Langey, Otto - Practical Tutor for the Saxophone

Practical Tutor for the Saxophone

First published in the 1930s and still going strong! Otto Langeys classic tutors include helpful diagrams and illustrations, fingering charts and many studies and examples from standard repertoire, as well as exercises in ornamentation and passage work for the more advanced player.

Instrumentation: Alto Saxophon
Arranger: Fitz-Gerald, John
Binding: Paperback/Soft Cover
Language: English
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
ISMN: M-060-03604-0
ISBN: 979-0-060-03604-0

Contents

• Rudiments of Music
• Duration of Notes
• Relative value of Notes
• Bars, Rests and Dots
• Triplets and Groups
• Time or Measure
• Saxophones
• The mode of holding
• The position of Mouthpiece
• How to produce the tone
• On taking breath
• The Saxophone Family
• A Diagram of the Eb Alto-Saxophone
• The Chromatic scale
• Tonal exercises
• Exercises on fixed intervals
• Exercise on mixed intervals
• Scales and Exercises in every Key
• Abbreviations
• The three degrees of Staccato
• A table of Shakes or Trills
• Forty-eight Melodic Studies
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• A Selection of popular Music
• Four celebrated Solos