I started with the Dean Vaughn book on Theory yesterday, and it appears to be working out quite well.  I spent about 30 minutes on it and in that time learned the Circle of 5ths and Circle of 4ths.  So I know all the keys, how many sharps are in each key, and the order and names of each sharp in each key.  I also know all the flats, how many, and their respective names.

I remember going over this when I was much younger in piano classes, however I do recall not remembering any of it very well, and I didn’t recall any of it when I started this process.  Now I find it quite easy  to recall this information.  I’m looking forward to going further into the book and seeing how these techniques apply to more complicated aspects of music theory.

I looked over the Art of Saxophone playing as well.  I was looking first at the fingering position for all the notes.  So I now can play from middle C on the staff to a high F.  I mainly wanted to know how to do that so I could start working on my scales, as the Scale studies book has me going over the entire range up and down.

I didn’t have time to record my long tones yesterday with all the other things I did, however I will attempt to put them online tonight, and see about adding a scale in the key of G (which as I learned last night has 1 sharp, and that sharp is F#).