The Art of Saxophone Playing
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (698 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874870577 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 116 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"One of the must have books for a saxophone player" according to M. Francis. For the serious saxophone player, this is a standard book of facts and techniques. Even though it was written over 50 years ago, the basics of good saxophone playing has not changed much. It goes into what makes the saxophone sound good: embouchure, breathing, tonguing, articulation, even mouthpieces and reeds. If. Good Learning Book Brian I find this to be a difficult music book to rate. It has a lot of info that I really don't care about - like how to custom shape a reed - but I can see how it could be very interesting to the mature beginner/intermediate or maybe the serious high school age student and maybe even the college student alike. I think. A must have for any aspiring Saxophonist Luis chan First learned of this book from my teacher who described it as the saxophone bible, everything you need to know about playing the saxophone you can find here there is no better book
As a result of his acquired expertise and growing reputation, he was appointed to a full-time faculty position as a saxophone teacher by the University of Michigan -- the first ever to receive such an appointment from a major university. He played bass clarinet with the Detroit Symphony, but he continued to be absorbed by the saxophone. According to Larry Teal, the best method of learning to play the saxophone is to study with a competent teacher. During his 21-year tenure, he attracted students from all over, thus exerting an ever widening influence on saxophone teaching and performing.. Teal's studies were mostly of instruments other than the saxophone, but as a student at a Chautauqua summer session, he came under the influence of Georges Barrère, the eminent French flutist