Saxophone

A complete study of Alto Saxophone performance skills and techniques, with a generous selection of pieces by recognised composers, all selected to get the very best from your playing.

Jackie McLean. Designed to help the student become familiar with playing through different keys ascending and descending chromatically.

Eminent saxophonist Nobuya Sugawa presents a terrific album of concert studies for Alto Saxophone. In this book there are fifteen studies that put emphasis on interpretation and performance.

This is the first ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively - how to listen, interact and respond, improvise, and become part of the groove.

This is the first ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively - how to listen, interact and respond, improvise, and become part of the groove.

Raphael Ravenscroft's famous course for learning to play the Saxophone, based entirely on popular songs and light classics.

Sixty For Sax is an unmissible collection of studies that cover the full range of musical styles with challenges for players of all abilities.

An enjoyable course based on popular tunes and famous light classics which assumes no knowledge of either the saxophone or of music.

Fast Track saxophone songbook is an excellent supplement to the Fast Track instruction book.

Selected and edited by John Davies and Paul Harris for both Alto and Tenor Saxophones. Pieces from this edition have been selected for the ABRSM Tenor and Alto Saxophone Examinations Grades 1-4.

80 Graded Studies For Saxophone brings together in two books a broad selection of 18th and 19th century repertory, with studies by Arban, Baermann, Blatt, Brod, Demnitz, Ferling, Fetzen, Garnier, Hinke, Klose, Luft, Prelleur, Stark, Vithum and Weidemann. The studies are arranged in order of increasing difficultly, according to a carefully planned technical progression.

The pupil's book for Andy Hampton's superb saxophone method contains tuition and pieces for Alto and Tenor Saxophone. This method begins at absolute beginner level and progresses to about Grade 2.

A look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures instead of long explanations. Practical advice and tips, CD audio tracks to demonstrate how things should sound. Designed to tell you everything you will need to know!

A fresh learning method using pictures and easy-to-follow instructions to help you learn some of your all-time favourite songs. Includes 2 CDs.

C. Paul Herfurth. A thorough musical background on a solid foundation in good saxophone playing.

C. Paul Herfurth's classic series of tutor books, now fully updated to give the best possible start to a new generation of musicians.

The DVD edition of this hugely popular series of tutors gets you even closer to your instrument with a set of real music lessons right there on your screen! A New Tune A Day features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Clear explanatory diagrams and photographs help guide you through the lessons and achieve the very best in tone, technique and posture. The selection of music is fresh and exciting, including duets and rounds to inspire the student and ensure that those vital practice hours are never boring!The book includes:Advice on your instrument and the equipment you will needInstructions for effective technique and comfortable playingExplanatory pages on reading and understanding musicTests to check your own progress and comprehensionThe accompanying audio CD features a virtuoso performance and backing track for each pieces, as well as recorded examples to support the lessons.The DVD features lessons on:Basic techniquesPutting the instrument togetherPostureLooking after your instrumentBasic music notationHow to approach your first piece

This award winning tutorial series is an essential stepping-stone for every young alto saxophone player and a vital tool for teachers and students alike.

Beautifully designed on a gatefold, laminated card, including information about instrument care, notation and a photo/diagram.

Sixteen graded studies for Saxophone.

Look, Listen & Learn - Alto Sax Part 1 is an exciting method book, filled with fun diagrams and illustrations. This book also includes an accompanying CD.

An excellent workbook designed to aid students in preparation for the sight-reading part of their musical examinations.

Amazing Phrasing is a practical and pleasing manual for any Alto saxophone player interested in learning how to improvise and how to improve their creative phrasing.

A fully comprehensive method that combines the traditional elements of book-based learning with the possibilities of DVD.

This series is designed to help you prepare for any style of playing, from rock to blues to jazz to classical. The accompanying CD will make learning even more enjoyable.

C. Paul Herfurth's classic series of tutor books, now fully updated to give the best possible start to a new generation of musicians.

The DVD edition of this hugely popular series of tutors gets you even closer to your instrument with a set of real music lessons right there on your screen!

A complete course for individual and group teaching. Contains a wide variety of solo and ensemble music, suitable for any number of players.

A complete course for individual and group teaching. Contains a wide variety of solo and ensemble music, suitable for any number of players.

