Basic Theory
The order of sharps.
What is FCGDAEB?
These staff members are team burrito.
Who is Mr. Marble, Mr. Allen, Mr. Pritchett, Mr. Stults?
App that has thousands of backing tracks for you to practice with.
What is iReal Pro?
The tuning tendency of middle D.
What is sharp?
The inventor of the Saxophone.
Who is Adolphe Sax?
The difference between a major and minor chord.
What is a minor 3rd/b3?
These staff members are all students of Roy Allen.
Who is Ms. Torres, Mr. Marble, and Mr. Bennett?
The 3rd All-State Jazz etude is based on this standard.
What is Ceora?
The key that raises low D.
What is the low C# key?
The two saxophone brands made in Japan.
What are Yamaha and Yanagisawa?
The time signature that uses a "C" instead of numbers?
What is common time?
These staff members are educationally connected to Sigurd Raschèr.
Who is Ms. Leonard and Mr. Bermeo?
Mr. Cordingley's 3 Jazz alto mouthpiece recommendations.
What is a Meyer, Vandoren V16, or D'Addario Select Jazz?
Mr. Shults' term for lowering right hand for tuning.
What is shading?
This item lowers the pitch of low Bb.
What is a bell ring/mute?
Musical notes that sound the same, but are spelled differently.
What is an enharmonic?
These staff members are all connected through TCU.
Who is Mr. Cordingley, Dr. Korson, Mr. Pritchett, and Ms. Leonard.
Composer of Joy Spring (standard etude 1 is based on).
Who is Clifford Brown?
The first 8 notes of the B overtone series.
What is B, B, F#, B, D#, F#, A, and B?
The Father of the American Saxophone school.
Who is Larry Teal?
The spelling of a B# major scale.
What is B#, Cx, Dx, E#, Fx, Gx, Ax, B#?
The two female saxophone professors listed in our Saxophone Family Tree.
Who is Debra Richtmeyer and Nicki Roman?
Female saxophonists to perform in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO).
Who are Camille Thurman and Alexa Tarantino?
The 3 neck overtone pitches.
What is Ab, B, and Gb?
The 5 Professors of Saxophone at The Conservatoire de Paris.
Who is Adolphe Sax, Marcel Mule, Daniel Deffayet, Claude Delangle, and Nicolas Arsenijevic?