"Ma'oz Tzur / מָעוֹז צוּר (Rock of Ages)" ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLO! Play Along Rokas! Happy Hanukkah!

Our newest matonizz.com Family Member Rokas Barzdžius @rsaxo-saksofonistasrokasba4983 would like to wish Everyone Celebrating a Happy Hanukkah with this awesome Solo with Piano Version of "Ma'oz Tzur / מָעוֹז צוּר (Rock of Ages)" arranged for you by Drew Fennell today. This amazing piece comes in two keys: B flat and F Major with Transposing Parts in Every Practical Key and Clef for all Wind & Brass Instruments (Full List Bellow). Hope you enjoy this Alto Saxophone in Bb Major Version. DOWNLOAD SHEET MUSIC & BACKING TRACKS at https://www.matonizz.com/product/rock-of-ages/

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Rokas Barzdžius (Alto Saxophone)
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Birute Stundziaite (Piano)

Dmitry Babkin (Sound Engineer)

Suggested Instrumental Combinations:

While composed as a solo for tuba, the arrangement may be played by any brass or woodwind instrument. It is available in two versions, one in B-flat major and one in F. One or both versions have parts provided for each instrument. The instruments are shown below with the versions that apply to each.

Flute (Bb & F)
Oboe (Bb & F)
English Horn (Bb & F)
Bassoon (Bb & F)
Bassoon (Tenor Clef)
Clarinet in Eb (Bb only)
Clarinet in Bb (Bb & F)
Bass Clarinet in Bb (Bb & F)
Contra-alto Clar. in Eb (Bb only)
Contrabass Clar. in Bb (Bb only)
Soprano Sax in Bb (Bb & F)
Alto Sax in Eb (Bb & F)
Tenor Sax in Bb (Bb & F)
Baritone Sax in Eb (Bb & F)
Trumpet/Cornet in Eb (F only)
Trumpet/Cornet in C (F Only)
Trpt./Crnt./Flugel. in Bb (Bb & F)
Horn in F (Bb & F)
Horn in Eb (Bb & F)
Trombone (Bb & F)
Trombone (Tenor Clef) (Bb only)
Bari. T.C., Euph. T.C. (Bb & F)
Bari. B.C., Euph. B.C. (Bb & F)
Tuba (B.C.) (Bb only)
Tuba in Eb (Bb only)
Tuba in Bb (Bb only)

Performance Notes:

This much-loved song, believed to be 750 or more years old, has been sung each evening of Hanukkah, after the lighting of the menorah. Above is the first of six verses to the poetry. It is a song of praise to Yahweh, on a holiday which celebrates the Miracle of the Cruse of Oil—that, upon reclaiming the Temple in Jerusalem in the Maccabean Revolt, a container of oil that would have been enough to light their ritual lamp for one day lasted for eight days.
This setting is framed in a contemporary pop style. Both the pianist and soloist, when playing rhythmical elements, should play very metrically. Syncopations should be (very lightly) weighted, but still understated. The melodic passages should be rhythmically semplice, but espressivo, nonetheless. While it is not marked in this way, the soloist may choose to play the figures at bars 47-48 and 49-50 a bit out of tempo, a piacere. Or they may be simply played in time.

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