LOGAN’S MUSIC PAGE

WARM UP / TONE-BUILDING

  • Long tones on a scale or scales.
      • 16 beats or more > 8 beats crescend / 8 beats (or more) decresending into nothingness.
      • Metronome = 60 bpm (opt 70 bpm)
      • Start from a whisper and get to 30db (decibels)

STANFORD AUDITION

  • Audition Requirements
  • Video recording submission after registration > March 31st
  • One medium or up tempo jazz standard demonstrating improvisation.
      • “Whisper Not” by Benny Golson > link
      • “Fantasy in D” by Cedar Walton > link
  • Demonstrate tone, time feel, phrasing, and harmonic understanding.
  • Audition Details: https://stanfordjazz.org/more-info/jazz-institute/
  • Key Deadlines
  • Audition recordings due within two weeks of registration – May 15th
  • Final payment deadline: May 1.
  • Full refund deadline: May 15.
  • Fifty percent refund deadline: June 1.
  • Placement recordings due: June 10.
  • FAQ Page: https://stanfordjazz.org/more-info/jazz-institute-25-faq/

REAL BOOK > ANALYZE & IMPROV!

  • Have You Met Miss Jones (12/23/25)
  • Blue Bossa (12/30/25) 
  • The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (01/06/26)
  • Take The A Train (1/13/26)
  • All The Things You Are – or – There Will Never Be Another You

AGOURA

JAZZ studies

LEARNING STANDARDS:

2026/2027 – AHS AUDITION

  • 1.  TRANSCRIPTION BY A JAZZ LEGEND
        • 2026 _______________________________
  • 2.  REQUIRED SONG TO MEMORIZE THE MELODY & PREPARE A SOLO
        • 2026 _______________________________
  • 3.  CLASSICAL SELECTION:
      • LAST YEAR >> Alto > Creston Sonata > PDF
      • LAST YEAR >> Clarinet > Concertino (G. Tartini) | PDF
          • I. Grave | Tempo, 8th note = 60 (or 63) | YouTube
          • II. Allegro Molto | Tempo + ______ | YouTube
  • 4. SCALES > PDF
      • Alto
      • Clarinet 

WARMUP & PRACTICE

  • 15 mins – warmup
      • Full chromatic scale
      • Play 2 (two) Klose exercises
  • 15 min – sightreading skills
      • Selected Studies (as assigned). If you don’t have this book I will have your mom order it. 
  • 1-2 hours – BEAST MODE PRACTICING

SCALES & MODES > Play modes & outline chords > PDF

  • ALTO & CLARINET > SCALES/MODES & CHORDS
      • Use your chart to mark your progress.
      • Modes > Tempo = 94.
      • Chords. Triplets tempo in 3/4 = 76

HONOR JAZZ 2027

  • ALL STATE IMPROV > Rhythm-a-ning
  • SCSOBA > Stella by Starlight
      • AUDITION MUSIC
          • I will send the backing tracks to be used only for practice. Recording with done without the tracks

SCSBOA HONOR CLARINET > CLASSICAL

 

SAXOPHONE CLASSICAL SOLOS

 

SAXOPHONE MUSIC RESOURCES

  • GRAND MASTER SCALES > PDF
  • TWO OCTAVE SCALES > PDF
  • CIRCLE OF FIFTHS > PDF
  • CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF

 

2025 Jazz Ambassadors
Please check out the following links. Your director Tom Luer sent these for your reference as you are working on tunes for the Honor Jazz Concert. 

2025 – LISMA COMPETITION

CLARINET

  1. ETUDES > Practical Studies (and/or) Melodious & Progressive Studies
  2. CLARINET SOLO:
      • Mozart’s K622 > PDF
      • K622 Piano Accompaniment > YouTube

CLARINET MUSIC RESOURCES

  • GRAND MASTER SCALES | PDF
  • CHROMATIC SCALE (ms) | PDF 
  • CLARINET FINGERING CHART | PDF
  • CLARINET MAJOR SCALES (High School level) | PDF
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS | PDF

 

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