HowExpert Guide to Playing the Saxophone: 101 Tips to Learn How to Practice, Play, and Perform the Saxophone for Beginners, Intermediates, and Advanced Saxophonists - Couverture rigide

HowExpert; Cordes, Sarah

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ISBN 10 : 1648919898 ISBN 13 : 9781648919893

Editeur : Hot Methods, Inc., 2023

Synopsis

If you want to learn how to practice, play, and perform the saxophone for beginners, intermediates, and advanced saxophonists, then check out HowExpert Guide to Playing the Saxophone.
HowExpert Guide to Playing the Saxophone will help you build your musicianship from your beginner days to the professional level. The 101 tips sprinkled throughout the book outline the best practices for saxophonists to improve their craft. Early chapters lead you through renting or buying a saxophone with helpful information about superior brands and models. You will learn to assemble your saxophone correctly to ensure the instrument is protected and functions well.
This step by step guide will also help you structure your practice sessions, providing ample warm-up exercises, method book and repertoire choices, and strategies for developing scalar technique. The included tone and intonation exercises will help you sound your best, and the scales and arpeggios will improve your facility on the instrument.
Later chapters discuss playing expressively and telling a story with your music. You will learn to make the notes on the page come to life with your playing. Strategies are listed for keeping your motivation high and practice sessions productive. Finally, you will read important facts about saxophone repair and reed care. These tips will help you maintain your saxophone for years to come. The back of the book includes an appendix with 151 scales and arpeggios for you to slowly incorporate into your skillset. This book summarizes what it means to play the saxophone.
Check out HowExpert Guide to Playing the Saxophone to learn how to practice, play, and perform the saxophone for beginners, intermediates, and advanced saxophonists.

About the Author
Sarah Cordes is a public school music teacher, professional saxophonist, and writer based in Long Island, New York. She is a Newburgh, NY, native and visits her family there often. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Hofstra University and a Master of Music Education from the Hartt School, University of Hartford. She has performed as a saxophonist in wind ensembles, marching bands, symphonic bands, saxophone quartets, and jazz ensembles. She also sings in a community choir. Sarah’s favorite pastimes include spending time with her husband, visiting her family, reading fiction novels, running, playing the saxophone, and writing poetry.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hot Methods, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1648919898
• ISBN 13: 9781648919893
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 161
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible