HEIDI’S MUSIC PAGE

LESSON FOCUS

  • KLOSE – 25 Daily Practical Studies
      • 8/12/2025 – Klose #9, Page 11 — Practice ALL of this every time. Watch out for accidentals.
      • 8/5/2025 – Klose # 13, Page 15 — beginning to measure #46
  • NEW:  “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)

WARMUP – LONG TONES

  • 3/26 —- 2 octave scales > use “SAXOPHONE – ALL 12 MAJOR”
  • Soft as possible
  • With a tuner.
  • Set your metronome to 60 and write down your number on your scorecard.
  • PRACTICE should be 1 hour a day.
  • Klose #11, 16, 14. 
      • On March 14th, Heidi got to line “I”

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

LONG TONES

  • Soft as possible
  • With a tuner.
  • Set your metronome to 60 and write down your number on your scorecard.

PARES SCALES

  • APRIL 10 – Page 2, Exercise #3
  • JANUARY 24 – Page 2, Exercise #2

SAXOPHONE RESOURCES

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

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