Foundation to saxophone playing : an elementary method / Ben Vereecken.
| Author/creator | Vereecken, Ben |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Edition | New and revised edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Carl Fischer, ©1917. |
| Description | 1 score (107 pages) : portrait ; 31 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Complete saxophone chart (with illustrations) -- The saxophone -- position -- Manner of holding the saxophone -- Adjusting the reed -- Position of the mouthpiece -- Production of the tone -- Tuning -- Care of the saxophone -- Before playing -- After playing -- How to practice -- What to practice -- Transposition -- Signs most frequently used -- Rudiments of music -- Names of notes -- Different kinds of notes and rests -- Sharps, flats, naturals, etc -- Measures and bars -- Time marks -- Preparation for the first lesson -- On striking the tones and counting the time -- For left and right hands -- First octave key -- Second octave key -- Two octaves -- Whole, half and quarter notes -- Chromatic scale (comprising all the keys) -- Three-quarter time, -the dot, - Two-quarter time -- Progressive exercises on the intervals -- Progressive exercises on articulation -- Major scales and their relative minors -- Twenty easy recreations -- The grupetto - The trill - Exercises on scales in thirds - Exercises on chromatic scales -- Difficult passages (simplified by the adoption of extra keys) -- Exercises on perfect chords -- Exercises on dominant sevenths -- Exercises on diminished sevenths -- Fourteen solos by celebrated composers -- Fifty progressive exercises in prelude form -- Four solos (written especially for this method) -- List of the principal words used in modern music. |
| Publisher number | 19911-102 Carl Fischer |
| Publisher number | O 224 Carl Fischer |