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Alivia 6/23/21

Play chords and sing melody Play chord tones (4 notes) along with play along Solo exercises: eighth note patterns 1-2-1 1-2-3-1 1-2-3-5 1-3-4-5 1-3-4-5-6-5 Write out a solo for the first 16 bars steal an idea from Jason Anick

Sunny Side of the Street

Listen to sunny side of the street (singers) Play chords with the play along play melody with play along sing Sing melody and play chords

Alivia 6/8/21

Play Contrafact of summertime Learn Sunny side of the street: listen to singer sing and play chord tone double stops Play the melody solo

Alivia 6/1/21

Jazz Bowing: Practice D natural minor with the F blues video and try to match up with the drums. Use Jazz bowing pattern #1. Do Di-De Di-Do… Try just D E F G on each bar if you have trouble. 2. https://www.zachbrock.com/zachbrockblog/2017/2/1/jazz-bowing-101 3. Billies bounce 4. New Tune: Sunny side of the street. Check link […]

Summer String Quartet

Alivia 5/25/21

Assignment: Play 4 choruses: Melody, solo, solo, Melody. Practice with the first video until you can play the melody, then Play with the 2nd video.

Alivia 5/18/21

“Your Solo” in G and Eb Billies bounce – melody and 12 bars of the solo Write out a chorus for each lick that you picked SLOW Billie’s bounce (with an intro, written for saxophone so don’t read the music on the video)

Alivia 4/27/21

Learn your solo in Bb and C Billie’s Bounce and the saxophone solo Blues Exercise Learn the part of solo that you want to steal Bonus video:

Alivia 4/20/21

Learn Billie’s Bounce Melody Learn Charlie Parker’s solo Write out a solo over the F Blues

Alivia 4/13/21

Billie’s Bounce Play melody, Billie’s bounce listen to song and follow along with hand signs (through the whole song, even the solos) Learn some of the saxophone solo F Blues Scale