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Saxophone

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How To Play The Saxophone
A baritone saxophone.
A baritone saxophone.

Contents

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Preliminary Basics

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  1. Getting Started 75% developed  as of Jan 15, 2005
  2. The Saxophone Family
  3. How to form an embouchure
  4. First notes 75% developed  as of Feb 17, 2008
  5. Extending the range

A Progressive Method for Beginners

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Module One

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  1. Lesson 1.1
  2. Lesson 1.2
  3. Lesson 1.3
  4. Lesson 1.4

Module Two

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  1. Lesson 2.1
  2. Lesson 2.2
  3. Lesson 2.3
  4. Lesson 2.4

Relevant Music and Harmonic Theory

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  1. Flat notes and sharp notes
  2. The keys with sharps
  3. The keys with flats
  4. The minor keys
  5. Improvisation, pentatonic and blues scales
  6. Let's make some music together

Fundamentals

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  1. Tone
  2. Breathing
  3. Articulation
  4. Intonation

Advanced Techniques

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  1. Circular Breathing
  2. Altissimo
  3. Slap Tonguing
  4. Double Tonguing
  5. Quatertones
  6. Multiphonics

Further Study

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  1. Repertoire
  2. Resources