The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. It is a transposing instrument, pitched in the key of B♭. This means that when a tenor saxophonist plays the note C, the actual pitch that sounds is a B♭, a major ninth lower.
Missouri All-State Etudes for Tenor Saxophone
– Performed by Professor Tim Timmons.
Scales: All scales are to be MEMORIZED.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of one octave, two when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending. Scales given are the starting tone. Do not transpose.
Prepare them all slurred and all tongued in sixteenth notes at quarter note = 88, a minimum of one octave, two when possible. Scales should be performed ascending and descending. Scales given are the starting tone. Do not transpose.
Chromatic: full range of the instrument
Major Scales: C G D A E F Bb Eb Ab
Melodic Minor Scales: a e b f# c# d g c f
Books: Selected Studies for Saxophone – Voxman/Rubank Publication
Universal-Prescott, 1st and 2nd Year – Carl Fischer Publication
| Set I | Selected Studies | p. 9 | all |
| p. 29 | all | ||
| Universal-Prescott | p. 42 | #79 | |
| p. 209 | #8 | ||
| p. 209 | #10 | ||
| p. 212 | #4 | ||
| p. 214 | last 3 lines | ||
| Set II | Selected Studies | p. 5 | Mod. Assai |
| p. 7 | all | ||
| Universal-Prescott | p. 44 | #88 | |
| p. 210 | #16 | ||
| p. 210 | #17 | ||
| p. 213 | #11 | ||
| p. 214 | lines 7, 8, 9, & 10 | ||
| Set III | Selected Studies | p. 8 | Andante (d minor) |
| p. 15 | Vivace (Bb minor) | ||
| Universal-Prescott | p. 44 | #86 | |
| p. 210 | #15 | ||
| p. 210 | #18 | ||
| p. 212 | #6 | ||
| p. 214 | lines 4, 5, & 6 | ||
| Set IV | Selected Studies | p. 3 | all |
| p. 6 | all | ||
| Universal-Prescott | p. 42 | #78 | |
| p. 208 | #3 | ||
| p. 208 | #5 | ||
| p. 212 | #3 | ||
| p. 214 | lines 1, 2, & 3 |
Etude information reprinted from http://www.missouribandmasters.org; All-State Band audition list.
