ABRSM

Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Saxophone
Level: 1

This book brings together selected exam pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and audio downloads, to support ABRSM's Grade 1 Saxophone syllabus from 2022.

Key features:

• Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C
• Classic repertoire and newly commissioned pieces and arrangements
• Piano accompaniments for both E- and B- instruments included
• Scales and arpeggios, and sample sight-reading tests, for requirements from the current syllabus
• Audio performances of the nine pieces on alto saxophone and piano by expert musicians, plus accompaniment-only tracks for both E- and B- instruments for use when practising (download code included in the book)

The Exam Pack is an ideal resource for preparation for ABRSM's Practical Grade 1 Saxophone exam, as well as providing an excellent toolkit for the general development of technical skills at this level.

Contents:

• Study in C [Henry Lazarus]
• Promenade (from Simple Suite No. 3), arr. Ian Denley [John Reeman]
• Dantz (No. 2 from Suite in E flat), arr. Vera Mohrs [Paul Peuerl]
• Chanson de ma patrie [Althea Talbot-Howard]
• Song of the Volga Boatmen, arr. Rob Buckland [Trad. Russian]
• Persuasive Waltz (from Saxploration) [Jeffery Wilson]
• I'd do anything (from Oliver!), arr. Peter Lawrance [Lionel Bart]
• Strolling [Philip Herbert]
• L'elephant (from Le carnaval des animaux), arr. David Blackwell [Camille Saint-Saens]