2018 alabama all-state / district honor band auditions ... info at a glance registration deadline:...

2018 Alabama All-State / District Honor Band Auditions Info at a Glance

Registration Deadline: Friday, December 1st 2017 - $10.00 Audition Date: Saturday, January 13th 2018 – Albertville HS District II Honor Band: Friday – Saturday, February 9-10, 2018 - Albertville HS Fine Arts Center All State Band Festival: April 19-21, 2018 – Montgomery, AL How to prepare? Begin working now!

Listen to the recordings

Practice your scales everyday so that they feel “easy” at the audition

Stay calm & focused

Ask for help

Take lessons from a teacher who plays your instrument

ALL-STATE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

SENIOR HIGH Bb CORNET/TRUMPET Wind players must correctly play a minimum of seven scales and their related arpeggios. All scales must be memorized. Any student found using scale sheets during auditions will be disqualified.

12 Major Scales and Arpeggios:

C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G, 1 point for each scale, plus 1 point for each related arpeggio. To be played in eighth notes at a suggested tempo of MM quarter note =120.

Minor Scales and Arpeggios

C Harmonic Minor

A Melodic Minor

1 point for each scale, plus 1 pint for each related arpeggio. To be played in eighth notes at a suggested tempo of MM quarter note = 120.

Chromatic Scale

The chromatic scale must be played from G to G two octaves. To be played in eighth notes at a suggested tempo of MM quarter note=120.

Point Breakdown

12 Major Scales and arpeggios 24 points

Chromatic Scale 4 points

Minor Scales 4 points

Prepared Studies

No. 1 25 points

No. 2 25 points

Tone Quality 10 points

Sight Reading 38 points

Total Possible Score 130 points

& c bq»¡™º

C œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœœœœœ œœ œœ œœ

& b bbF

Bb

Eb

Ab

Db

Gb

4

œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& bb bbb7 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& bbb bbbb10 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& bbbb bbbbb13 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& bbbbb bbbbbb16 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& bbbbbb nnnnnn#####19 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& ##### n####22 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& #### n###25 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& ### n##28 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& ## n#31 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


& #

B

E

A

D

G

34 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ


Major Scales and ArpeggiosOne Octave

Revised 2012

& bbb c nnnq»¡™º

C harmonic minor

A melodic minor

œœ œœœœœœœœ œœœœnn œœ œœœœ œœ œœœœ œœnn œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœnn œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙̇ œœ œœ

œœœœ œœœœœœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙̇

& bbb7 œœ œœ œœœœœœ œœ##œœ## œœ œœœœ œœ œœœœ## œœ## œœ œœnn œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙̇ œœ œœ

œœœœ œœœœœœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙̇

& bbb nnnC harmonic minor

A melodic minor


œœnn œœ œœnn œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœœœœœ œœ œœ œœ

& bbb16 œœ œœ œœ

œœ œœ œœ##œœ## œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ

œœœœ œœ œœ œœ

?

? bbb nnnC harmonic minor

A melodic minor


œœnn œœ œœnn œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœœœœœ œœ œœ œœ

?22 œœ œœ œœœœ œœ œœ##

œœ## œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœœœœœ œœ œœ œœ

Minor Scales for All State Band Auditions

Revised 2012Treble Clef Instruments

Two Octaves

One Octave

Bass Clef InstrumentsOne Octave

& œ œ# œ œ# œ œ œ# œAlto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophone

œ# œ œ# œ œ œ# œ œ# œ œ œ# œ œ# œ œ# œœ œ# œ œ# œ œ œ œb

&5œ œb œ œ œb œ œb œ œb œ œ œb œ œb œ œ œb œ œb œ œb œ œ œb œ œb ˙

&9 œ œ# œ œ# œ œ œ# œBb Cornet, Trumpet, F Horn, Baritone T.C.

œ# œ œ œ# œ œ# œ œ# œ œ œ# œ œ# œ œ œ#œ œb œ œ œb œ œb œ

&13 œ œb œ œb œ œb œ œ œb œ œb œ œ œb œ œb

All State Chromatic ScalesHigh School - Revised 2012

Bravura

f

q=92

mp ff

4

mp ff mp

8

f ff

12

15

mf ff

17

ff mp ff

20

mp ff

23

mp ff

26

44

58

58 44

&b

REVISED 6/13

. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. .

