Saxophone - PRACTICE STUDIO

Lessons Topics
Tone Exercises
Overtone Exercises
Scales & Chords
Etudes
Other Material
Songs
Test your Knowledge
Links - Article - Sax Music Library
Subject Index - Topics Index - References

Lesson : Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ??

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1. Lessons

Introduction
Lesson 1 - The Resonators
Lesson 2 - Posture
Lesson 3 - The Embouchure, mouthpiece and reed
Lesson 4 - Air support and Breathing
Lesson 5 - Voicing & Overtone Practice
Lesson 6 - The Oral Tract Registers
When do I break through ?
Overtones on the Clarinet
Lesson 7 - Articulation
Lesson 8 - Fingering Rules
Lesson 9 - Organic Imagery & Long tones
Lesson 10 - Vibrato- and Altissimo- Exercises
About teaching the Saxophone

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2. Tone Exercises

All files for the Practice Folder.
How to print out the lesson material (GIF) files.

Music Notation
Description

Tone Exercise 1a (p.12) Down - Up
Slurred Whole-tone scale - G
Lesson 4

Tone Exercise 1b (p.13)

Slurred Whole-tone scale - Gb
Lesson 4

Tone Exercise 2a (p.14)

Octave skips : D -- d
Lesson 8

Tone Exercise 2b (p.15)

Octave skips : D -- d -- D
Lesson 8

Tone Exercise 3a (p.16)
Down - Up
Mode intervals of the C major scale
Lesson 8

Tone Exercise 3b (p.17)

Mode intervals of the B major scale
Lesson 8

Tone Exercise 4a (p.18)

Long tones in 5ths (from Bb, C, D and E)
Lesson 9

Tone Exercise 4b (p.19)

Long tones in 5ths (from B, Db, Eb and F)
Lesson 9

Tone Exercise 5a (p.20)

Long tones - low notes only (Exercises 1 - 4)
Lesson 9

Tone Exercise 5b (p.21)

Long tones - low notes only (Exercises 5 - 8)
Lesson 9

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3. Overtone Exercises

Music Notation
Description

Overtone Progress Chart (p.1) Down - Up
To mark your progress on Overtones
Lesson 6

Overtone Exercise 1 (p.2)

Overtones 1 - 4 (alternate fingerings)
Lesson 5

Overtone Exercise 2 (p.3)

Overtones 1 - 3
Lesson 5

Overtone Exercise 3 (p.4)

Overtones 1 - 3 (mixed)
Lesson 5

Overtone Exercise 4 (p.5) Down - Up
Overtones 1 - 4
Lesson 5

Overtone Exercise 5 (p.6)

Overtones 1 - 5
Lesson 6

Overtone Exercise 6 (p.7)

Overtones 1 - 6
Lesson 6

Overtone Exercise 7 (p.8)

Overtones 1 - 8
Lesson 6

Overtone Exercise 8 (p.9)

Mixed fundamentals - all Overtones
Lesson 6

Lost in Space (Alt.) (p.10)

Song with Overtone fingerings
Lesson 10

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4. Scales & Chords

Name
Description

Scale Patterns (p.27) Down - Up
Patterns for Scale Exercises
Lesson 10

Major scales 1 (p.24)
Major scales 2 (p.25)

Major scales in all keys
Lesson 8

Chromatic scale (p.26) Down - Up
Chromatic scale (also Bb and C fingering exercises)
Lesson 8

Harm. min. scales 1 (p.28)
Harm. min. scales 2 (p.29)

Harmonic minor scale in all keys
Lesson 10

Major pent. scales 1 (p.30)
Major pent. scales 2 (p.31)

Major pentatonic scale in all keys
Lesson 10

Chord Practice Routines (p.36) Down - Up
Examples for the C major triad

Triad Chords 1 (p.32)

Triad Chords 2 (p.33)
Triad Chord qualities in all keys

7th Chords 1 (p.34)

7th Chords 2 (p.35)
Seventh Chord qualities in all keys

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5. Etudes

I have used the clarinet midi sound for the Demos. This clearly demonstrates the correct articulations in these etudes. (The midi sax sounds are just too horrible to use.)

