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__**There are 4 parts to the audition:**__ - Scales - Solo - Sight-reading - Improvised Solo

__**Scales:** may be either swung or played straight__

__[|Alto Sax]__ [|Tenor Sax] [|Trumpet] [|Trombone] [|Piano] [|Bass] [|Guitar] __Drum Set Styles (instead of scales)__ - Medium Swing; quarter note = 112 - Shuffle; quarter note = 108 - 112 - Bossa Nova/Latin; quarter note = 132 - Funk/Rock; quarter note= 100

//Examples of these grooves can be found [|HERE]//

__**Solo: REQUIRED **to be played with CD accompaniment from the book__

Easy Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero

//**- So Long Birdie**//

__**Sightreading:**__

One short sight-reading excerpt in the swing style (grade II)

__**Improvisation:**__

Two choruses 12 bar blues in Bb with CD accompaniment