Solo Saxophone Composition: "Vagrant Contemplation" by Caleb Hugo

Captivate your audience at your next performance with the rich melodic gestures and timbrel possibilities of Vagrant Contemplation, an unaccompanied solo for Alto Saxophone. Unlock the darkest colors of your instrument in the lush dance of human thought.

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Please note, this video is only a sample of this 5 minute work.

Performance notes: This piece doesn't have anything extraordinarily challenging and very much sticks to the saxophone's traditional capabilities. Except for a few very soft notes in the lower range of the instrument, there is very little that an advanced high school level performer shouldn't be able to do after a bit of practice. There are a few technical passages that can be considered difficult, but as a last resort the performer can easily change the tempo to make the piece easier to play. I would highly recommend this to students who are attempting to broaden their dynamic range and learning to play out of time.

Interpretation: The mind itself is one of my favorite topics of discussion in philosophy, theology, and science. Here I have attempted to capture the occurrence of a mind having a dark thought that is never resolved, but keeps feeding off of itself until the mind simply accepts its depressed state. In my thinking, this occurs when a person is distressed but refuses to let the source go. This work is what results when a person refuses to let God handle problems that are out of their control. Philippians 4:6, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

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[EddieHaskelll]

nice



[12stuart23]

Sat and played it through ! Its surpirsingly fun to play :D ! Thanks !

[calebjed]

@Bebopopotamus: This is only a sample. The whole work is 5 minutes long. You can get a full recording on iTunes and the full score is available at my website (you can link to that in the video notes). Sorry for the confusion.

I've now put this in the notes, because I just realized that was not very clear! Thanks for the comment!

[curlybobofelia]

sounds a little like poirot. but it's nice, love it! :D

[NaivePheonix]

EPIC SAX GUY FTW

[Tamster107]

I really want to play this!!

[Imranii2610]

Also what tempo is it played at?

[Imranii2610]

firstly i just wanted to say its a very very good composition!

iv'e got a few questions.

what inspired you to write this peace? what is it based on?

what timbre is the start played in? Why did you decide to write it in this technique?

It would be amazing if you could answer these. because im just genuinely curious haha. if its possible could you email me on imran-1995@hotmail.co.uk

thankyou!