Pieces

"Yakety Sax" for tenor sax is a notoriously fast, challenging, and iconic comedy tune, famous as the Benny Hill Show theme, requiring rapid staccato, note bends, swooping glissandos (using the larynx/air for a smeary sound), and sometimes reaching high altissimo notes, all characterized by a playful, "G blues" feel with quick, technical runs that demand agility and precise articulation for its signature high-energy sound

Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages.

Music Medals Copper Saxophone Ensemble Pieces, Music Medals Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire for the developing ensemble. Progressively graded--Copper, Bronze, S

Abracadabra | Saxophone (Johnathan Rutland) 2002

A Miscellany for Saxophone Book 1, 7 easy pieces, for solo saxophone, saxophone with piano, and saxophone duets (which may be played as solos). Parts for both E-flat and B-flat saxophones are included.

These six little pieces by Andrew Jackman, can be used by fairly inexperienced players. Each piece has been cleverly designed to suit soprano, alto, tenor, or baritone. Andrew Jackman is well known for his popular arrangementsand original compositions.

Discover how to play in a rock band with this Berklee Practice Method book/CD pack! Lessons throughout the book guide you through technique that is specific to playing the saxophone in a contemporary ensemble. You'll learn: melody and improvisation, phrasing, articulations, breathing, chords, scales, theory, comping, reading, interpreting lead sheets, and much more. Daily practice routines are designed for practicing by yourself, or with other musicians. The accompanying CD features outstanding Berklee players and covers a variety of styles, including rock, funk, jazz, blues, swing and bossa nova.

Books of solos which expand for flexible, group music-making! Now available for brass, strings and woodwind! Session Time is ideal for many musical situations - solos, individual and group teaching, school concerts, or just friends making music at home. Solos or ensembles - the choice is yours! Instrumentation: Alto saxophone (flexible woodwind ensemble) and piano ad libitum

All Jazzed Up | for Alto Saxophone

Time Pieces is an exciting series of repertoire which explores the wealth of music written from the thirteenth century to the present day. The pieces are presented chronologically within each volume and all include the year in which they were written too, so you can map your journey through time! Time Pieces for E flat Saxophone is a two-volume anthology providing a graded selection of well-crafted and idiomatic arrangements for saxophone and piano, Grades 1 to 5. All of them have been carefully written by Ian Denley to practise the note ranges and keys of the early grades while providing straightforward piano accompaniments for the teacher to play. From Dowland to Vaughan Williams and from Lully to Weill, Time Pieces for E flat Saxophone allows the pupil to get a real feel for the different styles of music through time and will provide an invaluable, varied source of further study and recital repertoire.

80 Graded Studies for Saxophone, selected and edited by John Davies and Paul Harris for both Alto and Tenor Saxophones, brings together in two books a broad selection of 18th and 19th century repertory, with studies by Arban, Baermenn, Blatt, Brod and others. Also included are a number of specially composed studies by Paul Harris. These introduce aspects of 20th-century style and considerably extend the scope of the selection. The studies are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, according to a carefully planned technical progression.

Amazing Solos are amazingly wide-ranging selections of easy pieces. From Bach to Bernstein, a great variety of musical styles is included - folk melodies from England and Peru, baroque and classical 'lollipos', jazz and modern classics. A unique collection of exciting and varied music for the early grades. 52 pages.

This book is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between exams. Pam Wedgwood's inimitable, style is guaranteed to breathe new life into your playing - the varied pieces in this bright new collection range from toe-tapping jazzy numbers to more classical styles, all designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade. So lighten up and move on with Up-Grade!

An inspiring collection of pieces in diverse styles to stretch and improve your technique. Selected and arranged by Howard Harrison. From the creator of Amazing Solos, a collection of enjoyable studies for the intermediate player. 76 pieces for unaccompanied saxophone ranging from medieval dances and Chinese traditional music to baroque gigues and jazz solos. Each piece is carefully selected to develop a specific aspect of technique, with helpful hints and tips to improve your performance. Instrumentation : alto saxophone

"12 Modern Etudes" Soprano, Alto or Tenor Saxophone James Rae Universal Edition 3 23 For the more advanced player and offering a variety of studies in conemporary styles. English and German sheet music - Ignition - Triplet Prelude - Again And Again - Staccato Prelude - Point To Point - Tabasco - If Only... - Neat! - Free Spirit - Cascades - Nightfall - Grand Etude

An introduction to blues styles

20 MODERN STUDIES FOR EB SAX JAMES RAE

About This album provides new repertoire for saxophonists, (soprano, alto or tenor) in a wide selection of pieces. Suitable for competent players. Includes score and part.

Holcombe: Blues Concerto for Alto Saxophone published by Musicians Publications

In 1846, two months before Gabriel Faure was about to celebrate his first birthday, the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax took out a patent on his new musical hybrid, the Saxophone. This was no more than an interesting chronological coincidence. However, the works which Faure went on to compose were to contain some of the most beautiful and expressive melodic material ever written, material which lends itself so well to transcription for saxophone. During much of Faure's life, the saxophone was in its infancy and very few composers were inspired to write original material for the instrument. Had it been more established, I am sure that the saxophone would have featured greatly in the works of such composers as Faure, as it is one of the most expressive musical instruments ever to be invented.

This album has been compiled and arranged with the prime intention of providing saxophonists with the opportunity of playing a wide variety of music by Debussy. The pieces chosen are of moderate difficulty satisfying the needs of both student and professional alike. They also help to bridge the "repertoire gap" between the very elementary and the very advanced, as most of the material available for saxophone today seems to fall into these categories. These pieces are musically very satisfying as the style of Debussy lends itself so well to the saxophone.

Commissioned by and dedicated to John Harle. This work was first performed on 23 November 1988. Duration : c. 17.5 minutes. Suitable for ABRSM exams.