Comprehensive Saxophone Warm-Ups
A Proven Method to Increase Technique and Become a Complete Saxophonist
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Saxophone - Intermediate

SKU: MB.30687

A Proven Method to Increase Technique and Become a Complete Saxophonist. Composed by Nick Mainella. Saddle-stitched, Technique, Theory and Reference. Method. Book. 68 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30687. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30687).

ISBN 9781513461960. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

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 playing and 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 time with 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 Range Major 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 Chromatic Scale Exercises • Combining Keys with Both Scales and Arpeggios • Full Range Major and Harmonic Minor Fourths and Wider Intervals

  • A Note From The Author 3
  • Sound Concepts 7
  • Mouthpiece And Neck 7
  • Long Tones 8
  • Overtones/Harmonics 10
  • Scales And Arpeggios 12
  • Memorization 13
  • Tempo And Metronome 13
  • Finger Technique 15
  • Order Of Key Signatures 16
  • Articulation 18
  • Articulation Patterns 19
  • Lesson 1: Major And Harmonic Minor Scales. 21
  • Major Scales 22
  • Harmonic Minor Scales 24
  • Lesson 2: Major And Harmonic Minor Scales In Thirds 26
  • Major Thirds 27
  • Harmonic Minor Thirds 30
  • Lesson 3: Arpeggios 33
  • Major Arpeggios 34
  • Minor Arpeggios 36
  • Staggered Major Arpeggios 38
  • Staggered Minor Arpeggios 40
  • Lesson 4: Major And Minor Seconds 42
  • Major Seconds 43
  • Lesson 5: Chromatic Exercises 47
  • Chromatic Scale Exercises 48
  • Lesson 6: Combining Keys 50
  • Chromatic Major #1 51
  • Chromatic Major #2 52
  • Chromatic Arpeggios #1 53
  • Chromatic Arpeggios #2 54
  • Chromatic Arpeggios #3 55
  • Chromatic Arpeggios #4 56
  • Chromatic Arpeggios #5 57
  • Chromatic Arpeggios #6 58
  • Lesson 7: Wider Intervals 59
  • Major Fourths 60
  • Harmonic Minor Fourths 63
  • Practice Log Form 66