HEIDI’S MUSIC PAGE

BACK TO BASICS!

  • LONG TONES with a metronome set to 60.
  • Scales
      • 12 MAJOR SCALES > TWO octave on PDF
      • January 14 – Working on sharps > two octaves:  G, D, A, E
  • January 7, 2026 
      • Practical Studies, Page 11, #21. Name notes with fingerings. Play short phrases over and over until you “get it”

LESSON FOCUS

  • BAND SONGS
  • EXTRA SONGS
  •  KLOSE – 25 Daily Practical Studies
      • 9/24/24 – Page 26, #22
      • 8/12/2025 – Page 11, #9– Practice ALL of this every time. Watch out for accidentals.
      • 8/5/2025 – Page 15, #13 — beginning to measure #46
  • SOLO WORK > “All The Things You Are” Phil Woods transcription. 
      • 8/5/2025 – measures 1 to 17
  • Arpeggios – Pares Scales book – Page 41 (paper clip)

NPHS AUDITION – 2026

1.  Full range chromatic scale (as much as you can play). CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF
2.  Concert F, Bb, Eb, Major Scales (2 octaves if you can, otherwise 1 octave is fine)
3.  Play any piece of music that you can read and play well.  Please bring a copy of the piece with you.
4.  Sight-reading (music provided at the audition)

 

LESSON FOCUS

  • 5/28/25 – Recitative & Allegro
  • 10/9 & 10/16 – Practical Studies > Exercises #9 & 10

MAJOR SCALES USING THE 1-2-1 PATTERN

  • (5/29) – Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, F, 

PRACTICAL STUDIES
REVIEW & REPEAT EACH ONE 2-3 times in a row.

  • 10/9/24: Page 6, #9
  • 10/3/24:  Page 4, #3 & Page 5, #7

SAXOPHONE RESOURCES

  • FINGERING CHART > PDF
  • WARM-UP/TONE BUILDERS > PDF
  • 12 MAJOR SCALES > PDF
  • CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF
  • CHRISTMAS SONGS > PDF

CONEJO SUMMER BAND CAMP

BAND MUSIC / PAST YEARS

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