Saxophone Course LESSON TOPICS Lesson : Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ?? | Practice Studio - Subject Index - References

1. The easiest Instrument to play well

2. Getting from A to B

3. You need a Compass

4. Music as a form of Meditation

5. Getting started

6. Advice for Beginners

Lesson 1 - Concept

1. How the Saxophone works

2. The second Resonator

3. Experiment

4. PAVE your way to a Superior Tone

5. Getting started

6. Practice

7. Lost in Space

8. Practice Material

   Quiz 1 - Answers to Quiz 1

Lesson 2 - Posture

1. Posture

2. How to hold the Saxophone

3. Reed Angles for Saxophone and Clarinet

4. Wrists and left Thumb

5. The right hand side keys

6. Practice

7. Lonesome Bossa

8. Practice Material

   Quiz 2 - Answers to Quiz 2

Lesson 3 - Embouchure, Mouthpiece & Reed

1. Mouthpiece

2. Reed

3. Selecting a mouthpiece and reed

4. Mouthpiece Assembly

5. Embouchure

6. Embouchure Pressure

7. Position of the bottom lip

8. Practice

9. Memories for Tomorrow

10. Practice Material

    Quiz 3 - Answers to Quiz 3

Lesson 4 - Air Support & Breathing

1. The Diaphragm

2. Breathing Action

3. Breathing Exercise

4. When to take a Breath

5. Correct Note Length (Note names : in English - in other languages)

6. Tone Exercise 1 - the Whole-tone scale

7. More Major scale Practice

8. Strolling with You

9. Practice Material

   Quiz 4 - Answers to Quiz 4

Lesson 5 - Voicing & Overtones

1. The Concept of Voicing

2. The Overtone Series

3. How Overtone Practice works

4. First Overtone Exercises

5. Further Practice

6. Go for it

7. Practice Material

   Quiz 5 - Answers to Quiz 5

Lesson 6 - Oral Tract Registers

1. What is a Register ?

2. Registers of the Voice

3. Oral tract Registers for the Saxophone

4. Breaking into the Head Register

5. Important Muscles of the Oral tract

6. More Overtone Exercises

7. Practice Material

   Quiz 6 - Answers to Quiz 6

   Acoustics of the Clarinet

   1. Open and Closed Pipes

   2. Overtones on the Clarinet

   3. Benefit

   When do I Break through ?

   1. When ?

   2. About singers and trumpet players

Lesson 7 - Articulation

1. General Approach

2. Tongue Position

3. The Four steps of good Articulation

4. The two functions of the Tongue

5. Legato Tonguing

6. Staccato Tonguing

7. Timing

8. Practice Material

   Quiz 7 - Answers to Quiz 7

Lesson 8 - Fingering Rules

1. Objective

2. C Fingerings

3. Bb Fingerings

4. F# Fingerings

5. The Chromatic scale ('There's Always a Way')

6. Major scale in all Keys

7. The Auxiliary high F key

8. Tone Practice ('When You're not there')

9. Practice Material

   Quiz 8 - Answers to Quiz 8

Lesson 9 - Organic Imagery & Long tone Exercises

1. What is Organic Imagery ?

2. The Moving Tone Centre

3. Oral Tract Shape

4. Tone Projection

5. Breathing

6. Tongue shape and Vowels

7. Posture

8. Long Tone Exercises ('Ave Maria')

9. Practice Material

   Quiz 9 - Answers to Quiz 9

Lesson 10 - Vibrato & the Altissimo register

1. Vibrato

2. Jaw Vibrato

3. Jaw Vibrato Exercises

4. Tongue Vibrato

5. Altissimo Register

6. Altissimo Fingerings & Exercises

7. Practice Schedule

8. Doubling of instruments ('No Worries at all')

9. Practice Material

   Quiz 10 - Answers to Quiz 10

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