BEGINNING BAND METHOD BOOK · alto saxophone reated by michael w. krier and method the next step beginning band method book . student information: name:___ grade:_ period:___

ALTO SAXOPHONE BAND METHOD Created by Michael W. Krier

THE NEXT STEP

BEGINNING BAND METHOD BOOK

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THE NEXT STEP

SAXOPHONE FINGERING CHART THE NEXT STEP

PALM

FIRST FINGER

MIDDLE FINGER

RING FINGER

PINKY

SIDE KEYS

MIDDLE FINGER

FIRST FINGER

RING FINGER

PINKY

THUMB

LEFT HAND

RIGHT HAND

Enharmonics are notes that are the

same pitch but written differently.

Example below G# = Ab same sound

written differently.

ENHARMONICS

G# = Ab

A# = Bb

C# = Db

D# = Eb

F# = Gb

G# = Ab

FINGERINGS


A#/Bb B C C#/Db

D D#/Eb E F

OR

F#/Gb G G#/Ab

OR

A#/Bb A B

OR


OR

C C#/Db D

E F D#/Eb

OR

F#/Gb G G#/Ab

A B A#/Bb


C C#/Db D

E F D#/Eb

OR

Concert Pitch! When your director says

Concert F you will play the note D! To

figure out what note you play think three

notes down! For example if you hear

Concert C you will play the note A. When

your director uses the word concert in

front of a note it is a fast an easy way to

get the whole group playing the same

note.

3

2

1

4

This is a fingering chart! It

shows you the combination of

keys to press to get a certain

note.

D

ALTO SAXOPHONE 1 THE NEXT STEP— The First Five Notes

Concert F1

Concert F2

Concert F3

Concert F4

Let us take our Concert F

into some musical

exercises. Remember to

count.


D

Concert Eb1

Concert Eb2

Concert Eb3

Concert Eb4

New Note

Concert Eb!


C

Concert D1

Concert D2

Concert D3

Concert D4


New Note

Concert D!

B

Concert C1

Concert C2

Concert C3

Concert C4


New Note

Concert C!

A

Concert Bb1

Concert Bb2

Concert Bb3

Concert Bb4


New Note

Concert Bb!

G

ALTO SAXOPHONE 7 THE NEXT STEP— Musical Melodies

MUSICAL MELODIES

WAY UP

WAY DOWN

ROLLING SHEEP

LADY RHODIE

HILLY

GOOD KING W

ALTO SAXOPHONE 8 THE NEXT STEP — Musical Melodies

RHYTHM CONFUSION

BIRD HOPS

HOT CROSS CAKES

TAPPIN FROG

ALTO SAXOPHONE 9 THE NEXT STEP — Musical Melodies

CONCERT G

CONCERT G SKILLS

LEAPING BUZZING BEE

ALTO SAXOPHONE 10 THE NEXT STEP — Concert G

A new note! Go to the Mobile

Fingering Chart and match this

E with the same octave E on

the fingering chart. Then color

in the fingering.

E

BRIDGES OF LONDON

CAMPTOWN RACES

DRIZZILING

LIGHT DANCE

ALTO SAXOPHONE 11 THE NEXT STEP — Concert G

CONCERT A

CONCERT A SKILLS

MIKE FINN

WORKING

DOODLING

F#

A new note! Go to the

Mobile Fingering Chart

and match this F# with

the same octave F# on

the fingering chart. Then

color in the fingering.

ALTO SAXOPHONE 12 THE NEXT STEP — Concert A

THE DOT The Dot adds half the value of the note its attached to.

In the example below the Half Note equals 2, the dot

adds half of the notes value which equals one. When

you put the two together the dotted half note equals

three.

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4

ALTO SAXOPHONE 13 THE NEXT STEP — The Dot

CONCERT Ab

SKIPPING BEE BUZZ

NAME-O

A new note! Go to the Mobile

Fingering Chart and match this

F with the same octave F on

the fingering chart. Then color

in the fingering.

BOILING CABBAGE

F

ALTO SAXOPHONE 14 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Ab

SAKURA

WALTZ

CONCERT Ab LOW OCTAVE

F

CONCERT Ab SKILLS LOW OCTAVE

A new note! Go to the

Mobile Fingering Chart

and match this F with the

same octave F on the

fingering chart. Then

color in the fingering.

