Product Description
24 all original duets for intermediate to advanced players by Keri Degg. Containing a multitude of styles from Swing, Celtic, contemporary, classical, Rock and more, these are a must have for the intermediate to advanced player wanting to improve their playing.
As the duets are all original, no 'cheating' can take place by already knowing the melodies so good tactical mathematical skills must be employed. Some of the duets zone in on intonation, others on rhythmic precision, or expression. There are a number of light hearted duets in the collection which provide welcome relief amidst exam study work (after all, music should be fun too!).
The duets can be played on either two same saxophones (e.g Alto/Alto, or Tenor)/Tenor), or two same pitched saxophones (Alto/Baritone, or Soprano/Tenor, however the higher pitched sax should play the top part in this line up). Alternatively, you can play the duets as an Alto/Tenor combination by making use of the included additional second part for this purpose (which replaces the lower part in the main book).
The duets stick mainly to the keys and note ranges for the given grades but there are occasional exceptions (in our opinion this is good preparation for what is to come ahead) and generally the lower Saxophone part (Sax 2) is a little easier in standard (although often the melody line will switch from player to player to share the tune and encourage sympathetic listening skills).
The audio MP3 shows excerpts three duets from the book; I Baroqued it, Desert Scape (which has timbral trills to give a shimmering sand effect), and Clockwork Chuck (a mechanical chicken that malfunctions, and eventually explodes ;) The YouTube videos has full length audio of these three duets, so well worth a look.
Examples of the included duets include; 'The Chase'.... a comedy romp (imagine a cartoon chase; Tom and Jerry etc!), 'Seventh Heaven' a swing jaunt, 'I baroqued it' (a baroque-inspired fast paced duet), plus Celtic flavoured duets and more....
This is the sequel collection to the popular '40 Graded Saxophone Duets' (Grades 1-5) by Keri Degg. Also available in flute, and clarinet editions.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.