All State Etude Series B HST Trumpet and Cornet

&b . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .3

&b . . . . .3

&b . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . .3 3

&b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

&b > . . .> . > .

> . . . > . > . . . . .

&b . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

.. .

. . . . . . . . . .

&b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

&b . . . . .

œ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœ œœœœœœœ œœœœ

œœœœœ œ œœœœœœœ œœœ œœœœ˙ œ ™ œJ œ ™ œJ œ œœœœ œœœœœ

œ ™ œJ œ# ™ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ# ™ œJ œ ™ œJ œ ™ œJ œ ™ œj

œ œœœœœœ œ# œ œœœœœœœ œn œ œb œb œ œn œn œ˙ œ# œœ œ# œ# œn œ# œ# œ# œ# œ# œœœœ

œn œ œ œn œn œn œn œn œ# œn œn œb œb œ œb œn œn œ# œ œn œ# œ# œn œb œ œn œn œb œ œn œb

œ œ œn œ œ œ œ œn œn œn œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙

œ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœ œœœœœœœ œœœœ œ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœ

œ# œœ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œb œœ œ œn œœ œb œœ œœœœ œb œœ œ œb œb œ œn œœ œ œn œn œ#

œ ™ œJ œ ™ œJ œ# ™ œJ œ ™ œJ œ ™ œnJ œ ™ œJ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙

Con molto espressione

mf

e=84

f p mf p mf f mp

6

mf p mf

Quasi rubato

f mp

11

p f pp

poco piu mosso quasi e

mf

=erit. e=92

15

f ff mf

19

ff

22

mf

quasiA tempo e=ee=8425

f mp

rit. 29

68

44

68

68

&bb

All State Etude Series B HSL Trumpet and Cornet

&bb ,

&bb ,

&bb #

&# , ,3 3

&# bb3 3

6

6

&bb

&bb

œ ™ œœ œ# ™ œœ œj œ œ ‰ œ ™ œœ œ ™ œœ œœœœœœœ ‰ œ ™œœ ™œœ ™œœœœœ œ# œ

œ ™œœ ™œœ ™ œn œœœœ œ# œ ™ œ# ™ œœœœœ œ œœœœœ ‰ œ ™ œœ œ ™ œn œ œJ œ œ ‰

œ œn œ œ œ œ œ ™ œ œ œ œb œ œ œj œ œ œ œœœ œ œœ œ œœœ œ œb œœ œ ‰ œœœ œ ‰

œ œn œ œ ‰ œœœ œb œ œ# œ ™ œj ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ# œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ# œœ œ

œ ™ œ œ ™ œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ# œœ œ

œ ™ œ œ ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œJ œ œj œ ™ ‰

œ ™ œ œ œ# ™ œ œ œj œ œ ‰ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰

œœœ œn œ œb œœœœ œn œœœ œ ™œœ ™œ œb ™ œn œ ™ œ# œ ™œœœœ œœœ œ ‰ œœ œ# œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ™

GUIDETOTHEEXECUTIONOFMETERCHANGESANDASYMMETRICALRHYTHMS AsContainedintheAllStateAuditionEtudesofthe AlabamaBandmastersAssociationCAVEAT: Theseguidelinesdonotpurporttobedefinitiveintheinterpretationofall music.Neitherisitpresumedthattheseinterpretationswouldbecorrectineverycaseoverawidevarietyofliterature.Eventhedefinitionswouldbe subjecttodiscussionanddebate.Thefollowingconceptsare,however, widelyacceptable,representtheexecutionthatthecomposerhadinmind, andshouldbefollowedintheseetudes.DDEFINITIONS: MeterChange:Achangeinthetimesignature. TempoChange:Achangeinthespeedofthepulseorbeat. VerbalIndicationofTempoChange:Wordsabovethestaff,usuallyinItalian, whichindicateanalterationofspeed,likepiumosso,menomosso,or startingandanteandchangingtoallegro. EquationofNoteDenomination:Astatementabovethestaffthatonenote denominationequalsanother,likequarter=eighth.Thenoteontheleftof theequalsignreferstothepreviousmaterial;thenoteontherightsideofthe equalsignreferstotheupcomingmaterial.Thedesignationquarter=eighth wouldmean,then,thatthepaceoftheeighthnotesintheupcomingmaterial wouldbethesameasthepaceofthequarternotesinthepreviousmaterial. Beat:Theprimarypulse. BeatUnit:Thekindofnotethatgetsonebeat. AsymmetricalRhythms:Patternswithinthemeasurewhereallbeatsarenot equalintime,groupsoflongandshortbeats. MetronomeMark:Adesignationusinganotedenominationanequalsign andanumber.Thenumbermeanshowmanynotesofthatdenomination equaloneminuteofrealtime.Quarternote=60means60quarternotesper minute.

