Practice score with a fingering picture under every note. Press play and the current note shows large at the top. Tap two bar numbers (start → end) to loop that section, or ▶ to start from a bar.
Sax part: E minor4/4♩=6642 bars
Choose bars to practice
Tap a bar number to select it. Drag across numbers to select every bar in between.
The backing is a chord accompaniment made by this site for each song, so there are no copyright issues. Playback sounds at the real pitch of the sax you pick above (alto, tenor, soprano or baritone).
About this song
Famous for the graceful, wistful flute melody over the rhythm of the pavane, a slow court dance. This page has the flute melody from start to finish, based on the 1901 Hamelle edition (Paris), moved a tone lower to E minor for saxophone.
Practice tips
Bar 1 is accompaniment only. Come in at bar 2.
The "long + short" rhythm keeps returning. Fill the long tied note (dotted quarter + sixteenth) and move lightly through the sixteenth.
Bar 31 climbs to high E, which uses the palm keys. Check it on the fingering chart first.
Notes in this song
B1 2 3 · 4 5 6 + Left pinky B + Low C key (pinky)
D1 2 3 · 4 5 6
D#1 2 3 · 4 5 6 + Right pinky E♭
E1 2 3 · 4 5
F#1 2 3 · 5
G1 2 3
A1 2
B♭1 + B♭ key
B1
C2
C#All open
DOct + 1 2 3 · 4 5 6
D#Oct + 1 2 3 · 4 5 6 + Right pinky E♭
EOct + 1 2 3 · 4 5
F#Oct + 1 2 3 · 5
↑GOct + 1 2 3
↑AOct + 1 2
↑B♭Oct + 1 + B♭ key
↑BOct + 1
↑COct + 2
↑↑DOct + Palm D
↑↑EOct + Palm D·E♭ + Side E
This song is in the public domain. The melody was arranged for saxophone by this site for practice.