MINI-WARM-UP

• 12 MAJOR SCALES > Formulating using: w-w-1/2-w-w-w-1/2
• Klose book
  • • Page 11, Etude #9 (12/2)
    • Page 15, Etude #13 (9/30 & 10/7)
• Practical Studies > Page 18, Etude #38 – 9/23
• NEW!! > Melodious Studies > 11/18 – Page 2, G Major (56-bpm) & E minor (100-bpm)
• WRITE OR PRACTICE CHORDS FOR “All The Things You Are”
  • • 2/11/25 – ALL 12 Major Scales

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AHS audition – 2026  

• WIND II – AUDITION PIECE | 2027
  • • Honor Scales:   Ab Maj / F melodic & E Major / C# melodic
    • Sonata in C Minor > Mvt 1 (70bpm)
    • D chromatic or HS chromatic (flex)
    • Sonata in C (Telemann) > YouTube
      • • Excerpt 1
        • Excerpt 2
        • Excerpt 3

• JAZZ TENOR > Jazz II (Jazz A)
  • Wind II scale
  • Prepare a short classical etude on Tenor Sax. demonstrating your technical ability on your instrument.
    
  • ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
    • • LEARN / YouTube
      • PDF > print only YOUR part
  • TENOR MADNESS > IMPROV
    • • Play the melody for “Tenor Madness” once
      • Play two choruses of a 12 bar Bb blues solo using transcribed licks.
      • Then play the melody one more time
      • Download the music: HERE
      • LISTEN to the melody on YouTube
  • Participation in Marching Band, Wind Ensemble I/II is highly encouraged.

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AE WRIGHT BAND & JAZZ

• YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
• ONE MINT JULEP
• POSEIDON’S WRATH
• LULLABY TO THE MOON
• BLUE MONK (with solo)
• DOWNTOWN TANGO
• DOWNTOWN TANGO (MW-CLINIC)
• A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL
• HOT CHOCOLATE
• YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG
• IT HAD TO BE YOU
• THAT’S HOW WE ROLL > MP3
• DESPERATE MEASURES
• BALKAN SEVEN
• INTO THE CLOUDS
• UNIFIED FIELD THEORY
• MISTY
• MOTEN SWING
• MUSIC IN THE DARK

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JAZZ SONGS

* Texts in RED are YouTube links to the track
* Text in BLUE are Audio or webpage links to tracks

• 5/13 – Hallelujah I Love Her/Him So
• 5/13 – EVERYTHING
• 3/25 – MOANIN’
• 3/25 – MISTY
• SUMMERTIME
• GEORGIA ON MY MIND
• THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
• YOU DON’T KNOW ME
• S’ WONDERFUL
• PDF > BLUES SCALES IN ALL 12 KEYS
• MINNIE THE MOOCHER
• BAD DOG!
• BACK AT THE CHICKEN SHACK (BLUES SHUFFLE TRACK)
• SATIN DOLL
• I CAN’T BUY ANYTHING BUT LOVE
  
• NORWEGIAN WOOD
• FLY ME TO THE MOON
• ONLY A PAPER MOON
• IN A MELLOW TONE
• AS TIME GOES BY
• IT HAD TO BE YOU
• COMFORT ZONE
• A TRAIN
• BIRDLAND
• PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
• NOLA JUMBO GUMBO
• UNA MAS
• I GOT RHYTHM
• BASIE-CALLY THE BLUES
• BEN’S BLUES
• BEWITCHED
• IT DON’T MEAN A THING
• A BLUES TO BLOW ON (YouTube) / A BLUES TO BLOW ON
• EASY STREET / AUDIO
  

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CHROMATIC SCALE by memory

• Use your fingering chart > PDF
  • • 3, 6, 12 note slurs with a pause.
    • Try to play as many notes in one breath.

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MAJOR SCALES

• PLAY YOUR MAJOR SCALE (1-2 octaves) 
• PLAY YOUR “ADVANCED” ARPEGGIOS > PDF
• WRITING OUT ALL MAJOR SCALES (2/17/26):   w-w-1/2-w-w-w-1/2

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SAXOPHONE RESOURCES

• BLUES in ALL 12 Keys > PDF
• ONLINE METRONOME > LINK
• FINGERING CHART > PDF
• LONG TONE SCORECARD > PDF
•  CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF > Middle C to high C
• WARM-UP AND TONE BUILDER > PDF > We will start this soon
• ** (we need to start this) CHROMATIC SCALE/USE THE FINGERING CHART
• Extra Fun songs! CHRISTMAS SONGS > PDF