For advise on how to practise Etudes see Lesson 10

Etude	Key	Alto Sax	Tenor Sax
Etude 1 (p.45)	C major	Demo	Demo
Etude 2 (p.45)	C major	Demo	Demo
Etude 3 (p.46)	G major	Demo	Demo
Etude 4 (p.46)	G major	Demo	Demo
Etude 5 (p.47)	F major	Demo	Demo
Etude 6 (p.47)	F major	Demo	Demo
Etude 7 (p.48)	D major	Demo	Demo
Etude 8 (p.48)	D major	Demo	Demo
Etude 9 (p.49)	Bb major	Demo	Demo
Etude 10 (p.49)	Bb major	Demo	Demo
Etude 11 (p.50)	A major	Demo	Demo
Etude 12 (p.50)	A major	Demo	Demo

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6. Other Material

Name
Description

Practice Logbook Down - Up
To record your Saxophone Practice
Lesson 1

Practice Folder

Folder with all Exercises and Songs
Lesson 1

Alto Audio 1

Overtones 1 - 4
Lesson 5

Alto Audio 2

Overtones 1 - 8
Lesson 5

Tenor Audio 1 Down - Up
Overtones 1 - 4
Lesson 5

Tenor Audio 2

Overtones 1 - 8
Lesson 5

Metronome 1 (midi file)

Taps on each beat of the bar (MM = 70)
Lesson 7

Metronome 2 (midi file)

Taps on beats 1 and 3 of each bar (MM = 70)
Lesson 7

Articulation Exercises 1 - 5 (p.22)

Legato and Staccato tonguing
Lesson 7.5 - Lesson 7.6

Articulation Exercises 6 - 8 (p.23) Down - Up
Legato, Staccato and slur patterns
Lesson 7

Basic Fingering Chart 1

Fingerings for low Bb to middle F

Basic Fingering Chart 2

Fingerings for middle F# to high F#

Alternative Fingerings

Common fingerings for F#, Bb, C and high E, F, F# and G
Lesson 8

Fingering Exercises (p.26)

Chromatic scale, Bb and C fingerings
Lesson 8

Altissimo Finger Chart 1 Down - Up
For : F# - G - G# - A
Lesson 10

Altissimo Finger Chart 2

For : Bb - B - C - C#
Lesson 10

Altissimo Finger Chart 3

For : D - Eb - E - F
Lesson 10

Altissimo Exercises (p.11)

Exercises in the Altissimo Register
Lesson 10

Transpositon Table

Transposing to and from Concert pitch
Introduction

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7. Songs

Lead sheet
Play-a-Long
Alto, Baritone
Play-a-Long
Tenor, Soprano

Lost in Space (p.37)
Lesson 1 Down - Up
soloste.mid

solostb.mid

Lonesome Bossa (p.38)
Lesson 2 solonee.mid soloneb.mid

Memories for Tomorrow (p.39)
Lesson 3 somemoe.mid somemob.mid

Strolling with You (p.40)
Lesson 4 sostroe.mid sostrob.mid

There's Always a Way (p.41)
Lesson 8
When You're not there (p.42)
Lesson 8
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sotheree.mid

sowhene.mid

sothereb.mid

sowhenb.mid

Ave Maria (p.43)
Lesson 9 soaveme.mid soavemb.mid

No Worries at all (p.44)
Lesson 10 sonowoe.mid sonowob.mid

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8. Test your Knowledge

Test your understanding and knowledge of the material dealt with in this Course with the following Quizes.

Write your answers down on a piece of paper before looking up the correct answers.
(You will receive the Answers to each Quiz always one lesson later than the Quiz itself.)

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Where to next ?

Lesson : Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ??
List of Lessons - Tone Exercises - Overtone Exercises
Scales & Chords - Other Material - Songs - Test your Knowledge
References - Subject Index - Topics Index