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Ultimate Guide to Saxophone Sound Production Course Curriculum

• Introduction and Overview of Course
• Lieb's Lessons with Joe Allard
• Using Words to Describe Sound
• The Saxophone as an Extension of the Vocal Cords
• Maximizing the Breath
• Three-Part Breathing
• Three-Part Breathing (continued)
• Maximizing the Benefits of Proper Breathing
• Three-Part Breathing Exercises With the Horn
• Practical Application of Breathing Techniques
• Laryngeal and Vocal Cord Movement

• Pressure
• Roll of the Lips
• Mouthpiece Exercises

• Overview of Overtone Concepts
• Overtone Exercise #1 - Fundamental to Overtone to Fundamental
• Overtone Exercise #2 - Matching Overtone to Regular Fingering
• Color, Sonority, and Timbre
• Overtones Plus

• Tongue Position
• Articulation
• Overtones

• Review of Practice Routines
• Exercise #1 - Varying Sequences
• Exercise #2 - "Lester Young" Effect
• Exercise #3 - Bypassing the Octave Key
• Exercise #4 - Pitch Bends
• Exercise #5 - Bugle Call
• Exercise #6 - Moving Between All Fingerings for a Note
• Exercise #7 - Major 6ths and 9ths from Palm Keys
• Exercise #8 - Holding Out the Palm Key Note While Fingering Others
• Exercise #9 - Double Embouchure
• Exercise #10 - "Color Matching" of Fundamentals
• Summarizing the Goal of the Exercises

• Overview of the Role of Expressive Devices in Saxophone Playing
• Pre-tone and Post-tone
• Double and Triple-Tonguing
• "Ghost" Notes
• Using the Fingers for Multiple Expressive Devices
• Overview of Different Types of Vibrato
• Diaphragmatic Stomach Vibrato
• Laryngeal Vibrato
• "Anchored" Tongue Vibrato
• Quivering of the Lip Vibrato
• Summary of Different Types of Vibrato
• Portamento
• Summary of Expressive Devices and Practice Tip

• It's You, Not the Equipment
• Choosing a Mouthpiece
• Choosing a Horn
• Getting the Most Out of Your Reeds