ALTO SAXOPHONE 15 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Ab Low Octave

ALTO SAXOPHONE 16 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Prep

CONCERT PREP

WARM-UP 1

WARM-UP 2

FIVE NOTE CHORALE

ALTO SAXOPHONE 17 THE NEXT STEP— Full Band Warm-Ups

JOYFUL

MACDONALD

THOSE SAINTS

ALTO SAXOPHONE 18 THE NEXT STEP— Two Part Songs

JINGLE BELLS

ALTO SAXOPHONE 19 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Piece

ALTO SAXOPHONE 20 THE NEXT STEP


NEW NOTE 2.0

FRESH BLOCK NOTES

CEREMONIAL

WALLABY

NOTE

NAME

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS STEP UP

ALTO SAXOPHONE 22 THE NEXT STEP— New Note 2.0

HIGH HORIZONS

STEP DOWN HORIZONS

HOT BUN

GENTLY ROW

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

DOWN HILL

ALTO SAXOPHONE 23 THE NEXT STEP— New Note 2.0


WARM-UP 1

WARM-UP 2

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— WARM-UPS

WARM-UP 3

WARM-UP 4

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— WARM-UPS

ALTO SAXOPHONE 25 THE NEXT STEP— Musical Melodies

MUSICAL MELODIES

Accidental: A Flat (b) or Sharp (#)

that is NOT in the Key Signature.

Let’s draw an example below!

Accidental Rule: An Accidental lasts throughout a measure

unless cancelled by another accidental or a barline. Let’s

draw and example below.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE FLAT 4




ALTO SAXOPHONE 26 THE NEXT STEP— Accidentals

ALTO SAXOPHONE 27 THE NEXT STEP—Dotted Quarter Note

= 2 Beats

= 2 Beats

A New Rhythm! A Dotted Quarter

Eighth Note. The dotted quarter

equals 1.5 beats. The dot adds half

the value of the quarter note to it.

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4

DOTTED QUARTER EIGHTH

RONDE

CROSSING OVER

ALLOUTTE

DOTTED DOT

ALTO SAXOPHONE 28 THE NEXT STEP— Dotted Quarter Note

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

SMOOTH SONG

SCARBOROUGH FAIR


VOLUNTARY

ODE TO JOY

KNOCKING DOORS


ALTO SAXOPHONE 31 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Quarter Eighth

=

=

=

=

Syncopation means stressing

weak beats. Weak beats include

( + e a ) and sometimes 2 & 4.

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4

EIGHTH QUARTER EIGHTH

OPEN THE DOOR

SYNCOPATION FUN

SAMBA-LELE

HILL AND GULLY RIDER


SLEEPING PRINCESS

GRAND OLD FLAG

YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

THE GOAT MARCH



CONCERT PREP

8 COUNT BLOCK NOTE

ARTICULATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF TENUTO—

CHARACTERISTICS OF STACATTO—

CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ACCENT—

CHARACTERISTICS OF A BLOCK NOTE—

1

2

3

4

5

6

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Musicality Warm-Ups

DYNAMICS

CRESCENDO—

DECRESCENDO—

FORTE-PIANO—

1

2

3

4

5

TENDENCIES OF A CRESCENDO—

TENDENCIES OF A DECRESCENDO—

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Musicality Warm-Ups

ALTO SAXOPHONE 35 THE NEXT STEP— Concert Prep

TWEETS A LEAPING

DANCE OF THE FOX

TWISTING FISH

ALTO SAXOPHONE 36 THE NEXT STEP— Different Duets

TWO DOVES

WESTLAND WALTZ

ALTO SAXOPHONE 37 THE NEXT STEP— Different Duets

A BACH CHORALE

ALTO SAX 1

ALTO SAX 2

ALTO SAXOPHONE 38 THE NEXT STEP— Chorale

ALTO SAXOPHONE 39 THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study

SCALE STUDY

CONCERT Bb SCALE STUDY

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

Draw the Key

Signature of the

Scale.

Write the Note Names of the Scale.

RHYTMIC SCALE

SCALE IN THIRDS

ARPEGGIO STUDY

CONCERT Bb SCALE


CONCERT Ab SCALE STUDY

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

Draw the Key

Signature of the

Scale.


RHYTMIC SCALE

SCALE IN THIRDS

ARPEGGIO STUDY

CONCERT Ab SCALE


CONCERT F SCALE STUDY

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

Draw the Key

Signature of the

Scale.


RHYTMIC SCALE

SCALE IN THIRDS

ARPEGGIO STUDY

CONCERT F SCALE


CONCERT G SCALE STUDY

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

Draw the Key

Signature of the

Scale.


