Directors,
The All County Jazz band this year will be using recorded CD or taped auditions. We will be using the requirements from the Jazz section of the NC Bandmasters website: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/jazzpage/jazzpage.htm. The deadline for the audition recordings is Friday, October 29, 2010. Please write your name, instrument, and school name on the tape, do not say anything on the tape.
The clinic dates are December 6-7th at Eastern High School.
There will be two equal size large jazz bands. The higher band will be lead by a guest clinician. The other band will be will be lead by GCS Band Directors. If there are not enough students to full fill the second band, then students, in chair order, will be asked from the pervious year’s AC Band.
Below you will find the audition requirements.
See you soon,
Chuck Capps
Audition Requirements: Solo
“Total Blues”-Jazz Conception: 21 Solo Etudes for Jazz Phrasing, Interpretation and Improvisation/Snidero/Advance Music
Books with CD’s available for: Eb Alto/Bari Sax, Bb Tenor Sax, Bb Trumpet, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Guitar/Vibes, Piano, Bass, and Drums.
Alto/Baritone Sax (order #14720)
Tenor Sax (order #14721)
Trumpet (order #14722)
Trombone (order #14723)
Guitar (order #14726)
Piano (Comping, order #14739) DO NOT ORDER PIANO #14727
Bass (Bass Lines, order #14736) DO NOT ORDER BASS #14728
Drums (order #14729)
Scales and other requirements
Sax, Trumpet, & Trombone:
F and Bb Blues Scales, Chromatic, and “ii, V, I” progression in C and Bb. All scales are to be played two octaves where possible.
Guitar & Bass:
F and Bb Blues Scales, Chromatic, and “ii, V, I” progression in C and Bb. All scales are to be played two octaves where possible.
Piano:
will play two octaves, in eighth notes with both hands playing simultaneously in octaves.
Drum Set:
Student will demonstrate time-keeping ability by performing the following exercises – 16 bars of each:
Medium Swing; quarter note = 112
Shuffle; quarter note = 108-112
Bossa Nova; quartr note = 132
Ballad with brushes; quarter note = 80 Up-Tempo Swing; half note = 112
Funk/Rock; quarter note = 100
