Product Description

Students can develop their range with this insightful book with text both in English and German. The author focuses on technique and offers musical examples and exercises to help developing players achieve a four-octave range. An important book for all saxophone students!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43335 in Books
• Published on: 1994-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 31 pages

Customer Reviews

Even an intermediate player should have this...
Playing the altissimo register on a sax isn't voodoo, it just takes work.

Finger a low b flat and play long tones up the overtone series while holding this note. Change low fingerings and repeat. Seems easy enough... Not!

Sigurd Rascher's book is essential because it teaches you embouchure control and ear training. An added bonus is that you get to extend your effective range on the instrument by an octave or so.

In my view, intermediate players should start this type of training as soon as they conquer the basic tone production challenges. I have seen many a player literally "take-off" as a result of time spent in this book.

While it may seem tempting to just the learn the fingerings and skip the exercises, don't do it. I tried the same thing years ago and picked up bad habits as well as out of tune fingerings.

Pay your dues and follow the book. Ted Nash and Larry Teal have written books which also address the "falsetto" range of the saxophone.

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The bible of tone and altissimo development.
This is a must for any serious saxophonist. A large portion of the book focuses on playing overtones from the harmonic series, which is an essential exercise for tone development, embouchure control, and altissimo playing. There's enough material here to keep a serious player busy for a long time.

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This book is a must for any saxophonist with intent of improving tone quality and centering pitch throughout the entire range. I have found that the overtones section is the best way to warm up in any situation. If your aim is to develop the upper range and altissimo, then get this book! Be sure to read the notes by Rascher!