RUTGER’S MUSIC ASSIGNMENTS

** ALL BLUE LINKS ARE HYPERLINK resources – click on them!

October 11 | Lesson Overview

  • LEVEL 2 | Set your metronome to 63
  • MRS FRUELING’S SYLLABUS:
    • Major Scales up to 4-sharps & 4-flats | Grand Master Scales > LINK
    • LEVELS | PDF
    • SAXOHONE FINGERING | PDF
    • STEP BY STEP BAND BOOK
        • Page 5 > #21 & 22
        • Page 6 > #23-26
        • Page 6 > #27 & 28 > Clap the Rhythms
    • STEP BY STEP BAND BOOK | Page 6 & 7
        • All exercises on both pages
  • CONCERT BAND MUSIC
  • Knights of Destiny | PDF | Audio
  • Highlights from Phantom of the Opera | PDF | Audio
  • WARM-UP
  • PDF | MS & HS Honor Band | Warm-up | Set: 3, 6 & 12 -note slurs with a pause.
  • First Practical Studies | Page 32 – All Exercises | PDF
  • First Practical Studies | Exercises #1 & 2 | Tempo = 104

MINOR SCALES | LINK
** Start at the bottom and work your way up
July 1 — Natural Minor > Green notes > G minor to C# minor
July 8 — Harmonic Minor > Red notes > G minor to C# minor
July 15 — Melodic Minor > BLUE notes> C minor to Eb minor
July 22 & July 29 – continute Melodic minor from Ab melodic into the sharp scales

MAJOR SCALES | ** Play every time you practice
Grand Master Scales  🢀  for alto sax
All 12 Major Scales  > 1 & 2 octaves
*** Play each scale twice in a row in ONE breath! 🢀🢀🢀

FIRST PRACTICAL STUDIES + Metronome 
REVIEW EVERY WEEK:
— Page 8 – #13 > Giocoso > Try to add staccatos on 8th notes > tempo = 100
— Page 8 – #14 >  Andante moderato > tempo = 76
August 23 / Page 9 – #15-17 
PRACTICAL STUDIES | BACK OF THE BOOK EXERCISES:
— Page 28 – Exercise #2 …. review #1 – no metronome
— Page 32: Exercise #1

KLOSE | 25 DAILY EXERCISES
REVIEW #13
LEARN & POLISH #14

MOVIE FAVORITES | PDF MUSIC
— Raider’s March

OTHER “FUN” MUSIC
Mario Brothers Theme | PDF MUSIC

METRONOME ONLINE – click here

MATERIALS | PDF LINKS

MRS FRUELING MUSIC MATERIALS: