More Graded Studies for Saxophone, Book Two: Saxophone Book

Harris structures these studies so that technical progression never feels mechanical. Each piece comes with a roadmap of musical ingredients to explore, meaning students understand why they're working on a particular challenge rather than simply drilling it. The carefully sequenced difficulty curve from grades 6 to 8 means you can trust the pacing; you won't hit a sudden wall or bored plateau.

Working through these studies feels purposeful rather than punitive. Each piece has musical substance; you're not just working around the horn for the sake of technique. The progression respects both the saxophone's capabilities and the student's growing maturity.

Intermediate to advanced saxophonists ready to deepen their technical facility across the full range of the instrument. This collection also serves teachers who want a cohesive, philosophically sound progression rather than a patchwork of etudes gathered from different sources.

• Consult the Simultaneous Learning ingredients before tackling each study. They frame the technical work musically and give students a reason to care about precision.
• Practice the studies in the order presented. Harris designed the progression intentionally; skipping around undermines the cumulative foundation he's built.
• Record yourself playing studies you've mastered to hear what's actually happening with tone and articulation. Students often think they're further along than they are.
• Use the studies as repertoire for student recitals or juries, not just practice room material. Performance context transforms technique from an abstraction into something real.

Assign studies sequentially as part of your students' weekly practice requirements, rotating through them alongside their chosen repertoire. These work especially well in jury or studio class settings where performance and feedback reinforce the learning cycle. For advanced students, Book Two can bridge the gap between intermediate band method books and the serious solo repertoire they'll encounter in high school or college.

• Interval control and intonation across multiple registers
• Extended range facility up to altissimo
• Double tonguing and articulation variety
• Lyrical phrasing and musical shaping within technical studies
• Sight-reading fluency across rhythmic and intervallic complexity
• Tonal consistency and voicing adjustments for different registers