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AHS AUDITION > Recordings Due: Friday, May 22nd

CLARINET / CONCERT BAND

A Classical Etude, Concerto or an Intermediate Piece of repertoire on your instrument containing lyrical and technical passages. > MOZART K622
WIND HONOR SCALES > LINK
Wind II — Concert Ab, G and D Major the full range of your instrument + Chromatic Scale (E1 to E4 and back)
- - Bb1 to F4 to F1 to Bb1 <– hold last note
  - A1 to E4 to E1 to A1 <— hold last note
  - E1 to E4 to E1 <– hold last note
Chromatic scale one octave. Bonus – play 3 octaves! *Use your chromatic fingerings.

JAZZ TENOR > Jazz III (Jazz B)

- - Play the following major scales the full range of your instrument: Ab, G and D Major and a chromatic scale one octave.
  - Prepare a short classical etude on Tenor Sax > C major & A minor (progressive studies)
  - Play the melody for “Tenor Madness” once — and prepare/play two choruses of a 12 bar Bb blues solo using transcribed licks. Then play the melody one more time
    Download the music: HERE
  - Participation in Marching Band, Wind Ensemble I/II is highly encouraged.

GREAT concert performance on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YT_63UntRJE
YouTube (solo / part 1 / allegro)
1. 1. With piano > https://youtu.be/zrqrDo91a58?t=16
YouTube (solo / part 2 / allegro)
1. 1. With piano > https://youtu.be/zrqrDo91a58?t=102
YouTube (solo / part 3 / adagio)
1. 1. With piano > https://youtu.be/Wc5mG0iNaPY
YouTube (solo / part 4 / rondo)

CLARINET / CONCERT BAND
- Concert Ab, G and D Major the full range of your instrument + Chromatic Scale (E1 to E4 and back)
  - - Bb1 to F4 to F1 to Bb1 <– hold last note
    - A1 to E4 to E1 to A1 <— hold last note
    - E1 to E4 to E1 <– hold last note
- Chromatic scale one octave. Bonus – play 3 octaves! *Use your chromatic fingerings.
JAZZ TENOR > Jazz III (Jazz B)
- - - Play the following major scales the full range of your instrument: Ab, G and D Major and a chromatic scale one octave.
    - Prepare a short classical etude on Tenor Sax > C major & A minor (progressive studies)
    - Play the melody for “Tenor Madness” once — and prepare/play two choruses of a 12 bar Bb blues solo using transcribed licks. Then play the melody one more time
      Download the music: HERE
    - Participation in Marching Band, Wind Ensemble I/II is highly encouraged.

CHROMATIC SCALE > 12/2/25
- - Pay attention to the fingerings.
  - Permissions to overblow high notes, just for now.
FLEX EXERCISE > 12/2/25
- - Don’t overblow.
  - Try to find where it will “crack” just before finding the proper placement
  - The embouchure change should be very minimal for GREAT flute tone.
SICILIANA AND GIGA
- - Siciliana > YouTube
  - Giga > YouTube

WARM-UP
- - CHROMATIC SCALE > (3, 6 & 12-note slurs. Up / Down in one breath. Then ALL in one breath!
  - SAXOPHONE DAILY STUDY / KLOSE – Page 6, #4 > PDF
SKILL TRAINING
- - PRACTICAL STUDIES > PDF
  - ALL 12 Major Scales
LESSON FOCUS:
- - Practice outlining your blues chords > YouTube1 > YouTube2
  - NEW: NEVERMORE
  - Winter Winds on YouTube
CLARINET
- - HONOR BAND > Allegretto Grazioso> Tempo=80, 90, 100, 108, 112, 120, 124, 130
    - - Learn the Melody: YouTube
      - Piano accompaniment: YouTube
TENOR SAXOPHONE:
- - WARM-UP by playing your chromatic scale up and back over, while learning to “memorize” those notes.
  - LONG TONES > Set your metronome to 60 – and keep score on how many beats you can hold the notes for.
  - BLUES SCALE > Practice the Bb concert blues scale, by just playing it up and back over and over to get “muscle memory”.
  - New fingering! The Bb “bis” fingering for speed and smoothness in your playing and eventual “soloing”
DOUBLE TONGUING VIDEO: YouTube