AIDEN’S MUSIC ASSIGNMENTS

WARM-UP

SAXOPHONE SOLOS

SIGHTREADING

  • SELECTED STUDIES > PDF
      • 9/7 > preview on your own – Page 20
  • REVIEW:
      • 8/31 – Page 19
      • 6/29 – Page 18 > Allegro. 6/8 time. Learn on your own.
      • 6/22 – Page 16 > G minor
      • 4/20 – Page 14 > Bb Major
      • 1/26 & 2/2 > Sightread > Page 12
      • 01/26/23 > Warm up > Page 11
      • (Sept 1 & 8, 2022) + (Sept 7, 2023)> Page 9 > REDO > PLAY 4-5 TIMES & INCREASE SPEED 
      • Page 10 > G Major Andante

EXERCISE IN Ab > PDF

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

  • (8/25) – PLAYING 1 OCTAVE SCALES
      • GOING UP IN 1/2 STEPS. Straight 8th notes.
      • DESCENDING IN 1/2 STEPS
      • TRY TO CONNECT THEM.

  • MELODIOUS & PROGRESSIVE STUDIES
  • 3/23/23 > Page 5, E Major > TEMPO=112. Practice & refine.
  • 10/6/22 > Page 4, Exercise #7, Tempo = 152
  • 10/6/22 > Page 4, Exercise #8. Tempo 8th=150
  • 5/14/22 > Page 8, #13 – Eb Major > Learn.

  • KLOSE > Exercise, Your choice. Don’t play the same one over & over.
      • TEMPO:  92=BPM
      • Play twice.
      • Catch and execute all articulations accurately.
      • Play at a “controlled speed” so you can “be in control”.
      • If you “slip” or have a “mishap” go back to the beginning of the line and work out the problem area(s).

  • JAZZ ETUDES
  • GORDON GOODWIN’S JAZZ DUETS >
      • 9/1-9/29 > LA ALMEJA PEQUENA > Tempo=126 or 144 > RHYTHM TRACK
      • JAZZ POLICE > Tempo=120 > PDF
      • TRACKS > GOOGLE DRIVE > LINK


  • PRACTICAL STUDIES
  • Review #35, Page 17
  • Review #42, Page 20

  • PARES SCALES:
  • Exercise: #83 @120-126 bpm | Review & Polish (8/28)
  • Practice straight & swing style
  • Exercise: #85 @120-126 bpm = 8th note | Review & Polish (8/28)
  • As you approach low notes rush, just a bit, the notes leading into the low note(s).
  • NEW: page 26-28?


  • ALL MINOR SCALES | PDF
  • April 30 > Harmonic Minor | Two Octaves * Start at C#
  • March 19 > Melodic Minor| Two Octaves
  • April 23 > Natural Minor | Two Octaves

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