SKU: HL.48185468
UPC: 888680837679. 9.0x12.0x0.156 inches.
Born in Tunisia in 1952, Christian Lauba has been a prominent contemporary composer, winning many prizes since his graduation from the Conservatory of Bordeaux during the mid-1980s. Lauba is particularly noted for his compositions and teaching guides for the Saxophone, such as Nine Studies for Saxophones. Composed betweem 1992 and 1994, Nine Studies for Saxophones won Lauba the SACEM prize in composition. The second volume, for Soprano and Tenor Saxophones contains the fifth, sixth and seventh studies; 1) Tadj, 2) Gyn, and 3) Vir. Nine Studies for Saxophones is very modern in style, exploiting extended techniques of the Saxophone to the maximum. These include articulation, modes, complex rhythms, ornamentation, tonality, harmonics, vibrato, resonance and flutter tonguing, among other aspects. With modern classical music becoming more and more prominent within the genre, Lauba's Nine Studies for Saxophones is essential to all saxophonists..
SKU: HL.48181087
UPC: 888680948658. 9.0x12.0x0.135 inches.
Thirty great exercises or studies after Soussmann - Book 2 is the second and final volume of this series, written by Marcel Mule. Inspired by Soussmann's exercise book and adapted to saxophone, these studies for intermediate players are divided with 15 studies in the first book and 15 in the second one. Written in G key with up to 7 sharps per exercise, these studies will develop the technical skills and the sonority of the saxophonist. With breathing indications, it will help the players to gain in endurance too. Marcel Mule (1901-2001) is one of the greatest French saxophonists, renowned worldwide for his work on the classical saxophone repertoire. He was teaching his students how to obtain a good quality of sound and believed it was dependent on embouchure, the emission, the mastery of vibrato and thus, of breathing. He wrote different methods that focus on technique, articulation and tone productions such as Eighteen Exercises or Studies or Daily Exercises Aafter Terschack among others.
SKU: HL.48184815
UPC: 888680797065. 9.0x12.0x0.199 inches.
Saxophonist and clarinetist, Ramon Ricker is a highly versatile musician, leading a career as an educator, performer, author, composer, arranger and producer. Born in 1943, Ricker has a wealth of experience which has significantly advised all of his study books, including Jazz Studies on the Pentatonic Scales for Saxophone. Ricker's Jazz Studies on the Pentatonic Scale for Saxophone begins by explaining in the preface the increased use of the pentatonic scale within jazz. His explanation of the scale in both French and English is enlightening and makes use of detailed examples. The exercises and studies in Jazz Studies on the Pentatonic Scale are essential to all aspiring, advanced saxophonists..
SKU: HL.48185703
French composer, Michel Meriot (1928-2003) studied at the Conservatory of Poitiers before joining the band of the French Marines. He then studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won prizes for Saxophone, proving himself as a highly competent player of the instrument. Therefore, his 15 Technical and Rhythmic Studies for all Saxophones are very well-informed. Meriot's 15 Technical and Rhythmic Studies address articulation, intervals, performance directions, breath control, variations in tempo, arpeggio and scalic passages, chromaticism, differing key and time signatures, and complex rhythms, among other aspects. For all advanced, aspiring saxophonists, Meriot's 15 Technical and Rhythmic Studies ensures progressive improvement in technique, adaptable to all Saxophones..
