DANIAL’S PRACTICE PAGE

WHS JAZZ AUDITIONS / AUGUST 2026

  • Tunes / Skylark & Satin Doll
    • Submit two contrasting jazz standards (ballad and swing, blues and straight 8th, etc.)
    • Play melody and improvise 2 choruses (with a backing track is preferred)
  • SCALES:
  • 6 major scales (your choice), one to two octaves, ascending and descending. Play each scale twice—
      • as quarter notes = 120-160
      • as eighth notes (twice as fast) = 120-160
  • • Blues scales. Choose 4 different keys.
    o Treble Clef Scale & Chord Arpeggio Examples

 

  • Chord arpeggios (tempo of your choice):
      • 6 examples from the following arpeggios: one octave, ascending and descending. We
        suggest examples in Bb, C, F or G but the choice is yours. Choose your own
        comfortable tempo.
      • Examples to choose from:
        ◦ Major triad
        ◦ Minor triad
        ◦ Dom. 7th
        ◦ Minor 7th
        ◦ Diminished 7th
        ◦ Augmented 7th
        ◦ Major 7th
        (See Bass/Treble Clef Scale & Chord Arpeggios Examples link above)

 

  • Skylark ballad / Satin Doll – swing

BACKING TRACK

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