** ALL BLUE LINKS ARE HYPERLINK resources – click on them!
MARCH | LESSON OVERVIEW
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- The Marches of John Williams arranged by Johnnie Vinson (m104-end) | PDF | YouTube
- CHROMATIC SCALE
- 1 OCTAVE CHROMATIC SCALES walking up (or) down in 1/2 note steps.
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- Starting on Low D. Two beat per note, unless you’re feeling confident about going faster.
- Up & down ONE OCTAVE
- Walk up in 1/2 steps. (D, Eb, E, F . . . etc).
- NAME NOTES using sharp ascending, flats descending.
- Don’t play the scales until you can name the note correctly.
- SAXOPHONE FINGERING CHART: PDF
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- WARM-UPS, MANY OPTIONS
MS & HS Honor Band | PDF |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 = 104KLOSE #15 – with articulations! Revisit the last line.
- KLOSE | 25 DAILY EXERCISES
SHUFFLE THROUGH EXERCISES #13-15- Exercise #17 > Page 19 > April 18
- Exercise #16 > Page 18 > March 14
- Exercise #15 > Page 17
- Exercise #14 > Page 16
- Review #13 > Page 15
CONCERT BAND MUSIC
- FREEDOM’S LIGHT | PDF | YouTube
- CHALLENGE TO THE SKY & HEAVENS ABOVE | PDF | YouTube | Audio
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- Start at measure 20 | Tempo=108
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- RIPTIDE (Katahj Copley Music) | PDF | YouTube
- OFF THE EDGE | PDF | YouTube
JAZZ BAND MUSIC
MRS FRUELING’S SYLLABUS:
MINOR SCALES | LINK
** Start at the bottom and work your way up
July 1 — Natural Minor > Green notes > G minor to C# minorJuly 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
SHUFFLE THROUGH EXERCISES #13-15
—– Page 17 – Exercise #15
—– Page 16 – Exercise #14
—– Page 15 – Review #13
MOVIE FAVORITES | PDF MUSIC
— Raider’s March
OTHER “FUN” MUSIC
Mario Brothers Theme | PDF MUSIC
METRONOME ONLINE – click here
MATERIALS | PDF LINKS
- CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
- CHROMATIC SCALE
- SAXOPHONE FINGERING CHART
- Grand Master Scales
- 12 Major Scales Clarinet
- 12 Major Scales Saxophone
- Major Scales, Modes & Chords
- Harmonic Scales, Modes & Chords
- Melodic Minor Scales, Modes & Chords
MRS FRUELING MUSIC MATERIALS:
- 12-major-scales-e-flat-saxophone
- 2020-21 Int Rhythms
- Alto Sax bronze
- Alto Sax Gold
- Alto Sax platinum
- Alto Sax silver
- Copy of _eb_saxophone_levels