Odiseimusic ADAPTIVE TRAVELSAX 1 User manual

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Travelsax 1 is based on flute methods *''Oost West Fluit Best'', ''Noord Zuid Meer
Fluit''*, and *''Swinging Start''* parts 1 and 2, written by Marloes Berden.
It will teach you, in combination with the help of a teacher, a good foundation of
technique to play music on the TravelSax.
The flute methods have been modified for the TravelSax with permission from the
publisher by Odette Kolen-van der Korput, with the assistance of Ruud van der Wel,
Katharina Kauruff and Karin van Dijk. Special thanks to Rotaryclub Amersfoort for
making this project possible!
Many musical pieces in this book include chord symbols, which can be used by your
teacher or fellow musicians to accompany you on the piano or guitar.
Some of the compositions have playable tracks available in MIDI or MP3 format to
accompany you. The songs with available tracks will be marked with a green dot:
Connect your TravelSax with the app from
Odisei Music available on the App Store or
Google Play.
Note: When using the TravelSax 2, please use the app
"TravelSax 2".
You can power on the TravelSax by
pressing the button on the back of the
instrument once.
When you wish to power it off, you can
press the same button longer.
We wish you lots of joy and success with playing the TravelSax!
"Adaptive Travelsax" https://odiseimusic.com/products/adaptative-travel-sax/

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Reading sheet music, how does that work?
When you want to play music, it can be very helpful to be able to read sheet music. It's
a universal language!
Musical notes
A musical note indicates how long you should blow (note duration), but also which
fingers to use (pitch).
Try to blow the lines and dots shown below:
Staff
Music notes are placed on a staff, which consists of five lines stacked on top of each
other. The bottom line is the first line, and the line at the top is the fifth line.
Whole note
4 counts
Half note
2 counts
Quarter note
1 count
With musical notes, it would look like this:

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What else is there on the staff?
Every song in this book begins with the symbol of the G clef.
The staff is divided into sections called bars (or measures). Each bar contains an equal
number of beats. A song ends when you encounter the double line, the end bar.
The first three notes!
The higher the dot of the note is on the staff, the higher the note that you're playing will
sound. Every note has a letter as its name: C – D – E – F – G – A or B.
We start with the note B.
This note lies on the third line.
This is how you play the note B on your Travel Sax:
G-clef
Barline
End bar
Bar
Bar
Bar

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"First exercises"
When you play the note B and also add your middle finger,
you get a note that sounds a little lower than before.
Therefore, this note also lies lower on the staff. This note is
the note A.
Try playing this now:
B-A-B-A-B-A-B-A
B-A-A-B-B-A-A-B
A-B-B-A-A-B-A-B
Can you also play "the first exercises" with
the note A?