AUDITION INFO FOR AHS
- Prepare the Wind Ensemble Honors Requirements.
- From memory, play the melody to “Take The “A” Train” and Improvise 1-2 choruses over the chord changes.
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- Chad LB > A Train/YouTube
- Transcription
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- Prepare at least 1 unaccompanied chorus of a Transcription by someone on your instrument > FRIED BANANAS – DEXTER GORDON > YouTube
- Improvise over 1-2 choruses of a Bb Blues > TENOR MADNESS
- Participation in a classical course (Wind Ensemble, Choir, Orchestra) is highly encouraged.
WIND HONORS:
- Perform a Concerto or an Advanced Piece of solo repertoire on your instrument containing lyrical and technical passages > First Concertino for Tenor Saxophone
- HONOR BAND SCALES > SET A SCALES
- CLARINET > C Major Etude.
ii-V-I: BUILDING IMPROV VOCABULARY
- CLIFFORD BROWN / PENT-UP > TRANSPOSING IN ALL KEYS
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- 10/4 – MEMORIZING THE ORIGINAL LICK
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JAZZ STUDIES
- AHS JAZZ A
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- Easy Money > Trombone Solo > YouTube
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LESSON OVERVIEW
- KLOSE > STRENGTH & EMBOUCHURE BUILDING:
- Exercise #4
- Exercise #11
- NEW: Exercise #12 > Page 14
- NEW: Exercise #13 > Page 15
- Exercise #16
SCALES / MAJOR & CHROMATIC
- CHROMATIC SCALE > HS HONOR BAND > 3 NOTE SLUR WITH PAUSE | PDF
- SAXOPHONE 12 MAJOR SCALES
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- TWO OCTAVES: PDF
- ONE OCTAVE MAJOR SCALES (Grand Master Scales): PDF
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- AGOURA ANNUAL AUDITION: FULL RANGE
- Aim for all in one breath. One long slur. Fermata on the last note.
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- CLARINET STUDIES > ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS (PDF) & RUBANK (PDF)
SCALES: MAJOR, MINOR, CHROMATIC & MODES
SAXOPHONE MATERIALS & OTHER MUSICAL INFORMATION:
CLARINET MATERIALS & TECHNICAL PRACTICE MATERIALS
- Mozart K622 > LINK
2024 – LA JAZZ SOCIETY AUDITION
- AUTUMN LEAVES > PDF
- BILLIE’S BOUNCE > F BLUES > PDF
