Customer Reviews

Saxophone Method with CD (Audio)

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This looks to be an excellent book as I am just learning the sax. It's well written and the CD cleverly has the sax on one channel and other instruments on the other so you can listen to the sax alone or play yourself with accompaniment. Be careful, though. Only one title appears to be listed with amazon.com but the book is published two ways: one for alto and baritone sax and the other for tenor and soprano. If you want the tenor version, as I did, you may need to investigate further or order the tenor/soprano sax CD, which is available separately. Excellent book, overall!

I am teaching myself to play Sax. Before I started I didn't even remember how to read music. This book has been excellant. It goes step by step, one note at a time and includes fingering chart and breathing techniques. I'm about 1/2 way through it now and am ordering book 2 for when I'm done. I highly recommend it for anyone serious about not just learning how to play, but learning how to play well.

This saxophone book is excellent for the beginner saxophone player who is unfamiliar with reading music. It reviews and reinforces technique in simple text. I especially liked the easy-to-understand fingering chart, which is probably the best feature of the book.

I purchased this book with the hopes of beginning my journey into playing the tenor sax. All you can see online when you purchase this book is the front cover which reads "suitable for all types of saxophone". I chose to purchase this particular tutorial because it included a CD so I would know if I was playing correctly. When the book arrived, I was very disappointed to find out that the CD is designed for alto and baritone saxophone. There is a seperate order code in the book for the tenor variation, which I do not believe amazon.com carries. Just a word to the wise. If you are looking to play alto or bari, this is a good learning tool.

When i bought this book, i payed quite a lot for it. I found it a little unchallenging, an overall good buy, but not one for the ambitious. The pieces are all a bit easy and when it says beginner to intermediate, "House of the Rising Sun" wasnt that difficult.