Chops

•Several different approaches to long tones included subdivided time, wedge figures, and large leap long tones also featuring vibrato and intonation excerpts. •Mechanism exercises in the most challenging parts of saxophone register changes. •New voicing flexibility patterns for developing accuracy and range. •“Vocalises” as an expressive technical bridge between long tones and technique practice. •Single, Double, and Triple tongue instruction through the altissimo register •3+ Octave Diatonic and Chromatic Scales, Scale Patterns, Intervals, and Arpeggio progressions. •Cool Down Exercises to finish the practice day. This is an extensive collection of exercises designed to provide enough new and challenging material to keep the advanced student occupied for many years while introducing new pedagogy never before published for saxophone. By working with this text in manageable amounts, the contemporary saxophonist will continue to push the limits of what is possible on the instrument well into the next century.