Saxophone

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Assembly, Posture, & Maintenance

Breathing

Embouchure

First Sounds

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Intonation

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First five

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Saxophone Tuning Tendencies

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Note Reading & Fingerings

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Articulation

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Basic Rhythms

Level 1

Quarter & Eighth Notes

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Scales

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First Songs

1G or C major5 songs2G, C, or D major5 songs3G, C, D, F, or A major5 songs4G, C, D, F, or B♭ major5 songs5D, A, E, or E♭ major, and B minor5 songs

Listening

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Orchestral/Band Excerpt List

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excerptChoose an excerpt…Bernstein: Overture to Candide (arr. Grundman)Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side StoryBizet: L'Arlésienne SuiteBritten: Sinfonia da RequiemColeman: RomaDahl: SinfoniettaDay: Concerto for Wind EnsembleFillmore: Rolling ThunderGershwin: An American in ParisGershwin: I Got RhythmGershwin: Porgy and BessGershwin: Rhapsody in BlueGrainger: Colonial SongGrainger: Molly on the ShoreGrantham: Bum's RushHindemith: Symphonic MetamorphosisJones: Three and OneKhachaturian: Sabre DanceKhachaturian: SpartacusKodály: Háry János SuiteMaslanka: Symphony No. 4Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionRachmaninoff: Symphonic DancesRakowski: Sibling RevelryRózsa: Theme, Variations, and Finale, Op. 13a (arr. Patterson)Schmitt: Dionysiaques, Op. 62Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos. 1 and 2Sousa: The Royal Welch FusiliersTicheli: Symphony No. 2Walton: Belshazzar's FeastWalton: FaçadeWeill: The Threepenny OperaWilliams: Escapades (arr. Bulla)Williams: The Imperial March (arr. Bulla)

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