LOYO CLARINET AUDITION
- 1. Background Information:
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- Please be prepared to introduce yourself with your full name.
- Your school, grade in school.
- How long you have been studying your instrument?
- The first and last name of your private teacher. (Mrs Cece Rubin)
- New musicians may be asked about previous ensemble experience (Sycamore Canyon & VCHB honor band).
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- Know the key and range of your scale: F Major (Eb concert) – 2 octaves
- Composer and title of your solo piece: “Allegretto Grazioso” by Johannes Brahms
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- Your choice of 2–3 minutes of solo repertoire without accompaniment. You may choose solo excerpts from 1 to 2 solo pieces and cut anywhere you choose. You may make any cuts you like in your solo repertoire. Please choose selections that demonstrate your technical AND lyrical ability.Your solo excerpts should generally be of a greater technical level than the orchestra excerpt you are auditioning with.
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- Orchestral excerpts (see below)
- PDF > go to page 4
- Solo selection #1 – Allegretto Grazioso > YouTube
- Solo selection #2 – Pathetique > YouTube
- Carmen Suite 1 Aragonaise Clarinet
- Pirates of the Caribbean > YouTube
MUSIC LESSON focus:
- WARM-UPS (see below)
WARM UP
- Practical Studies
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- Page 11 > 3 exercises: Scale Exercise, Exercise in Thirds, Chord Exercise
- Sept 9 – Page 9, Exercise #11: * clap & count >> then play >> tempo =108
- Sept 9 – Page 9, Exercise #12: * clap & count >> then play >> tempo = 104
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- CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF
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- 3 note slurs, then 6 & 12. THEN top-middle-bottom lines. THEN ALL in one breath?
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- Ab & C Major Scales > honor band 2025 > PDF
- Scene & Air > PDF
- KLOSE & KROPSCH > PDF
PRACTICAL STUDIES
- PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO:
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- 4 bar breathing.
- Articulations
- Watch out for messy fingerings. “Snags” on note transitions. Also called “unwritten grace notes”.
- Repeat difficult measures.
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- REBUILDING GOOD TONE! — 8/25/24 – TONE BUILDING > PAGE 5, Exercise #3
REVIEW PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS BELOW
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- 6/21
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- NEW: Page 9, exercise #10
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- 5/5 & 6/15 – See below
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- New: page 8, exercise #9 > Tempo: 72-76 bpm
- New: page 9, exercise #10 > Tempo: 72-76 bpm.
- PREVIEW: page 9, exercise #11 & #12
- New: page 8, exercise #9 > Tempo: 72-76 bpm
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- 4/28 – Page7 >
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- Exercise B / scale: 121-12321-1234321-123454321–etc
- Exercise C / If you make a mistake, go back to the beginning of that line. Or “pro-practicing” – – go the beginning of the whole song or exercise!
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- 6/21
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BAND MUSIC
MAJOR SCALES
- GRAND MASTER SCALE SHEET
- USE “1-2-1” PATTERN
- 6/16 – Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, Db & Gb
CHALLENGING MUSIC
- LORD OF THE RINGS, TWO TOWERS
- HARRY POTTER, HIGHLIGHTS
- RAIDERS / Lavendar (more advanced)
- RAIDERS / Bocook (yellow)
- GREATEST SHOWMAN
- MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
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- Work on rhythm measure #84 > Clap & Count > then play!
- PDF MUSIC
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- THE THUNDERER
- CHORALES, FANFARE AND VARIATIONS
- PROCESSION OF THE NOBLES
CHROMATIC SCALE
- ALWAYS START with the 3 note slur pattern with a pause. You can use your fingering chart. “It’s not cheating!”
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- Then 6 note slurs pattern.
- Then you can try as many as you can.
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- Hold your TOP note and use the tuner to light the screen up in green!
- Download the T1 tuner app.
HONOR BAND SOLO 2025
- MAJOR SCALES: Important to use the correct articulation and play it super clean. Be able to name notes while fingering those notes.
- Scene & Air > PDF
- Young musicians (which means YOU can do it too!):
- Orchestra Version: Part 1: YouTube / Part 2: YouTube
- Piano / Clarinet: Part 1: YouTube / Part 2: YouTube
SUPER ADVANCED CLARINET SOLO:
- MOZART K622 CONCERTO (future) > PDF
CLARINET RESOURCES
- GRAND MASTER SCALES | PDF
- CHROMATIC SCALE (ms) | PDF
- CLARINET FINGERING CHART | PDF
- CLARINET MAJOR SCALES (High School level) | PDF
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS | PDF
VCHB MUSIC
- COCONUT SHRIMP ISLAND
- THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
- WATER’S EDGE
- LORD OF THE RINGS > (LOOK FOR AUDIO LINK)
- Military Escort
SYCAMORE CANYON / JAZZ
- BAND-O-RAMA
- CARAVAN
- Tenor Solo > YouTube
- Disney’s Magic Kingdom
- FRENCH QUARTER JAZZ
- >> Practice Track for Solo > wav file
- APACHE > YouTube
- A FALCON SOARS > YouTube
- OYE COMO VA > YouTube