JDHS Jazz Band Alto  1    

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1st Alto Sax

EFFECTIVE WARM UPS FOR DEVELOPING JAZZ ENSEMBLES I. CHORD STUDIES

Each should be played slow & legato at å = 80-92

#4 w & 4 F

Chord Study 1A - Bb major

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#4 w & 4 F

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#4 w & 4 F

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Chord Study 1B - Bb major

Chord Study 1C - Bb major

Chord Study 2A - Eb major

n4 w & 4 F

Chord Study 2B - Eb major

4 w &4 F

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& 44 w F

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Chord Study 2C - Eb major

Chord Study 3A - F major

# w & # 44 F

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U w

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Uw

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U w

Chord Study 3B- F major

## 4 w & 4 F

Chord Study 3C- F major

## 4 w & 4 F

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II. CHROMATIC SCALES Each scale should be played legato & at a comfortable tempo

#4 œ #œ œ ˙ . œ # œ œ # œ œ & 4 œ #œ œ #œ F # œ œ nœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ ˙ . & Bb Chromatic Scale

˙. n 4 œ #œ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ #œ œ & 4 F œ œ bœ œ bœ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ bœ ˙ . & Eb Chromatic Scale

F Chromatic Scale

## 4 . & 4 œ #œ œ #œ œ œ #œ œ #œ œ nœ #œ ˙ F ## œ œ nœ œ bœ œ bœ œ & œ nœ œ bœ ˙ . 1st Alto Sax

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Effective Warm-Ups

III: CALL & RESPONSE Saxophones, Trumpets,Trombones and Vibes:

listen & play back the phrase from your director.

IV: ARTICULATION EXERCISES These are unison exercises that can be played with swing 8th notes or Even 8th notes.

Throughout these exercises, capped accents (^) should be articulated using a "daht" syllable,

tenuto marks (-) should use a "du" syllable, and accents (>) should be played with a "dah" syllable.

-œ -œ -œ ^œ Œ

÷ 44 .. ^œ #1)

÷ .. ^œ

Daht

Do

Do

‰ -œ -œ J

#3)

Daht

Do

^œ

Do

#5)

Daht

Do

Do

÷ .. -œ -œ ^œ #7)

Daht

^œ

Do

Do Daht

Daht

Do

Do Daht

Daht

Daht

Daht

Do

Do

Do

Do Daht

Daht

Do

#9) . ÷ . -œ -œ ^œ #11) ÷ .. ^œ

^œ

Do Daht

Daht

-œ -œ ^œ

÷ .. ^œ

Œ

-œ >œ

Do

>œ .

Dah

Do

Daht

Daht

œ -œ -œ ^œ Ó Do

Do

Do

Daht

Do

Do

Do

Daht

‰ ^œ ‰ -œ ^œ J J

Do Daht

Daht

Do Daht

÷ .. -œ -œ ^œ ÷ .. ^œ

#17)

Do

Do

^œ

Daht

Daht

Do

1st Alto

>œ .

Do

-œ -œ -œ ^œ ‰ ^œ Œ J Do

Do

÷ .. -œ -œ -œ -œ ^œ #18)

Œ

Daht

Daht

Do Daht

Do

Do

Do

Daht

Daht

-œ >œ Daht

Do

Dah

^œ Ó J

Daht

‰ -œ ^œ J

œ ^œ

Do Daht

Daht

-œ -œ œ ^œ Œ

#2)

Daht

.. .. ^œ #4)

Daht

Do

Do

Do

Do

Do

Do

-œ -œ -œ ^œ Ó

Do Daht

‰ -œ -œ J

Do

Do

Daht

.. .. -œ -œ ^œ #8)

Do

Œ

Do Daht

^œ

Do

Do

Œ

#12) .. .. ^œ

Daht

Daht

Daht

Do

Do

#14) .. .. -œ

#16) .. .. -œ -œ ^œ

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Do

^œ

Do

Do

Daht

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Daht

Do

^œ

Do

^œ Ó J

Dah

Do

Do

Daht

Do

Do

Do

Daht

Daht

Daht

Do

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Do

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-œ -œ -œ ^œ Ó

Dah

-œ -œ ^œ

Do Do Daht

^œ

Daht

Daht

Do

Œ

Daht

Dah

-œ œ> œ

Do

Dah

Do

Daht

-œ ^œ Ó

Do

Daht

.. Œ

..

Do

Daht

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-œ œ> œ ^œ ^œ Œ ..

Do

Dah

Daht

Daht

#20) ^œ Œ .. .. -œ -œ -œ ^œ ‰ ^œ ‰ >œ œ œ œ^ Ó J J

Daht

..

Daht

Do

‰ ^œ ‰ œ> œ J J

Do

Daht

Do

Do

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-œ -œ -œ ^œ ‰ >œ œ -œ ^œ Œ .. J

.. .. -œ -œ ^œ #18)

Daht

‰ -œ -œ -œ -œ ^œ Ó J

Daht

Do

Do

^œ

Do

#10) .. .. -œ ^œ ‰ -œ -œ J Do

Do Do

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-œ -œ -œ ^œ Ó

^œ

.. .. -œ -œ -œ -œ -œ #6)

Daht

#13) ÷ .. -œ -œ -œ -œ ^œ ‰ ^œ ‰ ^œ ‰ -œ ^œ J J J #15)

.. .. ^œ

œ -œ -œ ^œ Ó

Dah

Do

^œ Ó J

-œ -œ -œ ^œ Ó

-œ -œ -œ ^œ

Do

Dah

^œ Ó J

Dah

>œ

^œ

>œ .

Daht

Dah

Do Daht

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Effective Warm-Ups

Alto/BariSax

BluesScalesw/ Dominant 7thArpeggios

E( C o n c e rGt )

D (ConcertF)

G(ConcertBl)

G(ConcertEb)

F(Concert Au)

Bb(ConcertDb)

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