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Beginner Sax Guide

The Absolute Beginner's Saxophone Tutor.

Table of Contents.

Finger Chart	Where to place your fingers.
Trouble-shooter	Common beginner questions answered.
Rhythm Practice	Use this to practise new rhythms as they occur.
Scale Practice	Scales to Grade 3 level
1. Get Started	How to assemble your saxophone	Your First Sound	Your First Note B.
2. One Note Wonders	B	A	Minims or half notes (2 beat notes)
	G
3. One Note Wonders	Semibrieves or whole notes (4 beat notes)
4. One Note Wonders	Crotchets or quarter notes (1 beat notes)
5. Notes B, A & G	Dotted minims or dotted half notes	3/4 time
6. New Note C	C	Quavers or eighth notes
7. New Note D	DUsing the octave key	Slurs & Ties	Repeat sign
8. New Note E	E
9. New Note F sharp	F#	Sharp sign	Dotted crotchet or dotted quarter notes
10. New Note Low E	E	Dynamic markings f and mf Crescendo and Diminuendo
11. New Note F	F	Dotted quavers
12. New Notes High F & B flat		Flat sign Stacatto DC al Fine	Semiquavers (sixteenth notes)
13. New Notes High F sharp & G	F# G	1st & 2nd time bars Common time 2/4 time.
14. New fingering for B flat	Alternative "forked" B flat fingering.
15. New Note E flat	E flat	6/8 time
16. New Note High A	High A	Multimeasure rests	Accidentals
17. New Note C sharp	C sharp	rall
18. New Note Low D	Low D	New Fingering for C
19. New Notes: G sharp (high & low)	G sharp	New Fingering for F sharp	DS al fine
20. New Notes: High B flat, B & C			Accents rit. Tenuto
21. New Note Low C	Low C
22. New Note: High D	High D
23. New Note Low C sharp	Low C sharp
24. New Note High C sharp	High C sharp
25. Tune: Washington Post	Key of G major - F sharp Key of C major - no sharps, no flats Key of F major - B flat
26. Tune: The Entertainer	Using skills aquired.

TUNES

In The BAG
Au Claire De La Lune
Breezing Along
Waltz On By

One, Two and Three, Four Blues
Balm In Gilead

Roll That Thumb
Good King Wencleslas
Oranges & Lemons
When The Saints Go Marching In
Drink To Me Only

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
There's A Hole In My Bucket
Bring Back My Bonnie

Bacarolle
God Save The Queen
Sharp Rock

Hatikvah
Russian Folk Song
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

Merrily
New World
John Brown's Body
Blue Danube
Morning

The First Noel
Autumn
Red Onions
Skye Boat Song

Can Can
Clementine
John Peel
Bobby Shaftoe
Coming Round The Mountain

Bugle Call
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Wedding March
The Red River Valley
For He's A Jolly Good Fellow

Scarborough Fair

He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Home On The Range
The Grand Old Duke Of York

Golden Slippers
Jitterbug Jump
Loch Lomond
Mulberry Bush

Greensleeves
Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Were You There?
La Cucaracha
Londonderry Air
Silent Night, Holy Night

Drunken Sailor

Hava Nagila

The Star Spangled Banner

Radetsky March

Swan Lake

Liberty Bell March (Monty Python Theme)

The Washington Post

The Entertainer

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