EXECUTIONS:1.Ifthemeterchangeskeepingthesamebottomnumberinthetimesignature,thereisnoverbalindicationoftempochange,andthereisnoequationofnotedenominationindicated,thespeedandnotevaluesremainthesame,andtheonlythingthatchangesisthenumberofbeatspermeasure.2.Ifthemeterchangesandthebottomnumber,orbothnumbers,ofthetimesignaturechange,therewillusuallybeeitheranequationofnotedenomination,anewmetronomemark,oraverbalinstructionoftempochange.Iftherearenoneofthese,assumethatitistherealtimeofthenotedenominationsthatstaythesame,notthebeat.3.Ifthereisanequationofnotedenominationandthenotesoneachsideoftheequalsignarethesame,thenewmaterialproceedswiththatnotedenominationreceivingthesameamountofrealtimeasintheold,evenifthebeatunitchanges.4.Ifthereisanequationofnotedenominationandthedenominationsarenotthesame,thenoteontherightoftheequalsigntakesthesameamountofrealtimeintheupcomingmaterialasthenoteontheleftoftheequalsigntookinthepreviousmaterial.5.Iftherearebothanequationofnotedenominationandaverbalinstructionoftempochange,thismeansthatthebasicequationexistsbutwithaslightalterationofthepaceasindicatedbytheverbaldescription.6.Sometimesthemeterchangeresultsinmeasuresthatcontainasymmetricalbeats,orbeatsnotequalintime,resultinginshortandlongbeats.Usually,inthesecases,therewillbeaccentsthatindicatewheretheprimaryimpulsesare;theseareveryimportanttoexecute.

GUIDETOEXECUTIONOFMUSICALORNAMENTS AsContainedintheAllStateAuditionEtudes oftheAlabamaBandmastersAssociationCAVEAT:Theseguidelinesarenotintendedtobedogmaticstatementsconcerningtheinterpretationofornamentsinallmusicalcircumstances.Infact,thereareveryfewinstancesinornamentexecutionthataretotallyfreefromdisagreementamongthevariouspertinentsources.Thereis,additionally,somedisagreementinthenamesgiventotheparticularornament.Theseguidelinesarespecificinstructionsfortheallstateauditionetudes,basedonthecomposer’sconceptofhowtheywouldbeplayed,whichis,inturn,basedonwhatthecomposerbelievestobethepredominantmannerinwhichsuchsymbolsarerealizedatthecurrenttimeintheUnitedStates.DEFINITIONS:PrimaryTone:Anoteinfullsizedprinttowhichanornamentpertains.AuxiliaryTone:Anote,whichconstitutestheornamentorpartofthe ornament,printedinsmallerthanfullsizedprint,ifprinted.UpperNeighboringTone:Anoteonestaffdegreeabovetheprimarytone.LowerNeighboringTone:Anoteonestaffdegreebelowtheprimarytone.Diatonic:Stepwisemelodicmovementinthecurrentkey.EXECUTIONS:(Referto“OrnamentReference”included)1.Trill:Arapidoscillationbetweentheprimarytoneandthediatonicupperneighboringtoneforthedesignatedvalueoftheprimarytone.Itis permissibletoreturntoabriefsustainingoftheprimarytonebeforeproceedingtothenextnote.Alwaysstartontheprimarytone.Startingthetrillontheupperneighboringtoneisappropriategenerallyformusicofthebaroqueandearlyclassicalperiods.Anaccidentalplacednearthetrillsignappliestotheauxiliarytone.Anaccidentalaffectingtheprimarytonewillbeplacedonthestaffbeforethenote.2.GraceNote:Asingleauxiliarytoneinsmallprint,writtenasan8thnotewithaslashthroughthestem,playedjustbeforetheprimarytone.Allgracenotesintheall‐stateetudeswillbequickandbeforethebeat.Thephrase,“beforethebeat,”isanacceptedcommunicationmeaningbeforethedesignatedtimethatthenotewouldoccurwithouttheornament.Therefore,theactualtimeofthegracenoteis

