| i 10 REMINDER OF BOOK 1 1. Breathe in deeply. Lower your shoulders. Hold in your abdominal ‘muscles, Relax your throat. 2, a) Lightly draw your lower lip inward over your teeth, without tension. ') Place the mouthpiece on your lower lip «) Close your jaws, placing your upper teeth firmly on the beak of the mouthpiece. 4) Surround the mouthpiece as much 3s possible with your PRET tip, holding both lips in @ smiling position 8. Place your tongue on the recd from below 4p Blow a into your mouth without making any sound (without PMN ‘out your cheeks). wer hard nor explosive. 5, Smartly withdraw your tongue from the reed, aiming for a precise “attack 6, Hold the sound you have thus obtained taking eare that its fll and reson Blow as if you were trying to revive the fla foe smouldering ember, holding in your abdorainal muscles 7. Replace your tongue on the reed to Interrupt the sound, si sustaining the pressure of the air in your mouth. 8. Do not breathe in after each sound, but only after you have played ‘several sounds. Then, breathe in through the sides : oo nt ae aeithout iting your teeth from the mouthpiece, Only breathe in ‘when your lungs are empty. HOW TO PRACTISE THE EXERCISES A — The rhythmic phrases: 1, Work out the elfficult rhythm phrases wah a tnetronomne before playin them several times. 4, You should tap out dificult shythms several times with @ perc before trying to play them. B — The technical phrases: 1, Finger the passage onthe instrament without blowing, sothat-you ean Near clearly and precisely the sound of the pads lost 2, Now play the passage, repeatingit fora whole minute, with a metronome (ack in above éach passage the metronome sP! you have attained), ceric, take expecta care ofthe neatness of your finger movernent f 9 ‘While repeating each ext {your tone, and of your control of auance, Check froma time tome ey pebrembouchure and breath are perfectly contro: he evenness and beat! (THE MUSICAL TEXTS MUST BE PLAYED TO YOUR “QEACHBR, WITH INTELLIGENCE AND SENSITIVITY, AND WITHOUT THE LEaST BAULT OR NERVOUSNESS. DO NOT AllM SO MUCH FOR SPEED AS FOR NEATNESS [AND BEAUTY OF TONE.1 " Practise cach phrase to a metronome, Repeat exch onc faultlessly with ease, flexibility, good tone and tonation, for one minute. ‘Mark in, at the head of each phrase, the metronome speeds you attain, Do not aim more for speed that neatness and beauty of tone. Fingering for B plus key § (Gee fingering chart) Acquite the habit of playing pieces to your teacher faultlessly. Observe strictly all the signs of notation (notes, nuances, articulation, fingering, breaths, accents, etc.). Claudio MONTEVERDI (4547-1849) PROLOGUE TO ORFEO td 272) pee corre EE Hecate Hee errerrer ed — ( =— SS Heato P —— mp picbitre tte etre o = 24402 M..® 2 Begin each practice session with pure tones and long notes. Then continue with seales* and then the texts pl @ sas0 =] in this book. Ow Fingering for BTa Fingering for A ‘ius ie plus trill key Ta ee Be sooo Rngtng cnarty) BR a ingering thro @+ @/ ete Beat out the time of the pieces with a pencil on a music stand before you play them. ‘Traditional Japanese pentatonte scale: JAPANESE TRADITIONAL SONG 24462 H.1B Fingering for B pplus key P (sce fingering chart) Ta Fingering for A Bix plus till key Ta Read through the melodies, beating time to a metronome, before attempting to play them. (Try to avoid mistakes, particularly in the changes of time signature. READ AHEAD. SAVOYARD CHRISTMAS CAROL id =100) Ta, of ities is ‘do aot | P. of xe Lie NL eT 24462 H.14 4 For a complete and systematic series of exercises covering every aspect of saxophone technique, see Exe elses Mecaniques for all saxophone, vol. I to 3 (Editions Henry Lemoine), Ose @ devs @ ©: AMERICAN TRADITIONAL SONG (¢ = 120) nf 7 —S 24452 H.5 15 Aim not so much for speed of execution, but for neatness, flexibility and, above all, tonal beauty. ,e} O4- to Fingering tor Babe plus trill key Tc g——Ze—Te Te Te = (see fingering chart) @d: Ode Ol ee Jean-Baptiste LULLY AMADIS DE GAULE Cee Andante (d=90) — = =e FEEEEETE larsnoemefol-eeeeet eeeeeregtcee-eereea Ht =cUeaeo tie erese. @ allargando 24452 Ha