Welcome to the wonderful world of sax

playing. Your teacher has shown you how

to hold your instrument and make a sound
on the mouthpiece.
Let's play our first song!

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1. Our First Note

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2. Our Second Note

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3. Three's a Crowd

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4. Four In a Row

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5. A Funny Pair

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6. Skate Board Sam

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7. Catch That Note

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8. Keep On

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Blowin'

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9. Our Third Note

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Whole rests get four beats of silence.

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10. Couch Potato

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11. Puppy Dogs

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12. Our Fourth Note

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13. Apple for the Teacher

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14. Our Fifth Note

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15. Bumper Cars

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16. Half Notes Happen

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17. Hot Cross Buns

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8 Notes are written on
lines and spaces called
the "staff".
How many lines can you find?
How many spaces can you find?

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18. High Dive

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19. Mary Had a Little Lamb

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20. Bad News

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Bears

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21. Dreydl, Dreydl

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22. Notes Without Letters

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23. Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me!

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24. Crazy Tonguing

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25. Yankee Doodle Cha Cha

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26. Caribbean Cruise
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27. Country Hoe Down

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28. Eighth Note Slide
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29. The Cabbage Song

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30. Old MacDonald

Had a Farm
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Half note rests get
two beats of silence.

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When you reach the repeat sign under the first ending, stop and
go back to the beginning. When you get to the first ending again,
skip it and go to the second ending.

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31. Stodola Pumpa
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32. London Bridge
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A "slur" is a curved line that connects
two or more notes of different pitches. & g " y
Tongue the first note and move to the
next notes without tonguing. Don't stop blowing.

A "tie" is a curved line that connects

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two or more notes of the same pitch.
Hold the note for the combined value of the notes.

33. Southern Roses

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Note(s) that come before the first

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full measure of a piece of music.

Hold (keep blowing) the note

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until your director tells you to stop,

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34. Snake Charmer
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35. Aura Lee

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36. Jingle
Bells
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Go back to the beginning
and play until "Fine".

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37. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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Fine

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D. C. al Fine

Go back to the sign and

play until "Fine". The "sign"

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38. Ode to Joy

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A "natural" cancels a flat or sharp.
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39. Yankee Doodle

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A "time signature" tells you how many

beats there are in each measure of music.

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40. Little Cabin in the Wood

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A "key signature" changes

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certain notes throughout
When you see this key signature,
a piece of music.
play all the notes natural.

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41. It's a Ringer!

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42. Polly Wolly Doodle
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A "sharp" raises the note
one half step. It s in effect
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for the entire measure.
No fingers

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43. Mary's Other Lamb

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44. O Come Little Children (Melody)

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45. O Come Little Children (Harmony)

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46. Jolly Old St. Nick

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The Israeli National Anthem, HATIKVA, means "The Hope."

Hatkiva expresses the hope of the Jewish people that they
would someday return to the land of their forefathers.

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47. Hatikvah
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48. Slippery Slurs

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Playing the same music beginning at different times.

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49. Are You Sleeping?

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a Four Part Round

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Piano
Play with a soft volume.

Forte
Play with a full volume.

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50. Minka, Minka

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Use only first and second valves.

51. Rollin' Back and Forth
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First measure think "Tah-Eee-Ah".

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A dotted quarter note gets one
and one half counts.

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52. America

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53. Technical Foul

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54. Rhythm Wreck

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55. More Hot Cross Buns

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A natural sign cancels a flat or a sharp.
It remains in effect for the entire measure.

56. It Just Comes Naturally

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57. Don't Be Fooled

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An accent sign tells you to

play the note with more
An eighth rest gets one
half beat of silence.

emphasis.

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58. Go, Fight, Win!

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60. Rueben and Rachel

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61. When Love Is Kind

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Play with a medium31
soft volume.
Mezzo Forte
Play with a medium
loud volume.

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62. Mexican Hat Dance

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63. Blues Dues

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64. Big Breath Slurs

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65. When the

Saints Go
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66. William Tell Overture

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67. This Old Man

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68. Sweetly Sings the Donkey

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69. Danger! Tricky Rhythms

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70. Bye, Baby Bunting

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Crescendo Get louder

Decrescendo Get softer

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Monster Melodies
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72. Barcarolle
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The Alternate "C" Fingering

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Use the second fingering indicated for the
alternate way to play the "C".

The Alternate "C" Fingering Exercise

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Use alternate fingering here.

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More Use of Alternate "C"

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74. Can Can
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75. La Bamba
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76. Simple Gifts
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77. Amazing Grace

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