DEMO RECORDINGS

Whenever a recording of the music we are preparing is available online, it will be linked here. We learn to speak as infants by listening, we learn to play music (even as professionals) the same way.

  • November Concert Repertoire
  • ESPRESSIVO: Winter Celebration (December 6)
  • March Concert Repertoire
  • ESPRESSIVO: Summer Pops (June 14)
ASSIGNMENTS
  • Playing – Technical
  • Playing – Repertoire
  • Playing – Improvisation
  • Listening – Players (1 per term)
  • History – Players (1 per semester)
  • Ear Training – In Class
  • Theory – In Class
  • Reflection – In Class and Post-Performance
Jazz Scales
  • Major (from Sound Innovations II – lines 22, 29, 36, 43 are examples)
  • Mixolydian – like major, but we lower the 7th note of the scale (with a natural or a flat depending on what the 7th is in major. ie. B becomes Bb and F# becomes F natural)
  • Dorian – like major, but we lower the 7th (like Mixolydian) AND the 3rd notes of the scale
  • Blues – R, b3, 4 #4, 5 b7
Essential Albums