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LESSON FOCUS

9/15 > Scene & Air. Playing lighter. Quick, short breath after 8th note followed by 16th pair.
9/10 > Concertino > Weber > pdf music listed below
9/4 – #11 >>> WARM-UP > KLOSE #4, 11 OR 12
9/4 – TENOR – HONOR JAZZ / SWING ETUDE WORKOUT

9/8 – COLINA 5-NOTE SCALE CHALLENGE > Use a timer > 50 seconds
Kropesch > Repeat 8 times – THEN play t he last measure > last note has a fermata!! > View the music: PDF
- - 9/8 – Exercise #2, 3 & 4
  - 9/1 – Exercise #1
KLOSE > page 13, #75-77 > View the music: PDF
VCHB Selections & Scales – Sept 1, 8
PRACTICAL STUDIES – Sightreading & Reading Skills
- - 9/8 – Exercise #29 & 32
  - 9/8 – Exercise #38 — work on this / review
  - 9/8 – Exercise #43 — work on this / review
Go over HS audition material > clarinet solo

CLARINET:
- - USE THE “1-2-1” pattern — or — SCALES/MODES (8.25.24)
  - Check your key signature before playing
  - 6/16 – CLARINET > Concert F, C, G, D, A, E, B
  - 6/24 – CLARINET > Concert Ab, Db, Gb
  - COLINA 5-NOTE SCALE CHALLENGE
    - - TIMES NOTED: 0:56 / 1:01 / 1:14. / 1:27 / 1:41
TENOR SAX
- - SCALE/MODES & CHORDS
    - - 7/1 – Concert Bb, F, C

SCALES – SET D (2021) – Ab & C Major > LINK
- - CHROMATIC > 3, 6 & 12 note slurs > ONE LINE SLURS > The WHOLE ENCHILADA!
2025 HONOR BAND – SCENE & AIR
- SCSBOA 2024-25 – SET D > Scene and Air M. Bergson
- Allegro Brilliante: m. 11 to beat 1 of m. 34 > YouTube
- Coda: Beginning (no pickup) to beat 1 of measure 17 > YouTube

ETUDES (Swing, Ballad & Latin/Samba) > LINK
IMPROV – F BLUES: Record 2-4 solo choruses of F Blues using the changes provided on the SCSBOA website.
- - This can be recorded with a live rhythm section of your choice or using the play-a-long
    recording, but it must be accompanied. Tempo should be approximately 1/4 note=120 bpm and
    played in the swing style.
CHROMATIC SCALE:
- - Play your chromatic scale (1/8th notes @ 100 bpm or faster) from your lowest to highest
    comfortable note. This should be played in a legato style (slurred) all the way up and
    down.

SIGHTREADING
- - 9/1 –
    - - Page 13, #18, 19 & 20 — sightread well
      - Page 16, #24 @96bpm
      - Page 17, #28 @76bpm

Page 3 – 4/25/24
- - Exercise #6 – watch out for high notes
  - Exercise #7 – 8th notes = 90 (recorded on your cell phone on 4/25/24)
Page 4 – 4/25/24
- - Exercise #8 – 8th notes = 90
  - Exercise #9 – 8th notes = 84

- - I. Allegretto: Beginning to m. 22 > Solo > Backing Track
  - II. Allegro animato: Beginning to m. 02 > Solo > Backing Track
  - IV. Molto allegro: m. 4 to beat 1 of m. 20 > Solo1 > Solo2 > Backing Track
SCALES:
- - A major + F# melodic minor
  - Db major + Bb melodic minor
  - Chromatic Scale: E1 to G4

- - JAN 30 – Exercise #4 > LINK
  - JAN 30 – Exercise #2. Mid staff to low & high

CLARINET MUSIC RESOURCES