Practice Like The Pros (Sax Warmups) 2 Cd's (Saxophone) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is basically a book of written and recorded masterclasses by top saxophone players based in New York City. There are a number of excellent discussions and exercises on varied topics pertaining to saxophone playing: dexterity and speed, articulation, learning scales, changes, tone production, breathing, the overtone series and much, much more.

While I have seen snippets of a few of the exercises elsewhere, nearly all the exercises have a unique spin to them.

There are twenty different practice routines or masterclasses, if you will. Each has a written summary of the topic and exercise and then the CD has the player explaning the concept in his or her own voice, sometimes followed by some phrases played by the player. The nice thing about the book and the CD is that they are not an exact copy of each other, so each becomes even more valuable.

I disagree with the other viewer, in that this is not a sequential method book, but a book of various unsequenced methods. Players could benefit by reviewing the entire book, choosing a concept to start on, explore it long enough to master it and move on to the next one.

This would be useful for sax players who have played long enough to have a sound concept, some knowledge of construction of major and minor scales, and some interest in improvising jazz. I think it's best directed to high school students, although there may be a few advanced middle school students who could benefit from it.

I got a number of useful practice ideas out of this, and I plan to use this with my high school and advanced middle school students.

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Renowned saxophonist "Sweet" Sue Terry has assembled 20 top professional saxophonists to describe, and play, the exercises that made them successful in Jazz, Classical, Pop, Broadway and beyond. Each artist gives you a personal look at how to practice that can help you improve your technical ability as you develop your own personal sound and style. Included are exercises and tips relating to technique, tone, intonation, musicianship, scales and chords, articulation, ear training, and much more. The two companion CDs contain even more information, plus each artist playing examples and solos.
Sue Terry is a Yamaha artist.

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