AHS JAZZ
- SOUL STATION > writing a solo
- FRIED PIES
- SO WHAT – Work on your solo — OR — memorize your solo!
- Bb Blues Solo (new as of 10/14/24) — need 2nd chorus!
- Softly as a Morning Sunrise – Writing a solo
LESSON OVERVIEW
- LONG TONES > READ DISCUSSION NOTE > LINK
- ALL 12 MAJOR SCALES – with HB articulations
- THE CHANT SOLO > YouTube
- MARCH OF THE TROLLS > YouTube
AGOURA AUDITION 2025 | SET A
- TABLEAUX DE PROVENCE > MOVEMENTS 1 & 2. OPTIONAL #3
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- MOVEMENT 1: YouTube 1, YouTube 2, YouTube3
- MOVEMENT 2: YouTube1, YouTube 2
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- Concert _____________________________
- Jazz II (Jazz A) – AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
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- Wind players: complete the classical audition requirements for Wind Ensemble II or Honors
- Perform 1-2 choruses of a solo to the tune “Jordu” – LEAD
- Play the tune “Tenor Madness” and prepare two choruses of a 12 bar Bb blues solo using transcribed licks from a single or several legendary Jazz artists on your instrument.
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- Tenor Madness Lead-sheet Folder HERE
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- “MEMORIZE” a Jazz Transcription > Shaw Nuff, Phil Woods > YouTube
- Chromatic Scale
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- Jazz A > Concert Ab, G & D > full range
- Studio > Honor Scales
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EVERYDAY / WARMUP & DAILY MAINTENANCE
- MAJOR SCALE STUDIES > FULL RANGE
- Circle of Fifths | PDF
- Two Octave Scales | PDF
- GRAND MASTER SCALE > PDF
- Modes & Scales > PDF
PRACTICAL STUDIES
- Page 4 – Exercises #3, 4, 5
- Page 5 – Exercise #6, 7, 8
25 DAILY STUDIES > KLOSE BOOK
LCMS JAZZ
- Centerpiece / Mike Story > Solo-PDF > YouTube
- Peter Gunn > Practice your solo to this track > YouTube
- THE CHANT
- NIGHT IN TUNISIA
- BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE
- Boogie Stop MP3
- GHOST WRITER
COMMUNITY BAND
- FINGERING CHART > PDF
- FINGERING CHART (YAMAHA) > PDF
- TONE BUILDING > Try a new exercise each day (repeat 2-3x)
- MEMORIZING A TRANSCRIPTION (6.12.23) > PDF
- CRESTON > Tempo = 72
TRANSCRIBING
ADVANCED JAZZ – 1st Alto parts
- BLUE TIGER > Audio
- Flight of the Foo Birds | PDF | Audio | YouTube
- Count Bubba’s Revenge | PDF | Audio | YouTube
- Step Lightly (Mike Kamuf) | PDF | Audio | YouTube
- MORE CHARTS GO TO THIS LINK
- FUN MUSIC/SOLOS
- SIMPSONS > PDF
- FLINTSTONES > PDF
- STAR WARS > PDF
- JURASSIC PARK > PDF
- CHRISTMAS SONGS > PDF