MARCO’S MUSIC LESSONS

REAL BOOK STANDARDS / IMPROV

  • Feb 5 > A Train
  • Jan 15 > Blue Bossa
  • FUTURE:
      • Have You Met Miss Jones
      • The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
      • All The Things You Are – or – There Will Never Be Another You

AGOURA AUDITIONS – 2026/27

      • Honor Band Scales, Set A > LINK
          • Ab Maj / F melodic & E Maj / C melodic
      • Sonata in C Minor, Telemann, ed. Voxman
          • I. Allegro: Beginning to m. 31
          • II. Adagio: All (play lower staff)
          • V. Allegro: All (no repeats)
      • Prepare the Wind Ensemble Honors Requirements > Contest Caprice > PDF
      • MEMORIZE (3/4/25) > transcription from a legend > Cheesecake > PDF
      • Improvise over 1-2 choruses of a Bb Blues > (Tenor Madness) > Lead-sheet Folder > HERE
      • HS Chromatic Scale (Low Bb to high F)
      • ULTRAPOLATION EXERCISES > PAGE 52 & 53 (Stopped on #408)

AGOURA — CLARINET DOUBLES AUDITION

  • Perform a classical Etude, Concerto or an Intermediate Piece of repertoire on your instrument containing lyrical and technical passages.
  • (Clarinet is encouraged for Jazz Saxophonists.)
      • Honor Band Scale

  • Clarinet Embouchure Checklist

  • CLARINET PRACTICE LIST:
      • Long Tones > as many notes as possible > work on registers > play low then the equivalent fingering with reg key. 
      • Tone Builder & Going Over the Break > as marked > 
      • Right-Hand Preparatory Exercises > as marked> 
      • Essential Elements > Clarinet > play from Page 6 — repeating each exercise and see how far you can get. 

JAZZ STUFF!

  • CHEESECAKE SOLO BY DEXTER GORDON > PDF > YouTube
  • SCALES, MODES & CHORDS > 7/3/23
  • HOW DID THESE TEENAGERS GET TO BE SO GOOD! > YouTube

TECHNICAL STUDIES / MUSICIANSHIP

  • LONG TONES > READ DISCUSSION NOTE > LINK
  • ONLINE METRONOME > LINK
  • FINGERING CHART > PDF
  • LONG TONE SCORECARD > PDF
  • CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF
      • Feb 7 – 3 note slurs with a pause. Memorize top line ending on high D fermata.

 

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