Best Saxophones
Commonly referred to as “The Saxophone Bible,” Paul DeVille’s Universal Method for Saxophone is considered the trusted training method for aspiring and serious saxophone players. As the accomplished saxophonist and author Sam Sadigursky wrote in his review of the top saxophone books of all time (in which he rated Universal Method for Saxophone the number one choice),
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The music teacher said this was "THE BOOK" for anyone wanting to know how to play the saxophone."
"Easy to find several pages of things to work on every time I practice."
"This is THE book if you want to get great on saxophone!"
"well written practice book for all levels of playing!"
"Awesome book!!"
"Everything you need to know!"
"I use it to warm up, it has improved my technique."
"It's great reading and reviewing various parts for a quick study."
(Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000 ) Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. Method features: * Enhanced Learning System * Optimum Reinforced Learning * Theory, History, Cross-Curriculum & Creativity * Daily Warm-ups & Rubank Studies * 12 Full Band Arrangements * Rhythm Studies Book also includes My EE Library* (myeelibrary.com) - Instant Stream/Download/CD-ROM* * Start-up video Learn the basics * Play-along mp3 tracks for all exercises Features a professional player on each individual instrument * Duets and trios Print and play parts with friends * Music listening library Hear great pieces for band! Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book was actually recommended by my son's music teacher because this is the first year of band for the students in our district."
"This book is a required item for saxophone players entering 6th grade band."
"These are a good way to balance learning and playing by ear and reading music."
"As a beginning clarinet player and a child with a learning disability, he was able to read the music easily and the instructions were very clear...cut and dry."
"This book is an awesome primer for the novice saxophone player!!"
"I'm just happy I didn't have to go to the "local" music store to pick it up."
"Arrived quickly as described."
"It's great for beginners or if you already learned and you just want to play some songs!"
The 160-year history of the saxophone comes to brilliant life in Michael Segell's wonderfully researched, beautifully told The Devil's Horn . “Would someone please forward Segell the memo that states that books about jazz are supposed to be academic and soporific? [ The Devil's Horn ] will reward and surprise readers who may have thought they knew something about the horn simply because they've spent a lifetime listening.” ― Baltimore Sun. “Segell has produced a minor miracle: a book on jazz that does not rely on largely unrevealing anecdotal tidbits, hip talk, one-upmanship . It is humorous, enlightening, instructive, and revealing to a degree that it may forever change your attitude toward the sax.” ― The Roanoke Times. “[Segell is] adept at spreading the contagion of his own curiosities.” ― The News & Observer.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Each chapter takes some element of the instrument starting with it's creator Aldolph Sax, its impact on music through the decades, how it was received by various cultures through time, and how it evolved into one of the most recognizable instruments in pretty much all forms of Western music since the late 1800's."
"Michael does a really nice job of gathering a ton of information and anecdotal information from credible sources."
"Great first-person interviews with some of history's most important sax players."
"if you love sax, you'll love this."
"as a saxophone player for many years i truly enjoyed learning about the history of the saxophone."
"Would be good reading for anyone who plays the sax or is interested in music."
"This book offers information and narrative about the history of the saxophone as well as the masters who played it."
"All of us owe a debt to Michael Segell for his book on the saxophone."
Best Bassoons
This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. In the twentieth century, the multiplicity of competing bassoon designs narrowed to a German (or Heckel) type and a French type, the latter now nearly extinct. His articles on the history and acoustics of woodwind instruments have appeared in many journals and reference books, and he is a senior editor of the forthcoming Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments , second edition.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Personally I would have liked to see more discussion of what makes a bassoon sound the way it does but there is still a reasonable coverage of most aspects of the instrument and its relations."
"A bible."
"This is a scholarly work, covering the earliest things that relate to the bassoon and its players, through its development up to the modern time."
"I have already read it several times!"
"Yet another wonderful historical publication regarding an instrument that is often misunderstood."
"Really well-written, well-researched book."
"I also found his frequent references to visuals that were not supplied in the book very annoying; this book would have benefited greatly from a lot more illustrations and photos."
"The was too much obscure detail devoted to forunners and variations of the bassoon and contrabassoon- also obscurities in history that are irrelevant to the modern bassoon."
Best Clarinets
(Essential Elements for Band and Essential Elements Interactive are fully compatible with Essential Elements 2000 ) Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. Method features: * Enhanced Learning System * Optimum Reinforced Learning * Theory, History, Cross-Curriculum & Creativity * Daily Warm-ups & Rubank Studies * 12 Full Band Arrangements * Rhythm Studies Book also includes My EE Library* (myeelibrary.com) - Instant Stream/Download/CD-ROM* * Start-up video Learn the basics * Play-along mp3 tracks for all exercises Features a professional player on each individual instrument * Duets and trios Print and play parts with friends * Music listening library Hear great pieces for band! Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"All schools your child go to will recommend this book for band...so don't throw it away or lose it."
"This book was actually recommended by my son's music teacher because this is the first year of band for the students in our district."
"This book is a required item for saxophone players entering 6th grade band."
"These are a good way to balance learning and playing by ear and reading music."
"As a beginning clarinet player and a child with a learning disability, he was able to read the music easily and the instructions were very clear...cut and dry."
"This book is an awesome primer for the novice saxophone player!!"
"I'm just happy I didn't have to go to the "local" music store to pick it up."
"Arrived quickly as described."
Best Harmonicas
With this superb book you get a comprehensive harmonica course featuring step-by-step pictures which take you from first day exercises to playing along with backing tracks. Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This accompanied the harmonica I got my son in law for Christmas."
"Love this harmonica."
"Bought as a gift for my son's daughter and she loves it."
"Arrived when promised."
Best Flutes
(Instrumental Folio). Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My 13 year old nephew found the songs to be too easy."
"Bought this for my daughter who learned how to play the flute."
"Not full version of every song, but still great."
"It makes the kids get excited about practicing when they get to play songs that they know from their favorite movies."
"It was a Christmas gift (her choice) for our granddaughter and she was very pleased to receive it."
"My granddaughter loved this."
"I purchased this book for my 7th grader that just received a flute for Christmas."
Best Recorders
A basic method of building finger technique, intonation and tonguing through the performance of folk, classical and familiar songs.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"When I purchased this book, I also purchased the book titled, "Recorder Fun! This book shows the picture of the recorder from the top to the bottom, and the other book shows the picture of the recorder from bottom to top."
"Another in a series of top shelf learning tools for kids interested in the recorder."
"Gave as a gift."
"Good beginners guide, especially for a senior citizen like me."
"Would recommend a more advanced book for any adult or someone who has a little recorder experience, for example if you played in elementary school."
"This book covers all the basics with normal repertoire and an easy to read layout."
"I guess I got the soprano."