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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS FOR MUSIC JAZZ MAJORS (MUJ) BASS • Scales (one octave) major, minor, and diatonic modes. • Arpeggios (one octave) major 7, dominant 7, minor 7, minor 7 flat 5, diminished 7. • Play a walking bass line on a blues progression. • Improvise a solo on a blues progression. • Sight-reading (music given at audition). DRUMSET/PERCUSSION • Play standard snare drum rudiments. • Play various “grooves” (swing, latin, funk/rock, ballad) on drum set, using sticks or brushes. • Improvise drum set solo in “fours” format. • Sight-reading (music given at audition). GUITAR/KEYBOARD (VIBRAPHONE) • Scales (two octaves) major, minor, and diatonic modes. • Chord voicings: major 7, dominant 7, minor 7, minor 7 flat 5, diminished 7. • Prepared music: play the melody and chords of a jazz standard of your choice. • Improvise a solo and chord voicings on a blues progression. • Sight-read a melody and chord symbols (music given at audition). WINDS • Scales (one octave) major, minor, and modes. • Arpeggios (one octave) major 7, dominant 7, minor 7, minor 7 flat 5, diminished 7. • Prepared music: play the melody of a jazz standard of your choice. • Improvise a solo on a blues progression. • Sight-read a melody (music given at audition). JAZZ STANDARDS LIST FOR AUDITIONS Afternoon in Paris, All of Me, All the Things You Are, Autumn Leaves Billie’s Bounce, Bloomdido, Blue Bossa, Body and Soul, Bye Bye Blackbird Caravan, Confirmation, Corcovado, Cottontail Days of Wine and Roses, Dolphin Dance, Donna Lee, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Embraceable You, Emily Foggy Day, Footprints, Forest Flower Girl From Ipanema, Giant Steps, Green Dolphin Street, Groovin’ High Half Nelson, Have You Met Miss Jones, Here’s That Rainy Day, How High The Moon I Can’t Get Started, I Got Rhythm, I’ll Remember April, I Love You, Impressions, In A Mellow Tone, It Don’t Mean A Thing Joy Spring, Just Friends Killer Joe Ladybird, Lady Is A Tramp, Little Sunflower, Lullabye of Birdland Maiden Voyage, Meditation, Mister PC, Moanin’, Moonglow, My Romance Naima, Nardis, Night And Day, Night In Tunisia Oleo, One Note Samba, Ornithology, Out Of Nowhere, Over The Rainbow Perdido, Polka Dots And Moonbeams Recordame, Round Midnight Saint Thomas, Satin Doll, Scrapple From The Apple, Solar, Someday My Prince Will Come, Stardust, Stella By Starlight, Stolen Moments, Stompin’ At The Savoy, Sugar, Summertime, Sweet Georgia Brown Take Five, Take A Train, Triste, Tune Up Wave, Work Song Yardbird Suite, Yesterday 11/2009 .

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