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List of
Recommended
Saxophone Etudes and Texts
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Recommended saxophone Etude/History/Information books
Required
Texts for my Saxophone Students-
These
are excellent books of the basics for any serious saxophonist.
Daily Studies for All Saxophones:
Scales, Arpeggios & Tuning Etudes
By Trent Kynaston
published by Warner Brothers
48
Famous Studies for Oboe or Saxophone-(book 1)
By Wilhelm Ferling, ed. Andraud or Mule,
published by Southern or Leduc
(Andraud is laid out better, Mule has extra etudes)
The
Orchestral Saxophonist, Vol. 1
By Bruce Ronkin and Robert Frascotti
Published by Roncorp, Inc.
Also
highy recommended for advanced students and for composers are these
books that aim to expamd the possibilities of the saxophone family:
Hello!
Mr. Sax
(parameters of the saxophone)
by Jean-Marie Londeix
AL 27.489
Editions Musicales Alphonse Leduc
This
"saxophone bible" has examples of notation, and extensive
fingering charts for possible microtones, multiphonics, altissimo,
etc.
available
in the USA from
http://www.dornpub.com/ken/etudes.html
L'Art
Du Saxophone
by Daniel Kientzy
Nova Musica CD NMCD5101
This
book has over 100 different extended technique sheet music examples/with
CD
(I highly
recommend this for every composer and performer).
And
Daniel Kientzy's incredible doctoral dissertation, "Saxologie,"
demonstrating the tonal and extended possibilities of the saxophone
family, is now available. More information is avaiable at
Both
can be purchased through Vandoren
sheet music
Paul Hindemith,
who learned to play every orchestral instrument, said the saxophone
has "...an unhindered technique, expressive range, and directness
of speech that has its equal only in the modern flute." However,
that doesn't mean it's easy! Here is a collection of additional etude
and scale books that are excellent for development of technical prowess
and expressive playing.
Recommended
etude/scale/method books for further practice:
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Composer/editor
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Title
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Grade/comments
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Publisher
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Joseph
Allard
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Three
Octave Scales and Chords
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4-5
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Chas.
Colin
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Anderson/Leger
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24
Etudes Instructives,
Op. 30
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Billaudot
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Anderson/Leger
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24
Petites Etudes,
Op. 33
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Billaudot
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Eugene
Bozza
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Douze
Etudes-Caprices
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5-
good after finishing Ferling
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Leduc
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Ronald
Caravan
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Preliminary
Exercises & Etudes in Contemporary Techniques
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3-5
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Dorn
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Ken
Dorn
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Multiphonics
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Dorn
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Arthur
Hegvik
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Modern
Course-
Scales and Arpeggios
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Good
basic scale book
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Henri
Elkan
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Michael
Hester
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Saxophone
Master Classes
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Smooth
Stone Productions
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Sigfrid
Karg-Elert
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25
Capricen und Sonate (2
Books)
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4-5-
good after finishing Ferling
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Zimmerman
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Daniel
Kientzy
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L’art
du Saxophone
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CD
and book with 100 different extended techniques-great!
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Nova
Musica
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Guy
Lacour
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50
Etudes Faciles, Books 1 and 2
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3
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Billaudot
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Guy
Lacour
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28
Etudes sur les Modes d'Messaien
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5
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Leduc
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Jean-Marie
Londeix
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Hello!
Mr. Sax
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The
sax bible.
Truly essential!
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Leduc/Roncorp
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Jean-Marie
Londeix
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Nouvelle
Etudes Variees
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5-
a good post-Ferling book
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Lemoine
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Jean-Marie
Londeix
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Le
Detache (Staccato)
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4
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Lemoine
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Massis
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Six
Etudes-Caprices
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Leduc
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Marcel
Mule
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53
Etudes (3 volumes)
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3-5
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Leduc
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Oliver
Nelson
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Patterns
for Improvisation-
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Great
for technique!
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Aebersold
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Sigurd
Raschèr
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Scales
for the Saxophone
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McGinnis
& Marx
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Sigurd
Raschèr
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Top
Tones For Saxophone
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The
original altissimo method- use these excercises with the Londeix
fingerings
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Carl
Fischer
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Eugene
Rousseau
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Saxophone
High Tones
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4-5
altissimo method
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MMB
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William
Schmidt
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10
Contemporary Etudes
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3-4
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W.I.M.
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Joseph
Sellner
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Progressive
Studies in Articulation
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Billaudot
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Donald
Sinta
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Voicing
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4-5-
altissimo method
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Sintafest
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Larry
Teal
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Daily
Studies for Saxophone Technique
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Encora
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Larry
Teal
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Saxophonist’s
Workbook
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Good
for working on fundamentals
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University
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Recommended
saxophone history/information/books for additional study:
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Author/Editor
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Title
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Grade/comments
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Publisher
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Anthony
Baines
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Woodwind
Instruments and Their History
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The
classic
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Dover
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| Ernest
Ferron, trans. by Jacqueline Rose. |
The
Saxophone Is My Voice |
Sax
repair and acoustics info with personality. |
International Music Diffusion |
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David
J. Gibson
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Saxophone
Journal Magazine
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Fun,
informative, and worthwhile
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Dorn
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Paul
Harvey
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The
Saxophonist’s Bedside Book
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nice
anecdotes and insights- cute.
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Fentone
(U.K.)
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| Fred
L. Hemke |
The
Early History of the Saxophone |
Doctoral
dissertaion, great historical resource |
Doctoral
Dissertation, U. Wisconsin - Madison, 1975. |
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Wally
Horwood
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Adolphe
Sax 1814-1894
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Best
biography yet
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Egon
Ltd.
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Richard
Ingham
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The
Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone
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Excellent
collection of interesting stuff
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Cambridge
University Press
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Leon
Kochnitzsky
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Sax
and His Saxophone
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Nice
little bio of Sax the genius
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NASA
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Paul
Lindermeyer
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Celebrating
the Saxophone
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Beautiful
and informative.
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Hearst
Books
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Jean-Marie
Londeix
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150
Years of Saxophone Music
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Exhaustive
index of sax rep. From 1844-1994!
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Roncorp
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North
American Saxophone Alliance
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The
Saxophone Symposium
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Official
scholarly publication of NASA
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NASA
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C.
J. Nederveen
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Acoustical
Aspects of Woodwind Instruments
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technical,
detailed, but readable and very informative
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Northern
Illinois University
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Brian
Priestly, et al
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The
Sax & Brass Book
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Lots
of nice photos and ser. # lists
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Miller
Freeman
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Robert
Scarff
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Woodwind Mouthpiece Selection
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Good
description of the basics
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author
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Charles
Stier
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Clarinet
Reeds
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applies
to sax, too
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Halcyon
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Larry
Teal
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The
Art of Saxophone Playing
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Musicality
101 for the saxophonist
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Warner
Brothers
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More Musical Wisdom From Professor Easton:
"Don't
play in the rests."
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