Author: Jessica
Date: 2001-09-25 23:19
Ok, let me start by saying I've never played jazz music in my life... well, that's not true. I played one piece last year, but it was very simple.
Someone at my school decided to start a Dixieland group and they need a clarinetist, so they decided to hold auditions. Me and another girl are auditioning, neither of us have ever played jazz before, and we just got the music today. It is called "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)". Surprisingly enough, I have heard this song before (FYI: I have minimal exposure to jazz music).
Anyway, it looks pretty self explanatory, but I have a few questions:
--Correct me if I'm wrong, but you "swing" the eighth notes, right? If I'm right, how do you differentiate between those and the dotted eight-sixteenth series?
--What is all the F, A7, Dm7 stuff written above the bars? Are those the chords? If so, does that change what I'm supposed to play?
--Going with the previous question, if they are chords, would that change the note I trill to when we have trills (eg. I have an F that I have to trill in the key of Eb concert, but there is an F written above it) ...does that mean I trill to a B natural?
--It says "Solo Ad Lib" on part--does that mean improv? If it does, will I be expected to do this? (Keep in mind I'm being auditioned by two people who know neither me nor the other girl have ever played jazz before)
Sorry to bombard you with qestions. Thank you to everyone who takes the time to help me out.
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