I USED TO PLAY TENOR SAXOPHONE
AN INNOVATIVE METHOD FOR ADULTS RETURNING TO PLAY
POULTON (COMPOSER), WARD (COMPOSER), ENGLISH FOLK SONG (COMPOSER), LARRY CLARK (ARRANGER), ET AL.

INSTRUMENTATION
-TENOR SAXOPHONE IN B?

DESCRIPTION:
-I USED TO PLAY IS AIMED AT ADULTS LOOKING TO GET BACK INTO PLAYING THEIR INSTRUMENTS OF YESTERYEAR, AND WILL HELP JUMPSTART THEIR MEMORY AND COMFORT WITH MUSIC. ITS NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE RE-ACQUAINTED WITH THEIR INSTRUMENT(S) BY NOT ONLY REVIEWING THEORY AND TECHNIQUE WITH ETUDES, BUT ALSO PROVIDING THEM WITH TYPES OF MUSIC THEY WANT TO PLAY, INCLUDING POP, JAZZ, AND CLASSICAL TUNES. EACH BOOK CONTAINS DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO FILES OF COMPLETE PERFORMANCES OF MOST SONGS, PLUS ACCOMPANIMENT-ONLY PLAY-ALONG VERSIONS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE PRINTABLE PDFS OF PIANO PARTS FOR PRACTICE OR PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. IT’S JUST THE PUSH FORMER PLAYERS NEED TO FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH THEIR INSTRUMENTS AGAIN!

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
-ABOUT THIS BOOK
-ABOUT THE AUTHOR
-FINGERING CHART
-MUSIC THEORY REVIEW
-LONG TONES
-DAILY STUDIES
-MAJOR SCALES
-CHROMATIC SCALES
-TECHNIQUE EXERCISES
-AMAZING GRACE
-AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
-AMERICAN PATROL
-AULD LANG SYNE
-AURA LEE
-CAN-CAN
-ENTRACTE FROM CARMEN
-HEY MAN, CHRISTMAS SWINGS!
-I`LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
-JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO
-LA BAMBA
-LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER
-LONDONDERRY AIR
-MINUET (BACH)
-MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
-NATIONAL EMBLEM
-SCARBOROUGH FAIR
-SILENT NIGHT
-STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
-THE TIDE IS HIGH
-TUXEDO JUNCTION
-TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE
-WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME
-WOOLY BULLY.