Susan Southam allows readers to look through the window of Foxgloves Spires - her former home of 30 years; located in rural Australia - and into the lushly romantic and soul-filled interior within. The Cottage Under the Big Pines tells the nostalgic love story between Southam and her restored century - old timber cottage in a collection of essay - like chapters; themed around seasons and colours and supported by an abundance of photographs. Southams writing is heartfelt; emotional and honest; her photographs capture the spirit of her home with its astonishingly beautiful garden; as well as the details of her colour schemes; decoration and furnishings. The Cottage Under the Big Pines provides inspiration and information for readers to apply; but above all it opens our eyes to the humble details of our immediate environment that enrich our everyday lives.
#755623 in eBooks 2014-12-02 2014-11-03File Name: B00Q8KV0UA
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A warm up for prosBy nadav haberThis is an amazing exercise tool for the saxophone. It does not contain anything too original- it puts together some of the basic exercises (long tones; major and minor scales; arpeggios of different intervals) and requires you to play all of them in a way that forces you to develop great stamina and concentration. After mastering this warm up - there should be no trouble playing anything. Your tone will be great; your fingering swift; and your ear open to different intervals.36 of 36 people found the following review helpful. Practice Made EasierBy jazmaanIf youve been frustrated by practice books that show you a pattern in one key and then say "Transpose and memorize this in all 12 keys;" then this book should make life a lot easier for you.Jackie spells out all his exercises in all 12 keys. He even notates all the accidentals for you. So with a minimum of mental gymnastics you can get down to the physical gymnastics of drilling his favorite practice patterns into your fingers until your muscle memory takes over.By placing equal emphasis on all 12 keys from the very beginning; this book will get you all around your horn with maximum efficiency. Many of the exercises change key twice per measure; so you have no opportunity to get stuck in a "easy key" rut. Instead youll find yourself adopting a "wholistic" mindset as Maclean runs you through the major; minor; dominant; diminished and augmented scales.My only nitpick is that a CD would have been nice. But the patterns arent rhythmically complicated or hard to read so I guess a CD isnt really necessary. Also you should know that this is a fairly short book. The idea is that once youve got them thoroughly memorized youll be able to run through the whole set of patterns in 45 minutes and theyll become your regular warm-up routine.Two of Mcleans most popular original compositions are included at the end of the book as a bonus.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful exercises; great fun!!!!By TJYoungReadWonderful exercises. Wish I would have had this in high school. Great exercises for dexterity; note memorization and practice. Starting to play the sax after a 30 year break.
