Description
Soprano Saxophone Sonority and Teaching Kids to Practice are offered here as a bundle at a savings of $5.
Soprano Saxophone Sonority Description:
Soprano Saxophone Sonority is a complete method for finding your voice on the soprano saxophone and developing every fundamental area with ease and efficiency. After the Introductory discussion of soprano-specific concepts related to air, embouchure, voicing, hand position/posture, ergonomic equipment suggestions, fingering choice for the third octave, and diagnosing common issues; 20 Daily Exercises follow which specifically focus on:
- Tone Quality
- Efficient Voicing
- Intonation Stability
- Altissimo Development
- Multiple Articulation
- Air+Embouchure Efficiency
- Low Register Focus
- Extreme Register Connection
- Technical Routines
As most saxophonists begin their study of the soprano when they are already at an advanced level on other members of the saxophone family, this book is intended for the advanced high school through professional level saxophonist. This is not a classical or jazz-specific method, and all performers will benefit equally from these studies. It is recommended that you have completed some study of The Saxophone Manual in advance of this method, however, it is also suited for the student who has just picked up soprano for the first time.
Written by the author of The Saxophone Manual and the Chops trilogy of methods, this first of its kind resource for the soprano saxophone suits players of all playing styles and is drawn from the author’s decades of experience on the instrument, most notably as soprano chair of the world-renowned Sinta Quartet.
Teaching Kids to Practice Description:
Teaching Kids to Practice (Miksza/Prichard) is for instrumental music teachers who are interested in methods for teaching their students how to practice. The materials are designed to be particularly relevant for teachers who work with novice, intermediate, and advanced learners in school settings (e.g., band or orchestra students in, roughly, grades 4 through 12), however, we believe those who work in other settings (e.g., private lessons, piano or guitar instruction, practice supervised by knowledgeable parents) will find the ideas to be valuable for their teaching as well.
The book includes three chapters. In the first chapter, we:
describe how self-regulated learning theory could be used as a conceptual framework for describing key elements of effective practicing
explain how learning by observing a model occurs
summarize selected examples of recent research on music practice.
In the second chapter, we provide an overview of general pedagogical strategies for:
teaching students how to practice
helping students generate and sustain the motivation to want to practice
In the final chapter, we present a collection of concrete practical examples for incorporating practice instruction in rehearsal-based learning contexts that are suitable for novice, intermediate, and advanced learners.
