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> Saxophone Duets, approx grades 5-8
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post Oct 19 2007, 03:40 PM
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Can anyone recommend some nice saxophone duets that are anywhere from grade 5 up to 8? I had a look on the saxtet website but there are only two books and I have one of them (Double Vision Duets by Chris Gumbley).

Any suggestions, in any styles, gratefully appreciated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Edit: I found "Saxophone Duets Book 2" on the astute music website, which is about the right level - does anyone have this and what's it like? Thanks.
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post Oct 19 2007, 08:25 PM
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QUOTE(upbeat @ Oct 19 2007, 04:40 PM) *

Can anyone recommend some nice saxophone duets that are anywhere from grade 5 up to 8? I had a look on the saxtet website but there are only two books and I have one of them (Double Vision Duets by Chris Gumbley).

Any suggestions, in any styles, gratefully appreciated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Edit: I found "Saxophone Duets Book 2" on the astute music website, which is about the right level - does anyone have this and what's it like? Thanks.


Well those are the two places I would recommend trying - I don't have the pieces though, so can't really comment, except that the Apollo Saxophone Duets were written by people who really know what to do with a saxophone!

Another possibility would be some of the Lennie Niehaus duets if you're open to something with a bit more of a jazz flavour. I do have some of these and would place them towards the upper end of the level of difficulty you're looking at - I know I can't sight read one part on it's own and have to put in a fair amount of effort to be able to play it. I can usually make a fair stab at sight-reading Grade 5 standard stuff.
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Something jazzy is what I was hoping for. What's the name of the Lennie Niehaus book? Sounds interesting.
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post Oct 19 2007, 09:21 PM
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Something jazzy is what I was hoping for. What's the name of the Lennie Niehaus book? Sounds interesting.


There are quite a few of them, for different nos./combinations of saxes. They're all called something interesting like "Saxophone Duets Book 1". I ordered mine from June Emerson.
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