Alto Saxophone BandFolio -...
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To the student: Congratulations on completing beginning band! I am sure that you learned a great deal about music and your instrument. Now it is time to build on that knowledge, and take your musicianship to the next level. You will have many more performance opportunities, and you will find greater musical challenges in the year ahead. The key to continued success in band is practice. Your band director will recommend how much time you should practice each day. Keep these tips in mind during each practice session: • Warm up. your band director will recommend a procedure for preparing your body and your instrument to play. • Set a goal for each practice session. • Practice the hard sections first, and break them down into smaller parts. Then put the parts together. • Play something fun at the end of each practice session. • Practice every day. Continue working with your band director and your classmates, and you will begin to see and hear big improvements in the quality of your band. Good luck, and have fun! Jim Evans BandFolio Band Method Book 2 Alto Saxophone © 2001 Jim Evans BandFolio.com
Transcript of Alto Saxophone BandFolio -...
To the student:
Congratulations on completing beginning band! I am sure that you learned a great deal about music and your instrument. Now it is time to build on that knowledge, and take your musicianship to the next level. You will have many more performance opportunities, and you will find greater musical challenges in the year ahead.
The key to continued success in band is practice. Your band director will recommend how much time you should practice each day. Keep these tips in mind during each practice session:
• Warm up. your band director will recommend a procedure for preparing your body and your instrument to play.
• Set a goal for each practice session.• Practice the hard sections first, and break them down into smaller parts. Then put the parts
together.• Play something fun at the end of each practice session.• Practice every day.
Continue working with your band director and your classmates, and you will begin to see and hear big improvements in the quality of your band. Good luck, and have fun!
Jim Evans
BandFolioBand Method
Book 2
Alto Saxophone
© 2001 Jim EvansBandFolio.com
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Fingering Chart
A# Bb B C C# Db D D# Eb
E F F# Gb G G# Ab A
A# Bb B C C# Db D D# Eb
Alto Saxophone
BandFolio Band Method - Book 2Page 2
1 2 3
4Bb 5 6C
1 2 3 4B 5 6C
1 2 3 4 5 6C
1 2 3 4C# 5 6C
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6Eb
1 2 3 4
5
1 2 3
4
123-5
123
123G#
12
1--4
1 -2
open
E F F# Gb G G# Ab A A# Bb
B C C# Db D D# Eb E F
T 1 2 3 4 5 6
T 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eb
T 1 2 3 4 5
T 1 2 3 4
T 1 2 3 - 5
T 1 2 3
T 1 2 3 G#
T 1 2
T 1 - - 4
T 1 T - 2
T T L2
T L1 L2
T L1 L2R1
T L1 L2 L3R1
* 1 2R3
*1 - Bis
*T1 - Bis
* T 1 2R3
* denotes alternate fingering
L1 L2L3
L1, L2, & L31
23G#C#BBb
Bis
T
R1
R2
R3
456
Eb
C
