Missett, Christopher: Band
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Web Resources for Alto Saxophone Online Metronome
This website contains a metronome that is extremely useful for all instrumental students as an aid to practicing and developing consistent tempo.
Alto Saxophone Student Web Resources - Education
Here are two websites that give short histories and descriptions of the alto saxophone:http://www.ehow.com/about_5052639_history-alto-saxophone.html
Here is a good series of videos demonstrating the basics of getting, holding and playing an alto saxophone:
Alto Saxophone Student Web Resources - Performances
Make sure you have your parents' permission to look at these YouTube links!
The only surviving footage of Charlie Parker - the greatest alto sax player in history - performing:
Cannonball Adderley - the second greatest:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFn0vHF6-c&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXcGEQzDhRtYXTppM-7tNmDDThe great French alto saxophonist Marcel Mule playing the first movement of Jaque Ibert's Concertino da Camera:Thanks to Joseph Lee, SHS 2010, for helping find these web resources.
