CREATIVE SAXOPHONE WORKBOOK + Online Audio

A technique book for the intermediate player which follows on from skills introduced in Creative Saxophone and Creative Saxophone Duets, and may be used alongside Creative Saxophone Improvising. The workbook focuses on specific techniques which, with regular practice, will give the student the confidence, fluency, and freedom to realize their full potential in performance and improvisation.

- Introduces essential techniques for the intermediate soloist.
- Builds confidence and fluency in performance and improvisation.
- Covers harmonics, vibrato, alternative and altissimo fingerings.
- Provides interesting and effective ways to practice modes, scales, and arpeggios.
- Develops improvisation skills through focusing on patterns, cycle of 5ths, the II-V-I, and transcription.
- Downloadable tracks with live expert demonstrations and inspirational backings for the play-along pieces and many of the exercises; includes versions for alto and tenor instruments.

REVIEWS:
"Clear, easy-to-read text and charts make things clear, with excellent opportunities to practice your new skills with tunes specially written for them. Includes two CDs (one for Eb, the other Bb) so that you can use the book with any horn, which is handy if you're a saxophone teacher or if your friend plays the same key saxophone too." - Jazzwise

"Brilliant value, top quality advice! . . . Features tremendous articulation exercises of swing tonguing and altissimo notes, with demos by Kellie for you to copy. Develop your high note playing, build vibrato - the end result? A really good sound on saxophone that you can call your own! This book shows you how achieve this, without the jargon or convoluted ramblings. In no time you'll be thinking and hearing in different keys, playing along with the Cycle of Fifths tracks recorded on the CDs and playing through the ii-V-Is. There are four transcription exercises for you to have a go at too. The real danger here is getting out the door, what with the huge ears you'll have after using this book." - Jazzwise

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• Getting Started
• Daily Practice Routine
• Sound: Harmonics; Vibrato; Play-along
• Alternate Fingerings
• Scales: Major scales; Harmonic minor scales; Melodic minor scales; Blues scales; Symmetrical scales
• Modes
• Altissimo: Altissimo fingerings; Altissimo licks
• Arpeggiating Chords: Major 7th arpeggios; Dominant 7th arpeggios; Minor 7th arpeggios
• Patterns
• Cycle of 5ths
• II-V-I Progression
• Transcription
• Play-alongs: All the King's Men; Mission Complete
• Glossary
• Chord Symbols
• Transcription Solutions

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