Basic Concepts and Strategies for the Developing Saxophonist

by Frank Bongiorno

Overview

Frank Bongiorno is Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington since 1982. During this time at UNCW, his saxophone as well as jazz students have received national and international recognition by such organizations as Down Beat and Jazzfest USA, among others, and he has been recognized for his contributions to teaching at UNCW receiving the 2006 J. Marshall Crews Distinguished Faculty Award, the UNCW 2010 Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, and the 2011 North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. His publications include classical saxophone transcriptions (Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Cantilena by Heitor Villa-Lobos), original compositions for jazz combo, paper presentations at the Eighteenth Annual International Association for Jazz Educators Conference and the Second Annual Boston Saxophone Workshop & Contemporary Woodwind Seminar, a DVD on Basic Reed Maintenance for the Saxophonist, as well as over 150 articles and reviews in such publications as the Saxophone Symposium, Saxophone Journal, North Carolina Music Educators Journal, the National Association of College Wind & Percussion Instructors and Popular Musicians. Intended for the upper-level high school student as well as undergraduate student, Basic Concepts and Strategies for the Developing Saxophonist provides fundamental topics as well as exercises with suggested approaches to help the saxophone student and performer better understand the "workings" of the saxophone. This book contains twenty-two topics with musical examples demonstrating concepts and strategies, as well as a final chapter of technical exercises at the end. "This new book belongs in every college music library and in the personal library of all serious saxophonists. It will be especially beneficial to those who teach the saxophone. I applaud Dr. Bongiorno's work in bringing these important concepts to his readers." -Dr. Steven Mauk, Retired Professor of Saxophone, Ithaca College

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ISBN-13:	9781667830421
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Publication date:	02/28/2022
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About the Author

Frank Bongiorno is Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington since 1982. During this time at UNCW, his saxophone as well as jazz students have received national and international recognition by such organizations as Down Beat and Jazzfest USA, among others, and he has been recognized for his contributions to teaching at UNCW receiving the 2006 J. Marshall Crews Distinguished Faculty Award, the UNCW 2010 Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, and the 2011 North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
As an active recitalist, orchestral soloist, jazz artist, and clinician throughout the United States and abroad, Bongiorno's performances have taken him to Berlin, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal, New York, Tokyo, Nuremberg, Montreux (Switzerland), Graz and Salzburg (Austria), Valencia (Spain), Montréal, Pesaro (Italy), and Ljubljana (Slovenia). He has performed solos with various professional and college ensembles such as the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana (Italy), Shreveport Symphony, Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, Auburn University Wind Ensemble, Williams College Jazz Ensemble, and Northern State College Jazz Ensemble, among others. In addition to his solo career, Bongiorno was a member of the renowned Ryoanji Duo (saxophone & classical guitar). Other performing credits include performances as a supporting musician for the Four Tops, Carol Channing, Red Skelton, the North Carolina Symphony, Kenny Rogers, Frankie Vallie, Johnny Mathis, Steve Lawrence, and Edie Gorme, as well as for the movie soundtrack of Chasers.
Bongiorno's solo compact disc recordings include the critically acclaimed Classic Saxophone, Classic Saxophone, Vol. 2: Musica da camera, and Images, as a member of the Ryoanji Duo. The duo also recorded David Kechley's Sea of Stones, a concerto for saxophone, guitar, and orchestra, with the Filharmonia Sudecka in Walbrzych, Poland, and was released with other orchestral works by Kechley. He has recorded a jazz play along CD of original jazz compositions as well as a master class CD on learning to improvise using transcriptions for Jazz Player Magazine, a saxophone vibrato master class CD, and two sets of play-along duets for saxophone published in the Saxophone Journal.
His publications include classical saxophone transcriptions (Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Cantilena by Heitor Villa-Lobos), original compositions for jazz combo, paper presentations at the Eighteenth Annual International Association for Jazz Educators Conference and the Second Annual Boston Saxophone Workshop & Contemporary Woodwind Seminar, a DVD on Basic Reed Maintenance for the Saxophonist, as well as over 150 articles and reviews in such publications as the Saxophone Symposium, Saxophone Journal, North Carolina Music Educators Journal, the National Association of College Wind & Percussion Instructors and Popular Musicians. His new book, "Basic Concepts and Strategies for the Developing Saxophonist" will be released in the Spring of 2022.
He has served as Membership Director, Treasurer and Coordinating Reviews Editor for the North American Saxophone Alliance and has been featured in a front cover interview of the January/February 1993 issue of the Saxophone Journal, as well as listed in the International Who's Who in Music, Seventeenth Edition, and the Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century.

Table of Contents

Foreword 4

Acknowledgments 5

Dedication 6

Preface 7

I Starting Out: Posture, Hand Position and Embouchure 8

II Articulation Development 17

III Alternate Fingerings 25

IV Developing the Full Range of the Saxophone 30

V A Basic Warm-Up 33

VI Remedies for an Unstable Low Register 42

VII Common Octave Key Problems 44

VIII Fine Tuning Your Technique 46

IX Saxophone Tuning & Intonation 49

X Vibrato 56

XI Reed Maintenance 61

XII The Other Octave Keys 66

XIII Palm Key Alternatives 68

XIV Altissimo Development: Getting Started 70

XV Altissimo Development: Extending the Range 77

XVI Performing Classical and Jazz Saxophone 101

XVII Common Saxophone Repairs and Maintenance 104

XVIII The Band Audition 108

XIX Considerations When Upgrading Equipment 110

XX Basic Trill Performance Practice 113

XXI Performance Preparation 117

XXII Musical Expression and Interpretation 120

XXIII Technical Exercises for the Developing Saxophonist 125