RHYTMIC SCALE

SCALE IN THIRDS


ARPEGGIO STUDY

CONCERT G SCALE

CONCERT C SCALE STUDY

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

Draw the Key

Signature of the

Scale.


RHYTMIC SCALE

SCALE IN THIRDS

ARPEGGIO STUDY

CONCERT C SCALE


CONCERT Db SCALE STUDY

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

Draw the Key

Signature of the

Scale.


RHYTMIC SCALE

SCALE IN THIRDS

ARPEGGIO STUDY

CONCERT Db SCALE


CONCERT Eb SCALE STUDY

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

NOTE

NAME

Draw the Key

Signature of the

Scale.


RHYTMIC SCALE

SCALE IN THIRDS

ARPEGGIO STUDY

CONCERT Eb SCALE


Concert Bb Scale—(G Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert Eb Scale—(C Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert Ab Scale—(F Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert Db Scale—(Bb Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert G Scale—(E Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert C Scale—(A Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert F Scale—(D Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study

Concert Ab Scale—(F Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert G Scale—(E Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert F Scale—(D Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert Eb Scale—(C Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

Concert Db Scale—(Bb Scale) Name the Note affected by the Key Signature!

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Scale Study

WARM-UP 1

WARM-UP 2

WARM-UP 3

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP— Warm-Ups

WARM-UP 4

WARM-UP 4A

WARM-UP 5

WARM-UP 5A

ALTO SAXOPHONE Mobile THE NEXT STEP— Warm-Ups

ALTO SAXOPHONE 47 THE NEXT STEP— Eighth Rest

EIGHTH REST

The Eighth Rest equal 1/2 a count of

silence. When performing rhythms

with eighth rest you must count

precisely using the divided eight note

pulse.

EIGHTH REST

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4


THE ANDS

THE SECOND ANDS

SYMPHONY NO. 5

THE OFFBEATS


SOME MORE OFFBEATS

THE CAPITAN

RUEBEN & RACHEL

THEME FROM BARBER DE SEVILLE



ALTO SAXOPHONE 52 THE NEXT STEP—Sixteenth Notes

SIXTEENTH NOTE


FOUR SIXTEENTHS

Remember how much of

a beat a sixteenth note

equals? When you total

four sixteenth notes it

equals one beat.

=

=

BEAT

BEAT

PRACTICE TIME #4

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #1

KERRY DANCE

BATTLE PAVANE

OLD BRASS WAGON

PIEDMONT DANCE

LINE DANCE



EIGHTH TWO SIXTEENTHS

We will now explore the

different combinations of

eighth notes and

sixteenth notes.

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4

AMERICAN PATROL

TIRRA LIRRA

SEA CHANTY

SCALING RHYTHMS



TWO SIXTEENTHS EIGHTH



eighth notes and

sixteenth notes.

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4

ALIEN MARCH

FINGER RUN

ENGLISH DANCE

SCALING RHYTHMS



DOTTED EIGHTH SIXTEENTH



eighth notes and

sixteenth notes.

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4

MARIAGE OF FIGARO

MOBILE FROM RIGOLETTO

TOREADOR FROM CARMEN

SCALING RHYTHM


FARANDOLE

BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN

ROYAL DONKEY

PROCESSION OF THE NOBLES


COMPOUND METER


ALTO SAXOPHONE 63 THE NEXT STEP—Compound Meter

PRACTICE TIME #1

COMPOUND METER

We will explore playing in

an new time signature.

Listen to your director to

figure out compound

meter.

PRACTICE TIME #2

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #4

A LIGHT LILT

THE IRISH JIG

ACADIAN DANCE

THE EIGHT SHEEP

STARS OF HEAVEN


THE DARGASON

BLOW YE WINDS

A FLAT SKILL

STUMBLING


ALTO SAXOPHONE 66 THE NEXT STEP—Triplets

TRIPLETS It is time to look at the awkward rhythm

of fitting three eighth notes into one

beat. Listen to your director on how to

count and play these.

PRACTICE TIME #4

PRACTICE TIME #3

PRACTICE TIME #1

PRACTICE TIME #2

Concert Bb Scale—(G Scale)

Concert Eb Scale—(C Scale)

Concert Db Scale—(Bb Scale)

Concert G Scale—(E Scale)

Concert C Scale—(A Scale)

Concert F Scale—(D Scale)

Concert Ab Scale—(F Scale)

ALTO SAXOPHONE MOBILE THE NEXT STEP—Two Octave Scales


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BEGINNING BAND METHOD BOOK · alto saxophone reated by michael w. krier and method the next step beginning band method book . student information: name:_____ grade:_____ period:_____

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