Playing & Teaching the Saxophone - A Modern Approach

Playing & Teaching the Saxophone: A Modern Approach provides a method for teaching the saxophone that is specific enough to use as a textbook in a collegiate saxophone methods class, simple enough for a band director to use in guiding their saxophone sections, clear enough for adult beginners to teach themselves the instrument, and deep enough for professionals to use as a resource in teaching private lessons at any level.

Sommario

• Foreword


• Introduction


• Getting Started


• 1. The Saxophone


• 2. Parts of the Saxophone


• 3. Saxophone Assembly


• 4. Saxophone Disassembly


• 5. First Sounds on the Neck/Mouthpiece


• 6. Embouchure


• 7. Basic Voicing


• 8. Breathing


• 9. AIR-ticulation


• 10. Saxophone Posture and Hand Position


• 11. Basic Tuning


• 12. The Saxophone Family


• Learning the Notes


• 13. The First Notes: BAG FED


• 14. Middle C and Low C


• 15. Voicing and Overtones for Low Notes


• 16. The Octave Key


• 17. New Notes: F#, C#, Bb


• 18. Flawless Fingers


• 19. Low C# and D#, G#


• 20. Filling in the Gaps: One Octave Chromatic Scale


• 21. The Chromatic Scale: Second Octave


• 22. Palm Keys


• 23. The Lowest Notes: Bb and B


• 24. The Many Fingerings of Bb


• 25. Alternate Fingerings for F# and C


• 26. Final Performance


• In-Depth


• 27. Introduction to In-Depth Concepts


• 28. Articulation


• 29. Vibrato


• 30. Voicing and Overtones: The First Overtone


• 31. Voicing and Overtones: The Second Overtone


• 32. Overtone Practice Routine: ROVR


• 33. Intonation Training


• 34. Reed Storage and Adjustment


• 35. Developing Musicality


• 36. Introduction to Jazz Concepts


• 37. Soprano, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophone


• 38. Altissimo


• 39. Extended Techniques


• Teaching Tools


• 40. Introduction to Teaching Tools


• 41. First Lesson Planning Guide


• 42. Troubleshooting


• 43. Saxophone Pitch Tendency Guide


• 44. Saxophone Equipment


• 45. Saxophone Maintenance


• 46. Wellness for the Young Musician


• 47. Suggested Practice Routine and Warm-ups


• 48. Saxophone Resource Guide: Listening, Repertoire, and Further Reading


• Appendix A: Major Scale Reference Sheet


• Appendix B: Transposition


• Appendix C: Teacher's Guide to Saxophone Methods


• Appendix D: Chamber Music


• Acknowledgements


• About the Authors

Info autore

Allison D. Adams is Associate Professor of Saxophone at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and a member of the Nief-Norf Contemporary Music Ensemble. A frequent performer with the Knoxville Symphony, she has also presented recitals and lectures at events such as the World Saxophone Congress, the International Saxophone Symposium, and NASA Conferences. Her saxophone quartet, The Estrella Consort, was appointed ensemble-in-residence at the 2022 Alba Music Festival Composition Program in Italy. Adams previously served on the faculties of Ithaca College and Cornell University. Her main saxophone teachers include Steven Mauk, Eugene Rousseau, and Timothy McAllister.

Brian R. Horner has designed a multifaceted career as a saxophonist, educator, artist manager, author, and entrepreneur. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music where he studied with Donald Sinta, his 15-year university teaching career has included appointments at Middle Tennessee State University, Austin

Peay State University, the University of Tennessee, and Western Kentucky University. Horner has appeared at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Steinway Hall, and New York City's Mannes College of Music, and has performed with the Nashville Symphony, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and the Gateway Chamber Orchestra. He has premiered more than a dozen new works for saxophone, and his recordings with pianist Elizabeth Avery include Saxophone Music of M. Zachary Johnson--Live At Steinway Hall, and Serenade - Music for Saxophone & Piano, and garnered a cover feature in Saxophone Journal.

Riassunto

Playing & Teaching the Saxophone: A Modern Approach provides a method for teaching the saxophone that is specific enough to use as a textbook in a collegiate saxophone methods class, simple enough for a band director to use in guiding their saxophone sections, clear enough for adult beginners to teach themselves the instrument, and deep enough for professionals to use as a resource in teaching private lessons at any level.

The first sections of this book, Getting Started and Learning the Notes, take a student in a collegiate methods class or other adult beginner through the fundamental concepts of playing the saxophone. The In-Depth section then lays out critical concepts that are essential to the further development of any saxophonist. As a contemporary guide for teaching the musicians and music educators of the 21st century, this method addresses the pedagogy of not only the instrument, but of the whole student. It includes a diverse array of musical examples that celebrate communities and cultures around the globe, and a "Wellness for the Young Musician" chapter offers an overview of practices that will help students navigate performance anxiety and avoid injury while playing.

Designed to be a lifelong reference for band directors and private instructors, the book includes "Hand-It-Over" sections that can be used as student instructional sheets. These materials, along with video performances and teaching demonstrations, are also available in the book's companion website.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Allison D. Adams, Allison D. (Associate Professor of Saxophon Adams, Brian R. Horner
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.07.2023
• EAN: 9780197627594
• ISBN: 978-0-19-762759-4
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Teoria musicale, didattica musicale; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / General, Performing Arts, Woodwind Instruments, PERFORMING ARTS / General, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Woodwinds, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Wind Instruments