TENOR SAXOPHONE ASSIGNMENTS

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• LESSON OVERVIEW | 01.08.2021
• LONG TONES with an “AIR START“.
  • • Don’t tongue notes.
    • SLOW to fast air. 
    • Tempo=60 / USE SCORECARD
    • Hold out until you’re blowing dust. SQUEEZE!!!!
    • Take in MORE air!!
      

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• GIAMPIERI > Will start these on April 16+
• Exercise #1
• Exercise #3

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• KLOSE | 25 DAILY STUDIES
• 03/05/2021 > #21 – Two pages. Allegro vivo
• 01/15/2021 > #22 – Two Pages!
• 01/08/2021 > LEARN: Exercise #19 > Tempo=108, 112, 116 or ?
• 01/08/2021 > REVIEW:  Exercise #18 > Tempo=152 > in 3/4 time

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• NPHS JAZZ SONGS
• Lullaby of Birdland | PDF | YouTube
• Sunny Side of the Street | PDF | Audio
• Third Bass Line | PDF | SOLO AUDIO | AUDIO
• Tempo=160 … work up to 180
• Recordame (Mike Kamuf) @126, 132, 138, 144, 152 | PDF | YouTube
• WRITE A NEW SOLO for the 2nd chorus!
• Watermelon Man (review & check). Watch out for measure #64
• Clicking the rhythm for W. Man from measure 70+
• Bob Mintzer (PDF) > Dorian Exercise #1 > Play with tracks I sent (80 & 100bpm)
• Audio @70bpm > 2nd page
• Audio @80bpm
• Audio @100bpm

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• NEWBURY PARK HS JAZZ
• Third Bass Line | PDF | AUDIO
• Flight of the Foo Birds | MP3
• Watermelon Man | PDF | YouTube | Dexter Gordon solo on YouTube
• Recordame (Mike Kamuf) @126, 132, 138, 144, 152 | PDF | YouTube
• WRITE A NEW SOLO for the 2nd chorus!
• Bob Mintzer | Playing the Changes | PDF | audio

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• NPHS – COMBO SONGS TO LEARN
  
  • • Eternal Triangle | PDF | YouTube | Sonny Rollins Video Solo
    • Way Out West | Sonny Rollins book

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• CBDA JAZZ | PDF – ALL ETUDES
  • • 9/11 – Swing Etude | MP3
    • 9/11 – Latin Etude | MP3

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• MINOR SCALES | LINK
  • • 4/2 – Natural Minors
    • 3/26 – Harmonic Minors > FULL RANGE
    • 7/24 – Melodic  Minors

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• CHORDS & SCALES 
  • • 8/7 – Harmonic Minors > Scales & Modes > PDF
    • 8/7 – Keys of D, G, C, A & E

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• Jim SNIDERO JAZZ BOOK > EASY JAZZ CONCEPTIONS
  • • LINK FOR ALL TRACKS:  click here
    • Bird’s Backyard | Tempo = 144 & 168 | Track 13 | Track 30 | Swing Drum Track
    • “US” – Watch out for rhythm & feel.

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• MELODIOUS STUDIES
  • • March 12 > Page 6, Exercise 10 >  C# Minor, Tempo = 50 (or 8th=152)
    • March 12 > Page 6, Exercise 11 >  Ab Major
      

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• SCALE EXERCISE
  • • Modes/Scales/Chords
    • All 12 Major Scales starting on low Bb and going up in 1/2 steps.
      

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• JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION | TAKEDOWNS:
  • • Dexter Gordon | Billie’s Bounce | Solo Image | Play with YouTube Recording
      

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• JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS | WRITTEN TRANSCRIPTIONS
  • BLOWIN’ FOR DOOTSIE / DEXTER GORDON > PDF
    • Play with the YouTube recording > slowing it down to .75 or .50 > LINK
    • Play with iRealPro backing track > TRACK

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• MARCH 12 >> APPLE JUMP / DEXTER GORDON > PDF
  • • Play with the YouTube recording > slowing it down to .75 or .50 > LINK
    • 132bpm > Play with iRealPro backing track > TRACK
      
    • Practice all the way to the triplet groups on page 4.

CLARINET MUSIC ASSIGNMENTS

BAERMANN CLARINET ETUDES
Page 31. Tempo = 160
Page 32, Tempo=120-132

SONATE (Saint Saens) / CBDA
Movement 1 > Working on the whole solo /  8th=144bpm
Movement 2 > Tempo =  128-138 (Learning tempo) // Beg to [2]
CBDA Scales – CLICK HERE    > AM, F#m, DbM, Bbmi

PARES SCALES
#39-45