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 for the Saxophone such as Study No. 12 for Alto Saxophone. Published in 2007 Study No. 12 'XYL' Balafon 2 is highly virtuosic and modern including multiphonic Saxophone sounds and other advanced technical features. The score of Study No. 12 also comes accompanied with a CD of a prerecorded accompanying part. With a typical performance lasting around six minutes thisLauba study nicknamed 'XYL' Balafon 2 is described as a 'a study for the mastering of circular breathing the low and high registers dynamic rhythmic and melodic crescendos and decrescendos rational and irrational note-values chromaticism and digital virtuosity'. For all advanced Alto saxophonists Study No. 12 provides an alternative modern work essential to a varied repertoire.

10 Jazz Standards - Authentic Jazz Playalong-Part of the Authentic Jazz Playalong series This volume brings together Gershwin Porter Ellington and other legends of 20th Century Jazz. It Don't Mean a Thing features ten absolute classics of jazz repertoire idiomatically arranged for the intermediate (grades 4-6) Alto Saxophone player. Melody lyrics and chord symbols are provided offering opportunity for improvisation with suggested solo phrases notated to aid the beginner. There is also a brief guide and biographical note to each song in the collection. In addition the playalong CD comprises a live trio of piano bass and drums for truly authentic performance.

Grade 1 Alto Saxophone Pieces allows you to learn a diverse range of popular solo works that have all been carefully chosen with the specifications of the major exam boards in mind. This particularbook is perfect for Grade 1 saxophonists including some classic tunes and contemporary pop hits. The included download card also gives you instant online access to full backing tracks for everysong. This fantastic songbook includes valuable supplementary repertoire for beginning Grade 1 saxophonists of any age. These particular Alto Saxophone Pieces will aidwith your technique and theoretical skills while also allowing you to play some incredible tunes that will help to enhance your musicality. Including such contemporary pop classics as Taylor Swift's 22 One Direction'sBest Song Ever Adele's Make You Feel My Love and Coldplay's Sky Full Of Stars  these familiar tunes will be fun to play for any clarinettist. Not only this but a bigcollection of timeless pop tunes are included such as The Beatles' Yesterday Frank Sinatra's My Way and Elvis Presley's All Shook Up such familiar favourites allowing everyone to enjoyGrade 1 Alto Saxophone! Each of the tunes features song background notes and brief performance guidance while at the beginning of the songbook is an introductory section featuring an invaluable fingeringchart. With a fantastically diverse collection of old and new pop songs some beautifully crisp engraving and helpful performance tips for each song this is the perfect songbook for Grade 1saxophonists. It will help hone the techniques necessary for major exam boards while enabling you to develop a versatile repertoire and have fun playing some familiar

Guest Spot-This book of ten Christmas Hits For Alto Saxophone hits all the right Noel notes with some of your favourite seasonal pop songs presented in melody line arrangements by Paul Honey with specially recorded backingtracks to play along with. For a Christmas Saxophone sheet music book the Guest Spot series can't easily be beat. It's got ten of the best Christmas pop tunes of all time the ones thatimmediately make you excited for Christmas. Absolute classics like Slade's Merry Xmas Everyone Wizzard's genius I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day and the wonderful Fairytale Of New York by ThePogues are included but this is by no means all. There's also tunes by Paul McCartney John Lennon and Cliff Richard.  These songs are fun to play and you're guaranteed to impress anyone with thesemerry melodies. All the songs sound great on Alto Saxophone the tone lending itself especially well to the jaunty rhythms and happy sound of these Christmas classics. Once you've learned the melody line from the sheet music songbook you can pop in the CD and hear full performance versions of each song specially recorded for this series. After that the next series of tracks on the CD feature the same songs but with the Saxophone part removed so youcan fill in and perform as if you had a backing band. So not only do you get to add these essential festive tunes to your repertoire you can also practise playing along with a real band. This collectionof Alto Saxophone Christmas sheet music will bring ten of the greatest popular Christmas tunes ever right to your home. Whether you are preparing for a performance or practising privately there is no better song book for thisseason than the Guest Spot: Christmas Hits Playalong For Alto Saxophone.