Description
Soprano Saxophone Sonority and Private Music Lessons 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.
Private Music Lessons: A Manual for Teachers Description:
Private Music Lessons: A Manual for Teachers by Colleen Conway is written for any music teacher working with students in a private lesson setting. Lesson activities for teaching movement, rhythm, tonal understanding, reading notation, musical expression, creative music-making, and music listening are provided as well as chapters devoted to musical, cognitive, physical, and social and emotional development in elementary, middle school, and high school learners. Strategies are provided for starting a studio and maintaining a studio and ensuring student success at events such as solo and ensemble festivals.
Features
- Strategies for differentiation of instruction
- Sample solo and ensemble adjudication forms
- Sample private lesson studio handbook
- A focus on adult learners in private lessons
- Discussion cases regarding relationships with parents, school educators and students
- Sample lesson templates for 30- 45- and 60- minute lessons
- Sample practice records and lesson assignment forms
- Sample syllabus for a college course on teaching private lessons
