NPHS > JAZZ BAND
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- 2024 Audition > SCSBOA Mike Dana Etudes
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- Work on your All The Things You Are solo
- Work on VOLUME! Think “wall of sound – tidal wave”. And “projecting your sound”
- Looping combination of notes that are uneven or messy.
- LATIN – 1st draft
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- BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
- RECORDING “ALL IN”
- 2024 Audition > SCSBOA Mike Dana Etudes
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- TRANSCRIBING YARDBIRD SUITE
LONG TONG
- LONG TONES USING THE SCORECARD
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- WHY? (blog post)
- Importance of long tones: read more
- LONG TONES > READ DISCUSSION NOTE > LINK
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CONCERT BAND
- SECRET AGENT > YouTube
- NUTCRACKER > YouTube
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- I. Miniture Overture > https://youtu.be/oAohk88WUG0
- II. March > https://youtu.be/oAohk88WUG0?t=73
- III. Sugar Plum Fairy > https://youtu.be/oAohk88WUG0?t=145
- IV. Russian Dance > https://youtu.be/oAohk88WUG0?t=187
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- PRELUDE & FUGUE > YouTube
2025 HONOR BANDS
Bb CLARINET > PDF
Sonate Op. 167, Saint Saens (Durand) > YouTube
I. Allegretto: Beginning to m. 22
II. Allegro animato: Beginning to 1
IV. Molto allegro: m. 4 to beat 1 of m. 20
TENOR – Sonata in G Minor, Handel, ed. Londeix (Leduc)
I. Larghetto: All (eighth= 72-76)
II. Allegro: Beginning to C (quarter= 100-108)
IV. Allegro: pick up to m. 11 to end (dotted quarter= 112-120)
I. Larghetto: All (eighth= 72-76)
II. Allegro: Beginning to C (quarter= 100-108)
IV. Allegro: pick up to m. 11 to end (dotted quarter= 112-120)
DAILY PRACTICE SHOULD INCLUDE OR BEGIN WITH:
- LONE TONES > SEE TOP OF PAGE
- SIGHTREADING > FPS – #11, #30 (redo), #38, #54 (redo)
- Chromatic scale and note names.
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- Before playing: Fingering notes while naming them.
- 3 note / 6 note / 12 note slurs with a pause
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- Major Scales.
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- Review and learn new scales.
- For difficult scales use this GRAND MASTER scale sheet.
- Learn to identify key signatures.
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- KLOSE > Exercise #4, #16, #9
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- Before playing: Fingering notes while naming them.
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- We will start sightreading at every lesson and I’ll assign etudes for you to learn.
SAXOPHONE MUSIC TOOLS
- CHROMATIC SCALE > PDF
- 12 MAJOR SCALES > PDF
- Circle of Fifths | PDF
- Two Octave Scales | PDF
- TECHNICAL EXERCISES (future)
- MODES/SCALES/CHORDS
CLARINET TECHNICAL MATERIALS
- PRACTICAL STUDIES – SIGHTREADING
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- #40, #14, #21, #30, #38
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- FINGERING CHART
- CHROMATIC SCALE
- 12 MAJOR SCALES
- PRATICAL STUDIES
- PARES, C MAJOR
- KLOSE #4, TECHNICAL EXERCISE
CLARINET SOLO WORK