Exam: AMEB Saxophone Alto

Smocks and Ladders (6 pieces)

RM323e Smocks and Ladders Carter ALTO SAX/PNO
RM323e Smocks and Ladders Carter ALTO SAX/PNO
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Contents: Piper's Lullaby, Miles of Water Colour, Up The Ladder, Mosquito, Smock 2, The Wail

Jab and Jab II

RM320e Jab and Jab II Gilmour SAX
RM320e Jab and Jab II Gilmour SAX
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Composer: Russell Gilmour
Composed: 2003 Duration: 6 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Solo Level D
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade Certificate of Performance,
AMEB Saxophone Tenor Grade Certificate of Performance,
HSC Saxophone Alto,
HSC Saxophone Tenor
ISMN: M-720067-78-0 Catalogue: RM320
Level: D Country: Australia

 

60 Celtic Dances Book 1

RM311e 60 Celtic Dances Book 1 Cockcroft Editor ALTO SAX
RM311e 60 Celtic Dances Book 1 Cockcroft Editor ALTO SAX
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Composer: Barry Cockcroft Editor
Composed: 2006 Duration: 50 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Solo Alto
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 1,
AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 2,
AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 3,
AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 4,
AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 5
ISMN: M-720067-68-1 Catalogue: RM311
Level: A - Easy, B Country: Australia

 

Hoe Down

RM310 Hoe Down Davidson ALTO SAX/PNO
RM310 Hoe Down Davidson ALTO SAX/PNO
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RM310e Hoe Down Davidson ALTO SAX/PNO
RM310e Hoe Down Davidson ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Lachlan Davidson
Composed: 1996 Duration: 4 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level D
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 6,
HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720067-67-4 Catalogue: RM310
Level: D Country: Australia

Also available for Alto sax solo with Big-band A jazz band with a violin solo, a sax quartet featuring Soprano Sax, a big band featuring violin or marimba have all performed “Hoe Down”. It does have a strong Funk element and is built around the pentatonic scale but also contains jazz and blues licks around primary triads (I, IV and V). My recorded tempo is at the upper limit but it does work very nicely at slower tempos, but not too slow. The jazz articulations at various times in the piece are hard not to swing but try to keep the even semi-quavers going and the energy up.

Altotude (12 pieces)

RM309e Altotude (12 pieces) Marshall ALTO SAX/PNO
RM309e Altotude (12 pieces) Marshall ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Paul Marshall
Composed: 2003-2005 Duration: 15 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level A, Sax Alto & Piano Level B, Sax Alto & Piano Level C
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 4,
AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 5,
HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720067-66-7 Catalogue: RM309
Level: A - Easy, C Country: Australia

Contents: Holiday in Morocco, Sophie's Strut, Hill-Billy Blues, Bad Attitude, Rock Salt, Ga Ga Rag, Hi-Five, Cement Mixer, Hairy Habanera, Tango Magnifico, A Little Blues Bird, Chasin' the Bass

 

Phospheric Variations

RM283e Phospheric Variations Stanhope ALTO SAX/PNO
RM283e Phospheric Variations Stanhope ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Paul Stanhope
Composed: 1998 Duration: 5 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level D
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade AMusA,
HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720067-52-0 Catalogue: RM283
Level: D Country: Australia

Performed by James Nightingale

The term “variations” in this work is used somewhat loosely and does not conform to the strict connotation of the classical “Theme and Variations” form. Rather, it is used in the sense that the presented themes are decorated and varied over a repeated ground bass in much the same way as in a Chaconne. Material for this work was drawn from an earlier work Phospherics. This title came from a series of word associations:

Phosphorous: phosphorescent, luminous, green, nature. Spherics: spherical, circular, cyclical, cycles.

Versions of phosphoric Variations were originally composed for alto saxophone and piano, then later for clarinet and piano and flute and piano.