Beyond the Horn: Spiral-bound Book

Name: Beyond the Horn: Spiral-bound Book
Brand: Alfred Music
SKU: 24-BTH
Price: 29.95 USD
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Challenging Exercises & Etudes for Modern Improvisation

By Walt Weiskopf and Ed Rosenberg

Level: Intermediate / Advanced

Item: 24-BTH

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Gain seemingly impossible facility beyond the horn's previously-considered limits. This is a huge, 248 page spiral-bound book with enough material to keep the serious student busy for many months. Expanding on his last book, Around the Horn, author and recording artist Walt Weiskopf has raised the bar again with Beyond the Horn, a new book co-authored by saxophonist Ed Rosenberg. Beyond the Horn highlights intervals of 3rds, 5ths, 6ths, 10ths, and introduces the concept of octave displacement.

Studies and Exercises are in all 12 keys. The book concludes with 20 etudes based on standard chord changes that incorporate this new material, so you have a solid reference for how and where to apply the techniques and concepts learned. This book will add increasingly larger intervals to your vocabulary and open your ears as well.

Also included are author's notes on how to practice the technically challenging material. Successfully taught at the famous Eastman School of Music for the past several years, this method will take you beyond your previously assumed technical limits. For all musicians looking for a new direction.

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Publisher: Jamey Aebersold Jazz

Page Count: 248

ISBN10: 1-56224-049-8

ISBN13: 978-1-56224-049-3

UPC: 635621500990

SKU: 24-BTH

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About the Author: Walt Weiskopf

Walt Weiskopf is a saxophonist and educator whose performance career spans decades of professional work in jazz and contemporary music. His pedagogical approach centers on practical facility building, grounded in years of teaching at institutions like the Eastman School of Music where this material has been classroom-tested and refined.

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Why we love this

This book tackles a genuine technical hurdle that intermediate jazz players hit hard: navigating intervals beyond the expected range without losing coherence or ear training. Weiskopf's systematic key-based approach, combined with functional etudes built on real chord changes, makes the material immediately applicable rather than academic.

What to expect

Challenging and rewarding. Early in the book, intervals feel awkward and spread across the horn; by the end, your ear and fingers have learned to hear and play wide intervallic leaps as naturally as stepwise motion. The 20 etudes reveal where these new tools actually live in real playing.

Who it's for

Intermediate to advanced jazz musicians ready to expand their range vocabulary and comfortable working systematically through technical studies. This demands serious commitment; it's for students who practice regularly and want measurable growth in facility.

How to get the most out of it

Work through the interval studies in small chunks across multiple practice sessions rather than attempting full pages at tempo. Your fingers and ear both need time to calibrate.
Record yourself on the etudes, then listen back without your horn in hand. Hearing octave displacement separate from the physical sensation of playing clarifies what the ear is actually tracking.
Pay close attention to the author's practice notes. The technical difficulty here is real, and the guidance on pacing and mindset prevents frustration and injury.

How to use it

Assign this as a year-long technical focus for your advanced jazz students, working through it alongside standard repertoire and ensemble work. The spiral binding and 248 pages mean it functions as genuine curriculum, not a supplementary worksheet.