Jay Easton's "Writing for Saxophones" comes with a CD and talks about writing music for the whole saxophone family of instruments. From the overview:
Writing for Saxophones is a practical guide to understanding and effectively utilizing the sounds of this thriving instrumental group as it advances into the twenty-first century. Over ninety printed solo and ensemble examples in the book have been recorded on the included audio CD. In this book, Dr. Easton provides composers, arrangers, and performers with an unprecedented variety of detailed printed and recorded examples of the sounds available to the saxophone, fulfilling the need for a comprehensive guide to the tonal palette of the entire saxophone family.
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Writing for Saxophones is a practical guide to understanding and effectively utilizing the sounds of this thriving instrumental group as it advances into the twenty-first century. Over ninety printed solo and ensemble examples in the book have been recorded on the included audio CD. In this book, Dr. Easton provides composers, arrangers, and performers with an unprecedented variety of detailed printed and recorded examples of the sounds available to the saxophone, fulfilling the need for a comprehensive guide to the tonal palette of the entire saxophone family.
Contents include:
* An overview of the history of the saxophone, including the current resurgence of interest in the full range of the saxophone family from B-flat piccolo through B-flat subcontrabass.
* Detailed information on writing for all twelve sizes of saxophone in use today, both common and rare, including multiple printed musical examples and audio recordings of each size.
* Recordings of small and large saxophone ensembles demonstrating a wide variety of combinations of both common and specialty saxophones. Each example has a corresponding printed score.
* An extensive introduction to extended techniques for saxophone, including notation and performance information about the altissimo register, microtones, multiphonics, reed-pizzicato, portamento and more.
* An overview of the history of the saxophone, including the current resurgence of interest in the full range of the saxophone family from B-flat piccolo through B-flat subcontrabass.
* Detailed information on writing for all twelve sizes of saxophone in use today, both common and rare, including multiple printed musical examples and audio recordings of each size.
* Recordings of small and large saxophone ensembles demonstrating a wide variety of combinations of both common and specialty saxophones. Each example has a corresponding printed score.
* An extensive introduction to extended techniques for saxophone, including notation and performance information about the altissimo register, microtones, multiphonics, reed-pizzicato, portamento and more.
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