15 Crazy Jazz Studies by Chris Gumbley for solo Saxophone. Set as part of the ABRSM examinations grade 5 for Alto or Tenor Saxophone.

13 Graded exercises in rhythm and finger technique for unaccompanied Saxophone by Colin Cowles. Selected for the ABRSM Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophone grade 3 and 4 examination.

Complete Learn To Play Saxophone is the ultimate saxophone manual, containing everything you wanted to know about saxophone playing in one book.

This album of studies for saxophone is a user-friendly introduction to Jazz and Rock phrasing at an elementary level.

An excellent tutor book for the beginner, with 25 graded lessons, as well as studies and exercises to develop technique.

18 studies written to develop familiarity with the main types of scales and arpeggios in Jazz.

Learn many aspects of the Saxoophone such as; assembling and tuning, breathing along with the rudiments of music and more with this progressive method.

These ten approachable and contrasting saxophone studies cover a wide range of styles from Baroque pastiche through folk and jazz to funk. Also suitable for ABRSM examinations.

Learn As You Play is an award-winning series of tutor books for woodwind and brass instruments from Boosey and Hawkes.

A well structured course of exercises, studies and pieces ensures a good grounding in technique and musicianship. The award winning wind and brass tutor series. Learn As You Play provides everything you need from the first lesson up to grade three.

20 hot studies for Saxophone compiled and edited by Nigel Wood. Set as part of the ABRSM examinations grade 6, 7 and 8 for Alto or Tenor Saxophone.

For everyone who wants to play woodwind. Team Woodwind presents a flexible course which can be tailored to suit each student.

Provides guidance in the fundamental principles and basic procedures of saxophone playing, proceeding from breathing technique and tone quality to phrasing and interpretation.

Music Medals Saxophone Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire for the developing ensemble, progressively graded Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

Music Medals Saxophone Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire for the developing ensemble, progressively graded Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

Since it first appeared in the 1930's, the concise, clear content of the best-selling <i>A Tune A Day</i> series has revolutionised music-making in the classroom and the home. <br><br> The <i>A New Tune A Day</i> books have the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of two audio CDs with actual performances and backing tracks - will make practice even more fun and exciting, and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone.

Creative Saxophone is an innovative series for the beginner alto or tenor saxophonist who wants to play Jazz, Rock, and other contemporary music styles whilst developing a solid technique. The idiomatic exercises and pieces encourage an awareness of authentic styles and give players the confidence to begin improvising from early on. Each book includes a CD of backings for many of the pieces, performed by world-class musicians.

Add unique saxophone sounds to your palette of colours! The saxophone is capable of a great range of sounds, from laughs and growls to multiphonics and percussion effects. This book shows you how to do 19 different inventive effects, with etudes that put them in a musical context. The accompanying CD provides play-along tracks for the etudes and examples of each sound effect in isolation.

Creative Saxophone is an innovative series for the beginner Alto or Tenor Saxophonist who wants to play Jazz, Rock and other contemporary music styles whilst developing a solid technique.

Learn how to play the Saxophone fast! Get to grips with scales, riffs, techniques, rock style, blues style, syncopation and much more.

The perfect book for pupil and teacher. Tunes you know and want to play.

The perfect book for pupil and teacher. Tunes you know and want to play.

This is the teacher's book accompanying Saxophone Basics Alto Saxophone. Designed to complement the corresponding pupil's book, this volume contains a variety of simple piano and saxophone accompaniments with some teaching tips too. From absolute beginner to about Grade 2, Andy Hampton's method is full of humour and interest which makes it perfect for young saxophonists. The simple arrangements mean that this book is ideal for woodwind teachers who do not specialise in saxophone.

Andy Hampton's Saxophone Basics - Pupil's Book for Alto Saxophone. Includes CD.

This book is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between grades. Selected for the ABRSM Alto and Baritone Saxophone Examinations Grades 1 and 2.

If you can play just a few notes on the Alto Saxophone, then you're ready for this book. Here are 14 imaginative little pieces specially composed for the absolute beginner, all of them with attractive piano accompaniments.

Over sixty original studies in a variety of jazz styles that introduce the beginner to jazz rhythms, including swing quavers, syncopation and displaced accents.

This CD contains piano and saxophone accompaniments from the E-Flat Saxophone Basics Teacher's Book.

A handy, accessible, thorough and convenient guide for saxophonists who want to get the most of out of their instrument.