Push beyond your comfort zone and challenge yourself with rewarding saxophone etudes designed to refine your technique and musicality.

This book is for intermediate players who are ready to take their skills further by learning engaging and challenging pieces that focus on tone, articulation, rhythm, and dexterity. The carefully written etudes include tangos, blues, and technical pieces that will push your playing to the next level while keeping the process enjoyable and rewarding.

Whether you want to master tricky finger movements, improve your palm key technique, or simply add new repertoire to your practice routine, these etudes will help you break through your technical plateaus and enhance your confidence across the instrument.

The book includes:

• • 9 engaging etudes to refine your tone, dexterity, and control:
    • The Old-Fashioned
    • Lula’s Tango
    • Tango for Luis
    • Palm Twisters 1
    • Palm Twisters 2
    • Slow Blues
    • Paso Fuerte
    • Blues-ish
    • Flowing Motion

• A variety of styles, including tangos, blues, focused palm key pieces and more.
• Video demo recordings of each etude for reference.
• Audio demo recordings of each etude for reference
• Backing tracks (minus one) included for both Eb and Bb saxophones, so you can play along and enjoy the process of learning.

Who is this book for?

• Intermediate saxophone players looking for new, exciting pieces to play.
• Saxophonists who want to improve their palm key technique, articulation, and fluidity.

Musicians looking for challenging and rewarding etudes that make practicing both fun and productive.

“With this gem Martino was able to craft etudes that are engaging both technically and compositionally. They are a challenge for the player that wants to work on technique and musicianship. The beautiful melodic contour and the stylistic diversity are in perfect balance with the technicalities, giving players a great chance for a complete and thorough musical workout!”

– Marco Scorsolini, film composer

“These little pieces are so much fun to play. I feel that not only am I really enjoying playing them, but practicing them is also helping improve my technique (finger speed, tonguing, phrasing). Very happy I got the book.”

— Johan Wilhelm, saxophone student