1hr Pracising previous material, 1hr Theory

Running through previous material - 1hr

Theory - 1hr

Today i ran through all previously learnt material, i also worked out by ear all the other tunes i am yet to record and played them along with everything else. All the tunes and scales i ran through are as follows, including tunes i have yet to record;



Grade 1 Jazz book

Blues and roots

Las Vegas Tango
Sonnymoon For Two
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Short Stop
Freddie Freeloader (still to record)

Standards

Solitude (still to record)
Sombrero Sam
Idaho
Is You Is, Or Is You Aint (still to record)
Mack The Knife

Contemporary Jazz

Jean Perrie

Mo Better Blues
Mannenberg (still to record)
Everything That Lives Laments (still to record)
Oye Como Va (still to record)


Grade 1 Scales -

Dorian on G
Mixolydian on D
C major
F major
Minor Pentatonic on A

Arpeggios -
G Major
D Minor


Grade 2 Scales -

Dorian on A (still to record)
Mixolydian on F (still to record)
D Major (still to record)
Major Pentatonic on F
Minor Pentatonic on G

Arpeggios -
A Major (still to record)
F Major (still to record)
D Minor (still to record)



I also worked on my music theory, writing out all of the grade 2 scales with the notes underneath and made a 'sax tab' which shows me how they correspond to finger positioning on the sax. I feel this is one of the best ways for me to learn this as i have to write everything down.