SUNDAYS | 10:30am | Skype
JANUARY 24, 2021
Captain Ferber | PDF | YouTube | YouTube
JANUARY 10 & 17, 2021
- Luminescence | PDF | YouTube | SCORE ONLINE * enlarge the score and use arrows to page back and forth
- Heavenly Light | PDF | YouTube1 | YouTube 2 | YouTube 3
- Heavenly/Luminescence | YouTube
JANUARY 3, 2021
- CHROMATIC SCALE > EVERYDAY! PDF
- KLOSE > Exercise #4, 12, 16 >
- Repeat 2-3 times.
- MIX it up/Rotate between those 3 exercises.
- JAZZ SOLO
- TWO MAJOR SCALES: HIGH SCHOOL VERSION | 12 Major Scales Saxophone
- ALL MINOR SCALES: PDF
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- Sept 20 – Natural Minor | 2-3 octaves
- Oct 18 – Melodic Minor | 2-3 octaves
- July 16- Harmonic Minor
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WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC:
- JAZZ BAND | Alto Sax
- SAXOPHONE MATERIALS
- CONCERT BAND | Bass Clarinet
CBDA 2022 | Set A > WHS Audition Music
—- Sonata in A, Benedetto Marcello | PDF
—- Bb BASS & CONTRABASS CLARINET
—- Sonata in A Minor, Marcello, ed. Hite (Southern)
- I. Adagio and Allegro: Beginning through m. 21 (learn @120)
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- 9/13 – Allegro portion, moving the metronome @112-168 <- goal
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- III. Allegro: m. 23 through End
PARES SCALES STUDIES
Key of D Major: #35-45
– Take repeat
– Use your metronome. Whole notes, set to a slow tempo like 66 bpm.
SELECTED STUDIES
10/18/2020 – Page 5 | Tempo=72 for the 8th note | Try to figure out the music theory.
JAZZ IMPROV
Improv – Write the chords. Write out modes you will use for each measure/chord. Play with backing track!
Blue Bossa, Take the A Train
ALL 12 MAJOR SCALES | FULL RANGE
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
Grand Master Scales
12 Major Scales Clarinet
NATURAL, HARMONIC, MINOR SCALES
SAXOPHONE / JAZZ
- CHROMATIC SCALE > EVERYDAY!
- KLOSE > Exercise #4 (page 6)
- BIG BAND SONGS | BELOW:
- Count Bubba’s Revenge | PDF | Audio | YouTube
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- Practice with the track at 100% speed.
- Articulations > match the trumpets & if you can hear the altos.
- Aggressive song > match the energy.
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- Flight of the Foo Birds (Arr: Roy Phillippe) | PDF | Audio | YouTube1 | YouTube2 | YouTube3
- Shuffle Stop | Arr: Mike Kamuf) | PDF | Audio | YouTube
- Sticks | Arr: Mike Kamuf | PDF | Audio | YouTube
- Step Lightly (Mike Kamuf) | PDF | Audio | YouTube