Preparatory Year

Scales and technique, mapped to The Whole Horn

Requirements are quoted verbatim from the two program documents. The free app practices the twelve major scales up to two octaves; the full range and the other scale families are in the Full Studio (one-time purchase).¹

Repertoire 5 works annotated

Étude and method collections 6

• Hubert Prati, L’Alphabet du saxophoniste · Billaudot¹⁰ — Study (2020), Preparatory Year, core method; the Preparatory exam line names it
  Graded for beginners (cycle 1).¹⁰
• Hubert Prati, 29 Études progressives très faciles et faciles — Study (2020), Preparatory Year, additional
  The title itself states “très faciles et faciles” (very easy and easy).¹¹
• Marcel Mule (1901–2001)¹², after Auguste Samie, 24 Études faciles · 1946¹² — Study (2020), Preparatory Year and Year 1, additional
  Described as suitable for second- and third-year students, in keys up to three sharps and three flats.¹²
• Hyacinthe Klosé (1808–1880)¹³, Méthode complète pour tous les saxophones · Alphonse Leduc¹⁴ — Study (2020), Preparatory Year and Year 1, additional
• Raphael Ravenscroft, The Complete Saxophone Player · 1990¹⁵ — C2C (2024), Preparatory Year
• Andy Hampton, Saxophone Basics — C2C (2024), Preparatory and First Years
  The book runs from absolute beginner to about Grade 2.¹⁶
  Contains repertoire, warm-ups, fact files, quizzes and fingering diagrams.¹⁶

Also listed

Works and books the program names for this year for which only the composer’s dates could be confirmed.

• Jérôme Naulais (b. 1951)¹⁷, Coconotes — Study (2020), Preparatory Year, core repertoire
• Jérôme Naulais (b. 1951)¹⁷, Pain d’épices — Study (2020), Preparatory Year, additional repertoire