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by Pete Thomas
SAXOPHONE INSTRUCTION DVD
"basically, the best one out there..."
- Phill Straker, saxophones.co.uk
Jools Holland "Music Makers" Saxophone Tuition DVD (for Beginners)
Pete has recorded with artists such as REM, Elton John, Joe Jackson and many more. He worked as a teacher of saxophone, composition and jazz/pop performance at Southampton University Music Department from 1999 - 2002 and is now working full time as a TV and film music composer.
He devised and and presented the Jools Holland Music Makers
series saxophone instruction video which is now released on DVD. This is available worldwide (currently being translated into Chinese) and is for beginners who want to learn the saxophone in a lighthearted but very practical way. It is geared towards pop, rock and blues saxophone playing, but is also useful if you want to learn to play in many other styles. Learning can be fun!. All of the online saxophone tuition resources and exercises can be used along with the instruction DVD.
In this program, he introduces beginners to the alto saxophone: the parts of the saxophone and how to assemble them, fitting the reed, posture and breathing, saxophone embouchure, holding and blowing into the saxophone, tuning, fingering, notes and intervals, tonguing and slurring, bending notes and vibrato, the rudiments of reading music and keeping time, scales, triad arpeggios, how to improvise simple songs, and playing the blues.
£17.50 inc p & p anywhere
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DELIVERY TIME:
Delivery to UK is normally between 2 and 5 days.
REGION COMPATIBILITY:
This is a PAL all region DVD. It may not be compatible with some U.S. TV sets which are NTSC only. However it should work on a computer with DVD drive anywhere.
IMPORTANT
The lessons on the DVD are demonstrated on the alto saxophone. It can be used to learn other saxophones, the fingering is the same, the concept behind tone production is the same, but the notes will not be at the same pitch. The DVD is aimed at beginners but contains material that should last you quite a long time.
The DVD is aimed at beginners but contains material that should last you quite a long time.
Which Saxophone?
The lessons on the DVD are demonstrated on the alto saxophone. It can be used to learn other saxophones, the fingering is the same, the concept behind tone production is the same, but the notes will not be at the same pitch. Music for the playalongs in Bb (for tenor or soprano saxophone) is available to download:
PDFs From Instruction DVD
1. Oh When The Saints Go Marching In (Alto & tenor)
2. Bending Tune (Alto & tenor)
3.Blues Tune (Alto & tenor)
4. Slow Blues in 12/8 (Alto & tenor)
5. Rock Tune (Alto & tenor)
N.B. Here are the blues scales used in this tune:
