TENOR SAXOPHONE ASSIGNMENTS
- GORDON GOODWIN JAZZ DUETS
- 9/22 – JAZZ POLICE
- NPHS JAZZ
- FREDDIE FREELOADER > YouTube
- PICK YOURSELF UP > AUDIO
- LADY BIRD > YouTube
- AUGUST 27 > PDF
- ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY > YouTube
- ARNGE DRANK > YouTube
- COLE MINOR BLUES > audio > YouTube1
- WARM-UP & TONE BUILDING
- NEW > 1 octave major scales starting on LOW C going up in 1/2 step
- KLOSE > #16 – For tone building
- KLOSE > 17, 14 & 13
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- PLAY TWICE > SLOWER, MORE RELAXED MANNER. MORE MUSICAL.
- IDENTIFY MINOR SCALES & CHORDS ANALYZING REPETITIVE NOTES/PHRASE/IDEAS/MEASURES.
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- DEXTER GORDON TRANSCRIPTIONS > MEMORIZED
- JIM SNIDERO / INTERMEDIATE JAZZ CONCEPTION | ALL TRACKS/DROPBOX
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- JULY 7 – SPLANK STREET
- AUGUST 5 – MELON ISLAND
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- HARMONIC MODES & CHORDS
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- Harmonic Minors > Scales & Modes > PDF
- Keys completed: D, G, C, A, E, B
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- HONOR BAND JAZZ ETUDES > LINK
- NEW > JAZZ DUETS BY GORDON GOODWIN
- MELODIOUS STUDIES
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- August 5> Page 6, Exercise 13 > Eb Major > Tempo= 72-116
- August 5 > Page 7, Exercise 14 > C Minor > Tempo/8th= 120
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- SCALES/MODES & CHORDS
- 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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- GIAMPIERI
- KLOSE | 25 DAILY STUDIES
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- 07/14/2021 > #13 > Play 2x > Steady beat.
- 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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MINOR SCALES | LINK
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- 4/2 – Natural Minors > FULL RANGE
- 4/30 – Harmonic Minors > FULL RANGE
- 7/24 – Melodic Minors > Only 1 or 2 octaves
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- NPHS JAZZ SONGS
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- 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)
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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
- NPHS – COMBO SONGS TO LEARN
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- Eternal Triangle | PDF | YouTube | Sonny Rollins Video Solo
- Way Out West | Sonny Rollins book
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CBDA JAZZ | PDF – ALL ETUDES
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- 9/11 – Swing Etude | MP3
- 9/11 – Latin Etude | MP3
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HARMONIC MODES & CHORDS
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- Harmonic Minors > Scales & Modes > PDF
- Keys completed: D, G, C, A, E, B
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- Jim SNIDERO JAZZ BOOK > EASY JAZZ CONCEPTIONS
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- 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.
- “Love is Easy” – Practice with a swing track from my website & the backing track.
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- JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION | TAKEDOWNS:
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- Dexter Gordon | Billie’s Bounce | Solo Image | Play with YouTube Recording
- Dexter Gordon | Billie’s Bounce | Solo Image | Play with YouTube Recording
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- JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS | WRITTEN TRANSCRIPTIONS