takenfromtheprecedingnoteorrest.Iftheetudeitselfstartsonagracenote,thegracenotehappensimmediatelybeforethefirstfullsizedprintednote.Ifthereareanyoldstylegracenotesprinted,theyaremistakesandshouldbeplayedasstatedabove.3.MultipleGraceNotes:Morethanoneauxiliarytoneplayedjustbeforetheprimarytone.Doubleandtriplegracenotesaredesignatedinsmallprint16thnotes.Groupsofmorethanthreegracenotesaredesignatedinsmallprint32ndnotes.Theyarealltobeplayedquicklyandbeforethebeat.(See2)4.Turn:Fourauxiliarytonesconsistingoftheupperneighboringtone,areturntotheprimarytone,thelowerneighboringtone,andasecondreturntotheprimarytone.Allmovementisdiatonicunlessaccidentalsareemployed.Theturnsignisabackwardsletter“S”rotated90degreescounterclockwise.Theturnsignmaybeplacedabovethestaffdirectlyovertheprintedprimarytoneorabovethestaffbetweentheprimarytoneandthenextnote.Intheseetudes,alwaysplaytheprimarytonefirstthenproceedtotheauxiliarytones.Anaccidentalabovetheturnsignappliestotheupperneighboringtone;anaccidentalundertheturnsignappliestothelowerneighboringtone.Ifaprimarytoneistobeaffectedbyanaccidental,itwillbeplacedonthestaffinfrontoftheprimarytone.Theonlyconsistentinviolaterulepertainingtotherhythmoftheturnisthatallnotesmustbeexecutedwithinthedesignatedtimeoftheprimarytone.Theturnmaystartimmediately,startingwithbutwithnosustainingoftheprimarytone.Thisisfrequentlydonewhentheprimarytoneisofsmalldenomination.Someinterpretthesignprinteddirectlyoverthenotetoimplythisinterpretation,butthisisnotnecessary,asthereisconsiderabledisagreement.Also,theprimarytonemaybesustainedbeforeproceedingtotheauxiliarytones.Whentheprimarytoneisadottednote,thefirstthreenotesmayberushedandthefourthauxiliarytoneelongatedtoequalthedenominationofthenoteaftertheturn.Thisisaverycomfortablerealization.5.InvertedTurn:Fourauxiliarytonesconsistingofthelowerneighboring tone,areturntotheprimarytone,theupperneighboringtone,anda secondreturntotheprimarytone.Allmovementisdiatonicunless accidentalsareemployed.Theinvertedturnsignisaletter“S”rotated90 degreescounterclockwise.Allotherissuespertainingtotheinvertedturn arethesameasfortheturn.Noteonturns:Debateamongsourcescanbefoundconcerningtheorderof theauxiliarytonesindicatedbytheparticularsign.Theaboveinterpretationseemstobe,byfar,thepredominantone.

6.UpperMordent:Rapidlyplaytheprimarytone,thediatonicupper neighboringtoneandreturntotheprimarytone.Startonthebeat,not before.Thephrase,“onthebeat,”isanacceptedcommunicationmeaning atthedesignatedtimethatthenotewouldoccurwithouttheornament.(See2)7.LowerMordent:Rapidlyplaytheprimarytone,thediatoniclower neighboringtone,andreturntotheprimarytone.Startonthebeat,not before.(See2&6)8.DoubleUpperMordent:Rapidlyplaytheprimarytone,thediatonicupper neighboringtone,returntotheprimarytone,thenbacktotheupper neighboringtone,thenreturntotheprimarytone.Startonthebeat,not before.(See2&6)Thisisbasicallyatwoshaketrill.9.DoubleLowerMordent:Rapidlyplaytheprimarytone,thediatoniclower neighboringtone,returntotheprimarytone,thenagaintothelower neighboringtone,andthenreturntotheprimarytone.Startonthebeat, notbefore.(See2&6)Thisisbasicallyatwoshaketrill,butgoingdown.10.TrillWithGraceNoteExit:Gracenotesplacedbetweenatrillednoteand thenextfullsizednote.Thegracenoteswillbeplayed duringthetimeallottedtothetrillednote.Youmayslightlysustainthe primarynoteattheendofthetrillbeforeplayingthefirstgracenoteor youmaygodirectlyintothegracenotesatthespeedofthetrill.Inthis lattercase,makesurethatthelastnoteofthetrillistheoneofthetrilled pairclosesttothepitchofthefirstgracenote.

2018 alabama all-state / district honor band auditions ... info at a glance registration deadline:...

Documents