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Performance Appraisal Introduction What is your chosen genre? My chosen genre is Jazz Saxophone. List the titles and composers of your 3 chosen pieces Take Five by Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington Lotus Blossom by Dave Sanborn What are the characteristic features of your instrument and what is special about the music it can play? The music the saxophone can play is very varied. It can play classical, jazz, blues, big band, March e.t.c. There are lots of different styles but the most common is probably jazz. The saxophone is used as it has a number of sounds and techniques which are associated and used for jazz, such as bending notes. What is the range of your instrument? My instrument has a range of three octaves, from Bb to Bb: Performance Piece Which piece did you perform? I performed Take Five by Dave Brubeck. Historical Context: Why and how was the piece written? The piece was written in the 1960's as a joint...

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