Carl Fischer Universal Method for Saxophone - De Ville - Book

Author: Paul De Ville
Format: Spiral Bound Book
Instrumentation: Saxophone

Upon opening Paul DeVille's Universal Method for Saxophone, the student will find, first and foremost, the author's promise that, "...everything which patient research, practical experience and knowledge...has been brought to bear to make this the greatest and most comprehensive method for saxophone ever attempted." Covering the full gambit of saxophone technique exercises and a wide selection of repertoire examples, the DeVille method has been the trusted training method for saxophone players since 1908. This spiral-bound edition serves to continue this well-known tradition of excellence.

Contents:

• The Saxophone
• Instruction for the Saxophone
• How to hold the Saxophone
• Position of the Performer
• Position of the Mouthpiece in the Mouth
• The Reed
• Manner of controlling the tone, etc.
• Breathing
• Method of Study
• General Remarks
• A list of the words used in Modern Music
• How to make your own Reeds
• Rudiments of Music
• Improvements added to the Saxophone
• Preparatory Exercises
• Exercises in Slurring
• Progressive Exercises on time, etc.
• Exercises on Rests
• Twenty Progressive Exercises
• Eighteen Exercises in Articulation
• Preparatory Exercises on the High Notes
• Eighteen Exercisis in Articulation
• Preparatory Exercises on the High Notes
• Chromatic Scale of the Saxophone
• Major and Minor Scales in all Keys
• Major and Minor Chords in the Keys most used
• Sixty Exercises of Mechanism
• Fifty Exercises from Low Bb to F above the staff
• Twenty-one Exercises on detached Notes in different Keys
• Twenty-seven Exercisis for gaining execution in the different Keys
• Three Exercises on Staccato
• Grace-notes and Embellishments
• The Shake
• Table of Shakes
• The Mordent or Passing Shakes
• Exercises on Shakes
• Fifteen Cadenzas
• Introduction of Adagio, Beethoven Sonata "Pathetic"
• Ten Duets for Two Saxophones by F. Mayeur
• Six Duets for Two Saxophones by H. Klose
• Exercises on dotted Eight and Sixteenth Notes
• Exercises with Sixteenth Rests
• Exercise on dotted Sixteenth Note and Thirty-second Notes
• Exercise with Thirty-second Rests
• Exercises on Triplets
• Forty Exercises on Slurred and Detached Notes
• Seventeen Exercises on Syncopation
• Twenty Operatic Melodies
• Exercises for the new fingering of the improved Bb, B, and C# keys
• Progressive Major and Minor Scale and Exercises
• Interval Exercises on the major and minor scales
• Studies and the Major and Minor Chords
• Exercise on the Chord of the Dominant Seventh
• Exercise on different Diminished Sevenths
• Exercise on the succession of four Diminished Sevenths
• Ten Studies on Arpeggios in different Major Keys
• Chromatic Exercises
• Eight Fantasias
• Eleven Progressive Studies
• Theme with nine easy variations
• Theme with Variations
• Twenty studies by A. Mayeur
• Fifteen Studies
• Four Solos
• Air with Variations from Donizetti's "Elisire D'Amore"
• Four Concert Duets by H. Klose
• Adagio Concerto Militaire
• Serenade
• Give me thy Heart
• Ballet Music
• Berceuse
• Hungarian Dance
• Caprice-Gavotte
• Happy be Thy Dreams
• Blue Bells of Scotland
• La Cinquantaine
• Jennie-Polka
• Sextet