Bach and Before for Band, Book 2 (Tenor Saxophone)

Bach and Before for Band, Book 2 is the long -awaited continuation of David Newell’s popular, flexibly-scored series of four-part chorales. By starting in unison and adding parts in any combination of instruments, you can optimize your warm-up time and refine students’ tone production, balance, blend, intonation, and musical understanding. Bach and Before for Band, Book 2 is written at a more advanced level than Book One. The chorales are rhythmically more complex, with multiple syncopations within and across barlines. Suspensions are plentiful. Many of the harmonizations are rich in chromaticism, offering ample opportunities to tune a variety of different chords. Book One of the series was purposely written in the most common band keys.The key signature choices in Book Two have been expanded, with a combination of both major and minor tonalities in the following concert key signatures: Chorales 1-4: One Flat Chorales 5-8: Two Flats Chorales 9-12: Three Flats Chorales 13-15: Four Flats Chorales 16-18: No Sharps/No Flats Chorales 19 and 20: One Sharp Chorales 21 and 22: Two Sharps * Chorale 23: Three Sharps * Chorale 24: Four Sharps