Here is your first port-of-call as you begin the saxophone. The Saxophone Basics pupils tuition book contains a full learning method including pieces activities and information for broader musical knowledge. Youll start this book without ever having played a note and leave it behind making proper music at Grade 2 standard. Dazzle friends and family as you progress. Play a variety of styles from day one. Theres no need to limit yourself in the early stages there is all sorts that you can play! Saxophone Basics is a fun mix of classical jazz and pop with a number of old favourites thrown in to get everybody tapping their feet. Impress with well-known tunes like “Scarborough Fair” the theme from “Red Dwarf” and a movement from Beethovens “7th Symphony”. Feel like a pro as you master these classics.Please note: CD or audio download codes will be supplied depending on availability. Cover everything a beginner needs Saxophone Basics doesnt miss out a thing. This pupils book offers all the great tunes featured in Saxophone Basics with a fresh design including handy technical drawings to help you understand things. With a pull-out fingering chart you wont be forgetting the essentials as you can pin it up so youll revise everyday without even realising. The book is well structured with 20 stages 59 tunes and different exercises to get your technique up to scratch. Quizzes and fact files make learning fun. Teachers are covered too as you can get a separate teachers book to help you help your beginner saxophonist. Get ready for orchestra Learn the skills needed for ensemble playing with the accompanying CD/audio downloads. Playing along with the backing-tracks requires counting skills which are crucial for any member of an orchestra or jazz band. In the Saxophone Basics CD or audio downloads there is saxophone and piano accompaniments for different pieces so youll come to understand what its like to play with different instruments. Specifications ISBN: 0571522831 Arrangement Format: Instrument Solo Instruments: Saxophone Genre: Educational Difficulty: Beginner Grades: pre-Grade 1 Grade 1 Grade 2 Pages: 56