Category Archives: Book Plug
Creative Saxophone Series (Books)
These are a fabulous set of books that allow player to improvise to a mixture of rock, shuffles, swing and funk pieces. This book gives the player time to learn the tune and then set improvisation areas – it allows … Continue reading
Rhythm Development Materials…
To help with your rhythms get a series of flash to mix up and randomly present yourself with different rhythms with each practice. This will keep your sight reading of rhythms up and you can set the metronome to a … Continue reading
Haynes Manual for Saxophone!
It actually exists and isn’t too bad. It goes a little far in terms of getting to the start of advanced repairing, which I wouldn’t recommend to anyone unless they have training, however the basics and maintenance is stuff that … Continue reading
Book Plug – The Ultimate Jazz FakeBook by Hal Leonard
Available in Bb and Eb. Can get at Amazon.co.uk The best collection I’ve found in a fakebook – if you fancy all of those tunes you now and want to learn this is the book. I recently had a jazz … Continue reading
Saxophone/Clarinet Mouthpieces Book
There is a fantastic book by Prof. Anton Weinbergcalled ”Saxophone & Clarinet Mouthpieces” !! A great help to anyone looking to get a mouthpiece and it even goes into detail regarding different reeds and the grades of strength compared to … Continue reading
Book Plug – Can’t have too much music…
At times I’ll suggest music you should purchase, and on other times suggest music you might like to purchase. But it doesn’t have to end here – if you see something you like – please do get it. The more … Continue reading
Book Plug – One Hundred Classical Themes for Saxophone
Many people who play sax are interested in jazz and rightly so – however many are also interested in the classical side of things and the saxophone can play some beautiful classical thematic ideas. It realy can do the classical … Continue reading
Into Jazz – better get this AB guide to it then!
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) – have in the years published the entry levels jazz examination pieces in one book – containing all the music you’ll need on your relevant instrument from gardes 1-5. If you … Continue reading
Book Plug – Fakebooks…
Fakebooks contain the largest collction of music in one book that you can buy. It started in the 40′s when someone illegally got al the jazz band music into one book and sold it on. Now after much success over … Continue reading
Book Plug – Mouthpieces…
This book is fantastic – it claims to be a first of it’s kind. I cannot agree more. It is informative – answers almost any questions on mouthpieces for saxophone and clarinet and goes into the different materials, different types … Continue reading
