Grands Exercices Journaliers de Mécanisme – P. Taffanel

Initially composed by Paul Taffanel and Philippe Gaubert, this edition of Big Daily Finger Exercises was adapted for the Saxophone and transcribed by Frederic Juranville. It includes fourteen different exercises: 1. Scales 2.Scales by the chromatic order and according to the cycle of fifths 3. Intervals 4. Chromatic scales 5. Whole _x005F_x001A_tones scales 6. Arpeggios 7. Broken arpeggios 8. Arpeggios 9. Broken arpeggios 10. Diminished fifth chords _x005F_x001A_Arpeggios and broken arpeggios 11. Diminished seventh chords _x005F_x001A_ Arpeggios and broken arpeggios 12. IV-V-I progressions 13. IV-V-I progressions with different rhythmic combinations 14. II-V-I progressions Frédéric Juranvilleis a French musician born in 1957 who won the First Prize of the Paris Conservatoire for Chamber music and Saxophone. He is now a Saxophone professor in France and works on the composition of new pedagogic methods.