DECEMBER 20, 2020

SCSBOA Auditions due:  February 5, 2021 at 11:59 PM

ALTO SAXOPHONE | JAZZ MIDDLE SCHOOL

• KLOSE > TONE & TECHNIQUE BUILDING | PDF

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  SCSBOA JAZZ 2020 > SET D | PDF

  • • Etude 1:   Swing Drums @112 | LINK
    • Etude 2:  Ballad @64 | LINK
    • Etude 3: Latin Drums @84/168 | LINK

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Honor Jazz Band (6-9) Audition Directions

• 1. Winds:  Chromatic Scale: Lowest note to highest comfortable note and back down. Perform at a comfortable tempo.
• 2. Etudes (George Stone) > Please play the etudes in any order
  • • Saxophones (separate for alto, tenor, and bari): Swing, Ballad, Latin
• 3. Improvisation (All instruments except drums)
  • • “A Little of This” (F Blues) from “Volume 42: Blues in All Keys” by Jamey Aebersold
    • Brass/Saxophone players: Play the head and solo over 2-4 choruses

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IMPROVISATION

• • • “A Little of This” (F Blues) | PDF | MP3
    • Play the melody and solo over 2-4 choruses

JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS

• Gavin R > Now’s the Time > Namm solo artist (?) | PDF | YouTube (5:04)

• Flight of the Foo Birds  | PDF | Audio | YouTube
  • • PLAY from M9 to M19.
    • Print it out. Write out the rhythm from M19 to M25.
• Count Bubba’s Revenge | PDF | Audio | YouTube
• Step Lightly (Mike Kamuf) | PDF | Audio | YouTube

ALTO SAX | HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICAL

• SCSBOA SCALES | PDF
• ALTO SAXOPHONE SOLO EXCERPTS | PDF
• Sonata Op. 19, Creston (Shawnee)
  • • I – With VIGOR > Beginning to m. 22 | YouTube | YouTube
    • II – with TRANQUILITY >  m. 35 to End | YouTube
    • III – with GAITY >  Beginning to m. 39 | YouTube
    • CHALLENGE: Play with backing track on YouTube