TENOR SAXOPHONE ASSIGNMENTS
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- LESSON OVERVIEW | 01.08.2021
- LONG TONES with an “AIR START“.
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- 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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- KLOSE | 25 DAILY STUDIES
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- 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
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- Sunny Side of the Street | PDF | Audio
- Third Bass Line | PDF | AUDIO | Tempo=160 … work up to 180
- Recordame (Mike Kamuf) @126, 132, 138, 144, 152 | PDF | YouTube
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- WRITE A NEW SOLO for the 2nd chorus!
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- Watermelon Man (review & check). Watch out for measure #64
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- Clicking the rhythm for W. Man from measure 70+
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- Bob Mintzer (PDF) > Dorian Exercise #1 > Play with tracks I sent (80 & 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
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- WRITE A NEW SOLO for the 2nd chorus!
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- Bob Mintzer | Playing the Changes | PDF | audio
NPHS – COMBO SONGS TO LEARN
- Eternal Triangle | PDF | YouTube | Sonny Rollins Video Solo
- Way Out West | Sonny Rollins book
CBDA JAZZ | PDF – ALL ETUDES
– 9/11 – Swing Etude | MP3
– 9/11 – Latin Etude | MP3
MINOR SCALES | LINK
– 7/10 – Natural Minors
– 7/17 – Harmonic Minors
– 7/24 – Melodic Minors
CHORDS & SCALES
– 8/7 – Harmonic Minors > Scales & Modes > PDF
– 8/7 – Keys of D, G, C, A & E
KLOSE / 25 DAILY STUDIES
10/30 – #12 – Allegro
8/21 – #15 – Allegro Moderato
7/24 – #14, Vivo
OR >>> Pick a different one everytime you practice!
Jim SNIDERO JAZZ BOOK > EASY JAZZ CONCEPTIONS
- LINK FOR ALL TRACKS: click here
- December 18
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- Bird’s Backyard | Tempo = 144 & 168 | Track 13 | Track 30 | Swing Drum Track
- Loop M23-M25
- CLICK the whole exercise @96 with the swing drum track.
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- December 4
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- Prince Charming | Tempo = 128
- Click upbeats @120 w/metronome set to 3/4 time
- Measure 39 > replace E & G quarter notes with two 8th notes & alternate with sub-division and what is written.
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MELODIOUS STUDIES
Page 4 ————————-
– A Major, Tempo = 126/132/138
– F# Major, Tempo = 50 (or 8th=152)
SCALE EXERCISE
Modes/Scales/Chords
All 12 Major Scales starting on low Bb and going up in 1/2 steps.
JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION | TAKEDOWNS:
Dexter Gordon | Billie’s Bounce | Solo Image | Play with YouTube Recording
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
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
