Baritone Saxophone
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the baritone saxophone!
-For beginner and intermediate baritone saxophone students
-Use with E-flat baritone saxophones
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Get Ready: Warmups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: sing the melody after playing it on the baritone saxophone
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Long tones, breath control, facility, articulation, interval studies
9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
10. Your Choice: Pitch/tonal improvisation
-Listen and echo a musical phrase, then play something different using given note choices
11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for baritone saxophone. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 25: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for baritone saxophone using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 26: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on baritone saxophone using:
-C only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 27: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodies on baritone saxophone using:
-G, B, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 28: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Baritone Saxophone sight-reading using:
-G major key signature
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat signs
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 29: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on baritone saxophone using:
-E only
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 30: Technique (Power Up)
Baritone Saxophone technique:
-Articulation: tonguing -
Video 31: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Baritone Saxophone ensemble using:
-Duet
-Round
-B minor key signature
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole rests
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Solo & tutti
-“C” time signature -
Video 32: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)
Sight-read and improvise melodies on baritone saxophone using:
-G, B, & D
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, whole notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 33: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Baritone Saxophone sight-reading using:
-G major key signature
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Breath marks
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 34: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Baritone Saxophone warm-ups using:
-G major scale & arpeggio
-New notes F-sharp & G
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-Breath marks
-4/4 time signature -
Video 35: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Baritone Saxophone music theory & fundamentals: Eighth notes & rests
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Video 36: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for baritone saxophone using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-2/4 time signature -
Video 37: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on baritone saxophone using:
-A only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Ties
-2/4 time signature Echo rhythms on a single pitch -
Video 38: Echo Melodies (Play By Ear)
Echo melodies on baritone saxophone using:
-A, C, & E
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 39: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Baritone Saxophone sight-reading using:
-G major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: sing the notes -
Video 40: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on baritone saxophone using:
-G only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 41: Technique (Power Up)
Baritone Saxophone technique:
-Interval study: thirds in C major -
Video 42: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Baritone Saxophone ensemble using:
-Duet
-G major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Slurs
-Divisi
-Breath marks
-Dynamics: p & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 43: Improvise Melodies (Your Choice)
Sight-read and improvise melodies on baritone saxophone using:
-A, C, & E
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 44: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Baritone Saxophone sight-reading using:
-G major key signature
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Slurs
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat sign
-2/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 45: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Baritone Saxophone warm-ups using:
-C, D, E, F, & G
-New note F
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Breath marks
-3/4 time signature -
Video 46: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Baritone Saxophone music theory & fundamentals: Ties & slurs
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Video 47: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for baritone saxophone using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 48: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on baritone saxophone using:
-C only
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature
