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CLARINET LESSON / FOCUS

HONOR BAND > SCSBOA Submission Deadline: November 20, 11:59 PM
- - MEMORIZE for a better recording >> Ab & G scales need to be very close to 96bpm (fast!)
  - Chromatic > all in ONE BREATH > 96bpm or faster (faster is easier)
REVIEW Clarinet embouchure video > click
Long tones on a scale or scales.
- - 16 beats > 8 beats crescend / 8 (or) MORE beats decresending to nothingness.
  - Metronome = 60 bpm (opt 70 bpm)
  - Start from a whisper (minimal air) – then hold for 4 beats, then crescend – and get to 30db (decibels) then decrescendo until it fades out
    - - 10/14 – Your LOW A, Bb, B, C — Then middle B, C, D, E, F, G
      - 10/7 – Concert D
Agoura Audition scales:
- - Concert G, D & Ab (full range). All in one breath.
  - G chromatic & D chromatic
9/9/25 – “Air Starts” on high notes. Practical Studies. F Major Scale Etude.

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.
- Clarinet etude: Allegretto Grazioso > Melody > Melody/Slower > Piano Track
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.

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