Comprehensive Saxophone Warm-Ups

Comprehensive Saxophone Warm-Ups

A Proven Method to Increase Technique and Become a Complete Saxophonist

Your warm-up time is a precious thing. It can get you off to a great day of practicing or it can set you back every time you pick up your instrument. Learning the correct way to warm up will benefit every part of your playing and send you on your way to mastering the saxophone! This book is the product of the last 10 years of building my warm-up routine and will teach you my proven method guaranteed to improve your playing by leaps and bounds. The exercises in this book are designed specifically for the range of the saxophone and address some of the most common problems that people who play this instrument run into. The main areas of study in this method are: 1. SoundConcepts 2. Scales & Arpeggios 3. Working with a Metronome 4. How to Structure Your Time A good day starts off on the right foot and a good practice session starts off with a quality warm-up. Treat your warm-up time with the care and precision that a brass player or drummer does, and turn a repetitive routine into a new one which challenges you every day. Contained Inside: Sound Concepts - Articulation Patterns - Full Range Major and Harmonic Minor Scales - Full Range Major and Harmonic Minor Thirds - Full Range Major and Minor Arpeggios - Staggered Major and Minor Arpeggios - Major and Minor Seconds - Full Range Chromatic Scale Exercises - Combining Keys with Both Scales and Arpeggios - Full Range Major and Harmonic Minor Fourths and Wider Intervals

• Type: Book [Softcover]
• Komponist: Nick Mainella
• Vanskelighetsgrad: Viderekommen
• Antall sider: 0
• Sjanger: Studies & Exercises
• Instrument: Saxophone
• Utgivelsesår: 2018
• Utgiver: Mel Bay Publications
• Utgavenummer: MLB30687
• ISBN: 9781513461960

1. A Note from the Author
2. Sound Concepts
3. Mouthpiece and Neck
4. Long Tones
5. Overtones/Harmonics
6. Scales and Arpeggios
7. Memorization
8. Tempo and Metronome
9. Finger Technique
10. Order of Key Signatures
11. Articulation
12. Articulation Patterns
13. Lesson 1: Major and Harmonic Minor Scales
14. Major Scales
15. Harmonic Minor Scales
16. Lesson 2: Major and Harmonic Minor Scales in Thirds
17. Major Thirds
18. Harmonic Minor Thirds
19. Lesson 3: Arpeggios
20. Major Arpeggios
21. Minor Arpeggios
22. Staggered Major Arpeggios
23. Staggered Minor Arpeggios
24. Lesson 4: Major and Minor Seconds
25. Major Seconds
26. Lesson 5: Chromatic Exercises
27. Chromatic Scale Exercises
28. Lesson 6: Combining Keys
29. Chromatic Major #1
30. Chromatic Major #2
31. Chromatic Arpeggios #1
32. Chromatic Arpeggios #2
33. Chromatic Arpeggios #3
34. Chromatic Arpeggios #4
35. Chromatic Arpeggios #5
36. Chromatic Arpeggios #6
37. Lesson : Wider Intervals
38. Major Fourths
39. Harmonic Minor Fourths
40. Practice Log Form