Play Alto Sax Today! Beginner's Pack: Book/CD/DVD Pack (Play Today Instructional Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was completely new to music.I have always wanted to learn to play the sax and I bought several books to get me started.This set has been invaluable to me!I am learning the notes.I am learning the basics of music.The coolest part is that when I am "confused" (which is often) it came with an audio CD to help me hear what the song I am currently mutilating is *really* supposed to sound like!The DVD helps show proper posture while playing, care for the sax, etc.I admittedly have only watched it a couple of times...it is helpful, but not the most-used part of the set, for sure!

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The ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, a professional-quality CD with 72 full-demo tracks, and a 25-minute DVD. This series can be used by students of all ages who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the CD or watch the DVD. This great package is a complete guide to the basics, including: how to assemble and care for your instrument, producing a sound, reading music notation and rhythms, fingering chart, glossary of musical terms, and more! The music included lets you play the songs with a professional backup band so learning and practicing are cooler than ever!

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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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Absolute Beginners: Alto Saxophone Review

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(More customer reviews)THIS BOOK IS FANTASTIC. IT HAS PICTURES ABOUT HOW TO BEGIN AND HOW TO STAND ETC.I AM LIVING IN JAPAN AND IT IS HARD TO GET A BEGINNER BOOK IN ENGLISH. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL ANYONE WHO WANTS TO START PLAYING THE SAX TO GET THIS BOOK. IT ALSO SHOWS HOW TO READ NOTES.....GREAT.

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Designed for the alto saxophone learner. Pictures and text teach how to maintain the instrument, changing and using reeds, finger and mouth positioning and producing notes, scales and songs. CD provided for listening and accompaniment.

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Best of Kenny G: Soprano, Alto, and Tenor Saxophone (Artist Transcriptions) Review

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(More customer reviews)Friends, I am sure you like Keeny G just like I do. I bought this book to study, dreamed about one day I could play saxophone like him. When the book arrived, the notes were extremely complicated! It's impossible to play it with saxophone. I wondered what happen; several minutes ago, I finally realized that it was for piano, not for saxophone!

Come on, Amazon and sellers, why don't you just add 2 words: "for piano" so that I wouldn't waste my money to buy a useless music book? Or, you just want to confuse buyers to make some money for your business?

Friends, if you want to buy music book, make sure you zoom in the pictures and read the tinny words really close, otherwise you might waste money to buy junks home.

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Complete scores to 14 of his best, featuring separate pull-out section with complete saxophone melody and solos transcribed. Songs include: Songbird * Silhouette * Going Home * and 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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