The Art of Saxophone Playing

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 up Blues 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 to more 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 bar Blues progression 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 rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing so that the saxophonist can play along.

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.

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

This DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles of saxophone playing. These include: breathing/blowing exercises tone/pitch exercises technique exercises melody/phrasing exercises fingering exercises ear training exercisesClear and detailed instruction is given both onscreen and in the accompanying 48-page booklet. 60 minutes.

Latin Saxophone Soloist by Gabriel Rosati & Darrow Hunt provides an extensive study into the various Latin saxophone styles including: Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, Calypso, Cha Cha etc. These exciting 50 examples will have you spending many enjoyable hours learning the intricacies of Latin saxophone playing. The book is transcribed note for note (for both Bb & Eb instruments) from the superbly recorded audio CD. Each example is recorded twice, the first version with Sax, Piano, Bass and Percussion and the second version with just Piano, Bass and Percussion so that the Sax player can practise along with the rhythm section.

A useful book that explains different aspects of saxophone playing and about the saxophone itself. A must for all saxophonists.

A School of Rhythmic Saxophone Playing-Learn many aspects of the Saxoophone such as; assembling and tuning breathing along with the rudiments of music and more with this progressive method.

Carl Fischer Progressive Duets Volume 1 - Alto Saxophone is part of a comprehensive publication comprising two volumes of graded duets for Alto Saxophone. Playing duets is an excellent way for the student to build ensemble skills with a colleague or teacher.

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