Saxophone Technical Basics: Major Edition

A series of scale studies in major keys designed for students, professionals, and amateurs alike to engage in effective practicing. Includes interval exercises for the coordination of the fingers, intonation and airflow, legato, and more.

This book is a collection of tried and tested exercises, which will enable you to acquire an effective and comprehensive technique. They are systematically arranged and alternate “flowing” exercises, which train fluency and consistency, with “repeated” exercises, which improve the precision of difficult finger movements.

The following exercises appear in each key:

• Scale, possible variations, 5-note scale, scale with auxiliary note,
  basic pattern, scale with auxiliary note
• Thirds, repeated, flowing, with auxiliary note
• Fourths, repeated, flowing, with auxiliary note
• Staccato
• Arpeggios, arpeggios with variations

The book will conclude with exercises which target air flow, as well as intonation exercises from Ralf-Jörn Köster.

This study book consists of 80 stitch-bound pages and is a wonderful supplement to daily practice for saxophone players of almost every (advanced) level.

This booklet is aimed equally at professionals, students and ambitious amateurs who want to improve their technique on the saxophone in the long term.