Description
Saxophone Manual and Soprano Saxophone Sonority are offered here as a bundle at a savings of $5.
Saxophone Manual: A Guide for Developing Fundamentals Description:
The Saxophone Manual: A Guide for Developing Fundamentals is a method and reference for the intermediate – advanced saxophonist that offers concepts, pedagogy, and exercises designed to develop every area of performance. Offering a new concept of the saxophone as a harmonic-playing instrument this volume features reference, discussion, and exercise for:
- A Fully Functional Fingering Chart
- Discussion and Exercises for Embouchure
- Hand Position and Posture
- Breathing
- Voicing
- Articulation
- Vibrato
- Intonation: Hearing and Practicing
- How to Practice
- Subdivision
- Diagnosing Issues and Providing Solutions
For any saxophonist who has begun their study of the instrument with band methods or other more basic materials, this will serve as a great first saxophone-specific method book for many years. The pedagogical concepts discussed will give any student much to think about and try with their own playing. The extensive and engaging exercises included will take any student to an advanced level, allowing practice and performance of the instrument to not only be more well-developed but also easier and much more fun.
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.
