Playing & Teaching the Saxophone

Allison D. Adams is Associate Professor of Saxophone at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and a member of the Nief-Norf Contemporary Music Ensemble. A frequent performer with the Knoxville Symphony, she has also presented recitals and lectures at events such as the World Saxophone Congress, the International Saxophone Symposium, and NASA Conferences. Her saxophone quartet, The Estrella Consort, was appointed ensemble-in-residence at the 2022 Alba Music Festival Composition Program in Italy. Adams previously served on the faculties of Ithaca College and Cornell University. Her main saxophone teachers include Steven Mauk, Eugene Rousseau, and Timothy McAllister. Brian R. Horner has designed a multifaceted career as a saxophonist, educator, artist manager, author, and entrepreneur. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music where he studied with Donald Sinta, his 15-year university teaching career has included appointments at Middle Tennessee State University, AustinPeay State University, the University of Tennessee, and Western Kentucky University. Horner has appeared at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Steinway Hall, and New York City's Mannes College of Music, and has performed with the Nashville Symphony, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and the Gateway Chamber Orchestra. He has premiered more than a dozen new works for saxophone, and his recordings with pianist Elizabeth Avery include Saxophone Music of M. Zachary Johnson--Live At Steinway Hall, and Serenade - Music for Saxophone & Piano, and garnered a cover feature in Saxophone Journal.

• Foreword IntroductionGetting Started 1. The Saxophone 2. Parts of the Saxophone 3. Saxophone Assembly 4. Saxophone Disassembly5. First Sounds on the Neck/Mouthpiece 6. Embouchure 7. Basic Voicing 8. Breathing 9. AIR-ticulation 10. Saxophone Posture and Hand Position 11. Basic Tuning 12. The Saxophone Family Learning the Notes13. The First Notes: BAG FED 14. Middle C and Low C 15. Voicing and Overtones for Low Notes 16. The Octave Key 17. New Notes: F#, C#, Bb 18. Flawless Fingers 19. Low C# and D#, G# 20. Filling in the Gaps: One Octave Chromatic Scale 21. The Chromatic Scale: Second Octave 22. Palm Keys 23. The Lowest Notes: Bb and B 24. The Many Fingerings of Bb 25. Alternate Fingerings for F# and C 26. Final Performance In-Depth27. Introduction to In-Depth Concepts 28. Articulation 29. Vibrato 30. Voicing & Overtones: The First Overtone 31. Voicing & Overtones: The Second Overtone 32. Overtone Practice Routine: ROVR 33. Intonation Training 34. Reed Storage and Adjustment 35. Developing Musicality 36. Introduction to Jazz Concepts 37. Soprano, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophone 38. Altissimo 39. Extended Techniques Teaching Tools40. Introduction to Teaching Tools41. First Lesson Planning Guide 42. Troubleshooting 43. Saxophone Pitch Tendency Guide 44. Saxophone Equipment 45. Saxophone Maintenance 46. Wellness for the Young Musician47. Suggested Practice Routine and Warm-ups 48. Saxophone Resource Guide: Listening, Repertoire, and Further Reading Appendix A: Major Scale Reference SheetAppendix B: Transposition Appendix C: Teacher's Guide to Saxophone Methods Appendix D: Chamber MusicAcknowledgements About the Authors