A New Tune a Day for Tenor Saxophone Bk 1 w/CD

New titles from the world's best-selling series. Since it first appeared in the 1930s, the concise, clear content of the best-selling A Tune A Day series has revolutionized music-making in the classroom and the home. Now, for the first time, C. Paul Herfurth's original books have been completely rewritten with new music and the latest in instrumental technique for a new generation of musicians. The A New Tune A Day books have the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail, but with a host of innovations: the inclusion of an audio CD-with actual performances and backing tracks-will make practice even more fun and exciting, and the explanatory diagrams and photographs will help the student to achieve the perfect technique and tone.

This book contains: advice on audio equipment; instructions for an effective embouchure and a comfortable posture; explanatory section on reading music, easy-to-follow lessons on clear, uncluttered pages; audio CD with a virtuoso performance, backing tracks and audio examples; great music, including duets and rounds; tests to check progress and comprehension; useful pull-out chart providing all fingerings John Blackwell began to play the guitar at the age of six. Largely self-taught, he studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University but, on becoming president of the University jazz club, found his true calling in music. John has taught at Westminster School for 20 years, where he is now Head of Jazz, and runs the jazz guitar course at London's City Literary Institute. John regularly performs with his own trio and quartet.