A Conductor’s and Performer’s Guide to Steven Bryant’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone - Chester Jenkins

73 Figure 52. Concerto for Alto Saxophone 3 rd movement, measures 116-117. Measure 179 in the third movement gives the option to the soloist to flutter-tongue or growl. The challenge for most would be effectively voicing the altissimo G# of this passage while flutter-tonguing. Most here would chose the option of growling for this effect. Figure 53. Concerto for Alto Saxophone 3 rd movement, measures 177-180. Another challenge is near the end of the third movement, where the soloist is required to growl or hum in the saxophone’s altissimo register. As the performer plays higher in the range of the instrument, it will be necessary to hum more than growl for the technique to be effective.