One of the best known of all instrumental methods Paul de Ville's Universal Method For Saxaphone has been the basic training method for countless generations of Saxaphone players covering all the basic pedagogical requirements for teaching Saxaphone. Universal Method deals with tone production, reeds, the use of the mouth piece, tuning, basic musical terms and all the other essential of mastering the Saxaphone.
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Step by step method for learning to play the saxophone,
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Over the years many thousands of saxophone players, great and small, have learned to play using this book. The book is a comprehensive guide to playing the saxophone. It begins with how to put a saxophone together and how to play your first note and ends with some very sophisticated excercises. Anyone who begins on page one and follows the excercises through to the last page will be a proficient musician. If you just want to learn a couple of tunes to impress your friends, this may not be the right book for you. If you, however, really want to learn to play the saxophone, this is the only book.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Not for the slacker!,
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This is a great method book that takes you from absolute beginners to moderately advanced levels. Great for someone who is really willing to put in the extra time and effort. This isn't a book to just flip through. It is really worth taking the time to get into this book and truly study the art of playing the sax.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Times change and so should this book,
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Some interesting exercises and etudes. However the book is very dated. This book has not changed since 1929. I have an original 1929 version and the new book is an exact copy. The saxophone has evolved since 1929, and so should this book.
There is no mention of any of modern saxophone technique. For example the book still refers to an archaic saxophone with right hand low Bb,B and C#keys, there are even has exercises based on this ancient key system. No modern saxophone have these keys. I have never seen a sax with these keys, although the idea is interesting. The book covers only your basic scales, major, and melodic minor. There is no mention of pentatonics, altered scales, whole tone, harmonics, multiphonics, altissimo etc. This is not a bad book to have in your collection, but you will need more than this Universal Method to become the next Michael Brecker. The title Universal Saxophone method may have been appropriate in 1929, it is certainly not appropriate for the year 2006.
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