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The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others.

Carefully selected by Janet Way, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 alto saxophone player and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.

Each volume contains:

19 pieces & short studies, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip

grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises

brand new sight-reading activities

newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks

a piano accompaniment booklet

Packaged with a CD of full performance demonstrations, piano backing tracks, and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.

Binding: Saddle stitching

Content text: A. Diabelli: The Joker

F. Beyer: Suis mon Conducteur

E. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance

C. Barratt: Shortcake-Walk

K. Street: Lazy Afternoon

Traditional Chinese: Bamboo Saxophone

L. Janácek: Two Moravian Folk Songs

Traditional Welsh: Ffigysbren

P. Harris: Promenade

Traditional Brazilian: Mama Paquita

Traditional Scottish: Skye Boat Song

A. Marks: Upstairs, Downstairs

J. Way/P. Hughes: Swinging Star

J. Way: Creative Reflection

N. Chédeville: Fanfare

K.R. Cole: Granite

Traditional English: Three Blind Mice

Traditional French: Frère Jacques

Scale Spot

Sight-Reading

Aural Awareness

ISBN: 978-0-85162-711-3

ISMN: 979-0-060-12476-1

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London

page number: 52