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jazz band requirements

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Grissom High School Jazz Band Requirements

Audition material for the current high school students will be handed out in March or early April each year. You will be required to play some jazz scales, etudes and play along with a background CD with some jazz improvisation. All of this material will be available from Mr. Vernon in the band room. You are to record all of the audition materials onto a CD or email mp3 files and turn it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com by the deadline. Be sure to label the CD with your name and instrument.  

Incoming 9th Graders or Middle School Students

To be a rhythm section member of one of Grissom's Jazz bands, you will be required to audition and play some jazz blues scales, etudes and play along with a jazz recording.  All of this material is available below. You are to record all of the audition materials onto a CD or email mp3 files and turn it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com by the deadline. Be sure to label the CD with your name and instrument.  

Requirements

Saxophone – Trumpet – Trombone
Open enrollment for all 9th grade students that play the above wind instruments! 

All Rhythm Section players must send in an audition recording. The requirements are listed below.  All orange text are files or links to use.

Piano
  1. Blues scales: – two octaves (two hands): Bb & F (played in swing 8th notes. Quarter note = 120bpm)
  2. Etude
Guitar
  1. Blues scales: Bb & F (played in swing 8th notes. Quarter note = 120bpm)
  2. Etude
Bass
  1. Blues scales: Bb & F (played in swing 8th notes. Quarter note = 120bpm)
  2. Etude
Drums
  1. Play 24 measures each of the following styles at appropriate tempos:
  • Swing – medium tempo (quarter = 120bpm)
  • Swing – fast tempo (quarter = 172bpm)
  • Latin – medium tempo (quarter = 128bpm)
  • Funk – medium tempo (quarter = 96bpm)
  • Play along with the tune “Hava a Nice Day” (be sure to record yourself with the track “without drums”). Listen to the recording “with drums” to get ideas on what to play.

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