevie Wonder Parliament Ramsey Lewis Booker T and The MG???s MFSB Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar bass drums keyboards and in many of the grooves percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Saxophone part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.