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.
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.