Two pieces from the standard jazz repertoire (e.g. Gershwin, Rogers and Hart, Parker, Davis, Ellington): perform the melody, at least two choruses of a "walking" bassline, and improvise a jazz solo for two choruses of the tune.
Diatonic major scales with corresponding modes; all scales should be played with alternating right-hand fingering. Familiarity with minor scales. Sight-reading and improvisation of bass lines in the jazz idiom.
Optional: One classical piece, comparable to NYSSMA grade IV, for cello or bass.
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