Blues Scale Starter Kit

The following blues scale "starter kit" has been a standard warm-up and scale study in my Early Bird Jazz band for some time.  Here are the links to the PDF parts:

Blues Scale Starter Kit - Alto Sax.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Baritone Sax.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Bass.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Clarinet.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Flute.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - French Horn.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Guitar.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Piano.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Tenor Sax.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Trombone.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Trumpet.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Tuba.pdf
Blues Scale Starter Kit - Vibes-Drums.pdf

These materials are intended for the Early Bird Jazz band participants, however, other musicians and ensembles are welcome to use these materials for educational use only and they must not be used for commercial purposes.  Please let me know if you find these materials useful.

Rob Birdwell

Welcome to Early Bird Jazz - Season 7

This is the 7th season of the Early Bird Jazz program.  I'll be using this blog to communicate various "public" stuff - concert info, links, topical information, tips, etudes, and who knows all what!

The latest news so far:

We've started!  Early Bird Jazz at Linus Pauling started on September 16 (Wednesday), 7:45am.  If you just got the news, it's never too late.  Our schedule is as follows:

Wednesday & Friday, 7:45 - 8:45am in the Linus Pauling Middle School Band Room

Desired instrumentation:
Trumpet, Trombone, Sax (Alto, Tenor, Baritone), Bass, Piano, Guitar, Drums

Other instruments are possible and welcome, but you will likely need to transpose your part (although sometimes I help out with this!).  Historically, we've had Clarinet, Flute, and even French Horn, Tuba and Violin!

Gig dates: the only one so far is the North Albany Middle School Jazz Festival on Saturday, February 6, 2010.  The exact time of our performance is TBD.

Here's to a happy and fun season making music!

Rob Birdwell