Tenor Saxophone
Use this Fingering Chart to help you remember your notes!
Chart-Saxophone.pdfSkip To My Lou
Helpful Hints:
-The first and second line start the same. Once you have mastered one, you know half the song!
-The eighth notes (or ti-ti) are faster. They fill the space of one quarter note (ta).
-The words are:
"Fly in the buttermilk, shoo fly shoo (3 times)
Skip to my Lou my darlin'"
Tenor Sax - Skip To My Lou Play Along.mp4Skip To My Lou Play Along
Oh, Susanna!
-This song starts on a "pick-up measure". I count to three, then you come in on beat four.
-Words:
"Oh it rained all night the day I left. The weather it was dry. The sun so hot I froze to death. Susanna don't you cry"
Oh, Susanna - Tenor Sax play along.mp4Oh, Susanna! Play Along
William Tell Overture
Helpful Hints:
-This song starts on a "pick-up". I count to three, then you come in on beat four.
-There are lots of repeated XXXXXXX. Remember to use you "Du" sound between the notes.
-Don't forget the rest!
William Tell Overture Play-Along
Hey-Ho
Helpful Hints:
-This song uses new note "low XXXX". It sounds lower than any note we have learned so far.
Hey-Ho Play-Along
Frere Jacques
Helpful Hints:
-This song is "auto-practice". Each section repeats.
-Only play as fast as you can play the beginning of the second line.
Frere Jacques Play-Along
When the Saints Go Marching
Helpful Hints:
-Not everyone plays the same part at the same time. Listen to play-along to hear how your part fits in with the rest of the band.
-Remember, a whole note (looks like an empty circle) gets four beats of sound.
-A quarter rest (looks like a lightening bolt), gets one beat of silence.
Tenor Sax - Saints - Play-AlongWhen the Saints Play-Along
Old MacDonald
Helpful Hints:
-Road-map of the song:
-Start at the beginning
-When you get to the repeat sign :|| go back to the beginning
-When the you get to the repeat sign :|| again, continue on
-The end of the song is "Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits!"
-Not everyone plays the "Here an Oink, There an Oink, Everywhere an Oink, Oink". Watch the play-along to see where you fit in
Old MacDonald Play-Along
Ode to Joy
-Not everyone plays the same part at the same time. Listen to the play-along to hear how your part fits in with the rest of the band.
-Repeated notes should be played quieter, as that is the supporting part of the song.
-This is one of Beethoven's most famous works! How do you know it?
Tenor Sax - Ode to Joy - PlayAlong.mp4Ode to Joy Play-Along
