Series: Berklee Guide
Circular Breathing, Multiphonics, Altissimo Register Playing and Much More

Add unique saxophone sounds to your palette of colors! The saxophone is capable of a great range of sounds, from laughs and growls to multiphonics and percussion effects. This book shows you how to do 19 different inventive effects, with etudes that put them in a musical context. The accompanying online audio provides play-along tracks for the etudes and examples of each sound effect in isolation.

The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming, using the unique code on the first page. Now including PLAYBACK+, a multifunctional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right .
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You will learn to:
• Play multiphonics, quartertones, and in the altissimo register
• Perform essential advanced saxophone techniques such as circular breathing, flutter-, double- and triple-tonguing
• Master false fingerings, complex trills, ghost notes, and different types of vibrato
• Use percussive techniques, such as clicking, clapping, and damping
• Produce growls, low "A"s, as well as laughing and blowing sounds
• Explore sounds unique to isolating the mouthpiece, neck, and how to create hybrid instruments such as the "flunette" and the "flax"
• Mic these techniques effectively, picking up minimal extraneous noise