Are you going to teach her how to read music? At the raw beginner stage, a trip to your local music store might be most helpful. The local band instrument store should have a range of sheet music and band methods for beginners. read more
At the raw beginner stage, a trip to your local music store might be most helpful. The local band instrument store should have a range of sheet music and band methods for beginners. You might want to start there first. A beginner band method book for tenor saxophone might do the trick and it should be pretty cheap. Start her on a number 2.5 reed. read more
Something of real help is "The Jazz Method of playing Alto Saxophone" by John O'Neill - don't be put off by mention of Jazz in the title - it is Jazz, rather than Classical, and will get you up to a good level and help with all sorts of basic beginner type questions - it comes with a CD, which is good. The other beginner book I would recommend would be "Creative Saxophone - A fresh approach for Beginners" by Kelly Santin. read more