LESSON OVERVIEW:
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JANUARY 11, 2021
- ADIRONDACK FESTIVAL OVERTURE | PDF | YouTube | Audio
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- YouTube at measure #113.
- YouTube at measure #113.
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- CLARINET >> Major/ Natural Minor Scales in the “Circle of 5th” pattern.
- START on any Major Scale.
- Play that scale up and back.
- Walk down four-1/2 steps to find your relative minor.
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- Or the 6th note of the major scale.
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- THEN walk down two-1/2 steps (a whole step) to find your NEXT MAJOR SCALE.
- Keep practicing this and it will come to you without not much thought – and you will “hear it”.
- ADIRONDACK FESTIVAL OVERTURE | PDF | YouTube | Audio
SAXOPHONE ASSIGNMENTS
CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE SOLO
Tableaux de Provence | PDF
CLASSICAL CLARINET SOLO
Concertino (G. Tartini) | PDF
I. Grave | Tempo, 8th note = 60 (or 63) | YouTube
II. Allegro Molto | Tempo + ______ | YouTube
JAZZ A | BIG BAND CHARTS
Along Came Betty | PDF | Audio | YouTube | Drum Track (120)
Avenue 88 B | PDF | Audio
Take 5 | PDF | Audio
AHS JAZZ A – WORK ON Bb or F Blues
Val’s Blues > Cannonball Adderley | PDF | YouTube | Tempo = 112 or faster
AHS JAZZ A / Assignments from Mr. Hackett
Blues Exercises (for Alto) | PDF
AHS JAZZ TRANSCRIBING
Jackie McLean (Bb Blues) – 7:24 “Filidé” | Solo Image | Solo cued up| 2nd chorus cued up
- “JAZZ A” SUMMER STUDY ASSIGNMENT:
- Learn 2-3 choruses of a of F Blues or Bb Blues solo that you either transcribed or used a transcription to learn.
- Be able to play it along with the recording.
- Join the Jazz A Remind: https://www.remind.com/join/jazzyahs
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NEW: ALL MINOR SCALES | LINK
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- 12/7/20 – Melodic Minors | 2 octaves
- 9/7/20 – Harmonic Minors | 1 octave
- 8/17/20 – Natural Minors | 1 octave
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CHROMATIC SCALE / FULL RANGE as shown below
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- Warm up with 6 note slur up and back a few times: Bb1 to D#1 (loop)
- Start with 3 note slurs. Then 6 note slurs, then 12
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- 12 MAJOR SCALES / FULL RANGE
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- Follow the Circle of Fifths
- Repeat the more difficult ones a few times in a row to acquire “muscle memory”
- Try to wean yourself off of scale sheets and the circle of fifths and play from MEMORY
- Challenge: Play your scales, full range, starting on low Bb and go up in 1/2 steps.
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KLOSE / 25 DAILY STUDIES
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- Exercises: #4, 11, 12 & 16
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PRACTICAL STUDIES
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- Page 9 | #16, 17
- Page 10 | #18-20
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PARES SCALES
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- Exercises: #1 to 11 / “Key of C Major”
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MEMORIZATION / JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION
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- JUNE 2020 – Phil Wood’s “Webb City” Transcription
- Work out rhythm – Measures 56, 57 & 58
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JAZZ TRANSCRIPTIONS:
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- Jackie McLean’s “Not So Strange Blues” | Alto Solo Image | * class assignment (9/10/19)
- Art Pepper’s “ Blue Bossa” | Solo Image (8th/9th grade)
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BOOKS TO ORDER:
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- Baermann Clarinet Studies, High School Level Music > Amazon
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- PDF … see below
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- Baermann Clarinet Studies, High School Level Music > Amazon
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CLARINET ASSIGNMENTS
- AHS WIND 2 – BAND PIECES
- CHROMATIC SCALE
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- Fingering chart – click here
- 3 note slurs / 6 note slurs / 12 note slurs
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- 12 MAJOR SCALES | click here
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- 6/17/20 – Page 1 – C to Db / Page 2 – G to A
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- CLARINET ETUDES > BAERMANN | PDF
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- December 21, 2020
- Page 32/33: #11 > 8th = 100-108 // #12 > chords
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