LESSON FOCUS:
BAND SONGS (youtube links)
- CAN SANTA CAN CAN
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
- A CHANUKAH FESTIVAL
- OOMPA LOOMPA
- 10/23/24 – KLOSE #4
- 10/3/24
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- MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
- WATERMELON MAN (KAMUF)
- MERCY, MERCY
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
- Test > LINK
- HEROES OF THE GALAXY
- MAJESTICA
- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
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- 9/18/24
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- Ab Concert Scale. Make sure all your “Bs” are “Bb”
- Test: Pirates – Measure #16 to 40
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- 9/11/24
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- Honor Band Chromatic scale (not the school version)
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- D1 TO D3 > 3 and 6 note slurs with a pause.
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- Saxophone Warm-up and Tone Builder
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- Tone 1st notes of each slur
- Watch out for key signature
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- Honor Band Chromatic scale (not the school version)
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- 9/4/24
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- ALL YOUR BAND SCALES > Concert F, Bb, Eb & Ab + Chromatic
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- REVIEW AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
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- LONG TONES | *Use score sheet
- MAJOR SCALES and THIRDS > G Major & D Major (4/10/24)
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SKILL BUILDING
- KLOSE #4
- PRACTICAL STUDIES
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- — Page 3, Exercises #1 @82-88 bpm
- — Page 3, Exercise #2 — can you play low “E”
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Coming soon — Page 4, Exercise # 3, 4, 5 > Tempo =74
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BAND SONGS (youtube links)
PRACTICAL STUDIES (Intermediate-Advanced)
- Page 3, Exercises #1 & 2
- Page 4, Exercise # 3, 4, 5 > Tempo =74
SAXOPHONE RESOURCES
- COMPLETE CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF
- MASTER SCALES > PDF
- FINGERING CHART > PDF
- WARM-UP AND TONE BUILDER > PDF
- LONG TONE SCORECARD > PDF