Yamaha YAC-1094P Powder Paper Review

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(More customer reviews)Yamaha products are great (like my Motif XS synthesizer), and these powder pads are an excellent preventative measure to keep my soprano saxophone pads (or any sax pads for that matter) from sticking.A+

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Hot Rock Sax - Techniques, Licks And Effects (Artist Transcriptions) Review

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(More customer reviews)I never thought that I would need to write a negative review - that is, until now.If you are looking to add to your repertoire of techniques - don't make the same mistake I did in buying this book.
The techniques offered in this book have very little (if any) good information to offer - there are plenty of instances of this throughout the book.
As one example, the section on "Vibrato", provides no tips, no exercises, in fact - no description of what good vibrato is or how it is done.
Another example, the section on "Growl", has content so thin that it leaves the reader "out in the cold".The author offers only one (of several) techniques for growling, but that description is inadequate at best for the production of growl.
I could go on (check out the section on "glissando"), but let me just say that the author and publisher are doing a disservice to sax students with this book.
We should expect that any decent music "how-to" book should include good descriptions (with illustrations), tips (and/or warnings), and exercises - perhaps even recorded examples.Sorry - this book doesn't measure up.

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An invaluable text that gives the Õreal worldÕ saxophonist a practical way to learn technique and style. TimÕs hands-on approach covers all the basics, including hardware, warm-ups, special effects, altissimo notes, the blues style, soloing over progressions, modal progressions, practical licks and lines, and much more. It gives todayÕs working saxophonist invaluable tools, study material, and insight into the techniques used in pop, rock, funk, and R&B music.

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101 Saxophone Tips: Stuff All the Pros Know and Use (Sax Instruction) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book was both very useful and very enjoyable.I was a serious sax player for 20 years, quit playing almost completely for 30 years, and started to play seriously again after I retired (or quit my day job, whichever sounds better).

There are tips about what to carry in your case, how to buy and maintain your horn, what your should practice, and more.This book contains stuff I knew, more stuff I had forgotten, and more that is new since I began playing again.There is a CD that shows examples and playalongs.

This book is ideal for beginners and serious saxophonists.I recommend it heartily.

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This book presents valuable how-to insight that saxophone players of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams, and accompanying CD provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: techniques; maintenance; equipment; practicing; recording; performance; and much more!

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Improvising Jazz Sax (Saxophone) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is really a good book on jazz improvisation for saxophone.The book starts out with a brief introduction of chords and their chord symbols.All of the scales and patterns described in the book are written out in all of the keys except for the enharmonically spelled keys.A big plus for this book is that there is a section that describes how to play the special effects sound on the saxophone, like microtonics, growls, harmonics, etc.It gives specific fingerings for them. Now, there may be additional fingerings.It's just that I've seen no other sax book describe these.This book clearly illustrates the styles of some of our most famous saxophone players including Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Jr. Walker to name a few.I think this helps in understanding what we are hearing when we hear their music.The author also describes how to perform the chordal and scalar passages and sound musical by using different types of articulations.He also talks about the challenges of practicing and learning improvisation of which I think is important to talk about.Because sometimes as a musicians we need motivation as to why we are practicing everyday when we don't see immediate results.It's reality to understand that it takes months of practicing before one can get a real handle on certain musical expressions.
Each chapter has a new style of improvisation with music pattern.This book is not an end all to improvisation but is certainly a good start for any sax player who wants to improve his or her improvisational skills.

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Teaches improvisation from the point of view of the sax player, utilizing theory as insight into playing. Chapters on modal playing, and special effects (multiphonics, microtones, etc.). Includes a complete chord chart.

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100 Solos For Saxophone (Flute) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a nice collection of both contemporary and classical pieces. I could have done with a few less Beatles songs, especially those that don't work well for Saxophone (e.g. St. Pepper), but otherwise it's fun to play. Level is easy to medium.

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Graded solos for players at all levels. The pieces are complete in themselves and require no accompaniment.

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