From best-selling author, John O'Neill, The Saxophone Method is a complete course for the beginner to intermediate saxophonist. Start by mastering the essential foundation skills required to be a great player in any style. With a wide range of tunes from all over the world you will be exposed to a great variety of musical styles to motivate and inspire.
The mp3 backing tracks, available as free downloads, feature top professional musicians and will give you the feeling of playing in a great band from the very beginning.
The Saxophone Method is supplemented by two Repertoire Books to give you even more music to practice and enjoy.
By the end of the method you will be able to:
- understand the fundamentals of good playing technique
- have explored the full range of the instrument
- be familiar with the most common rhythms
- have a solid grounding in music theory
- have the confidence to play with a real band in many different styles
Acknowledgments
Preface
Polka in F (Trad. French)
El choclo (Ángel Villoldo)
Jamaica Farewell (Trad. Jamaican)
Baile Banaka (Trad. African)
Day-O (Trad. Jamaican)
La paloma (Sebastián Yradier)
Die Forelle (Franz Schubert)
Danza Queimada (Trad. Asturian)
Dicitencello vuja (Rodolfo Falvo)
Le Ruban bleu (Trad. French)
Cum dederit (Antonio Vivaldi)
Hanter Dro (Trad. French)
Amame mucho (Ángel Villoldo)
Härjedals schottis (Trad. Scandinavian)
Old French Song (Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Duet (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Entemediu de La Piedra (Trad. Asturian)
Blarney Pilgrim (Trad. Irish)
Sonata TWV 40:103, 1st movement (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Gigue (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Hector The Hero (James Scott Skinner)
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (Trad. Afro-American)
Amando sobre o mar (Zequinha de Abreu)
Menuet (Anon.)
Barcarolle (Jaques Offenbach)
Canonic Sonata TWV 40:119, 2nd movement (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Por una cabeza (Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera)
Pavane (Gabriel Fauré)
Suerte negra (Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera)
Lascia ch'io pianga (George Frideric Handel)
Los ojos de Pepa (Manuel Saumell)
¿Que le importa a usted? (Tomás Léon)
Il Gardellino (Antonio Vivaldi)
An Evening Hymn (Henry Purcell)
Sonata TWV 40:104, 1st movement (Georg Philipp Telemann)
Lamento della ninfa (Claudio Monteverdi)
Menuet I (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Menuet II (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Appendix:Seasonal Tunes: Wexford Carol (Trad. Irish)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Trad. English)
El cant dels ocells (Trad. Catalonian)
Wassail Song (Trad. English)
The Holly And The Ivy (Trad. English)
Silent Night (Franz Xaver Gruber)
Difficulty: easy to intermediate