Unit 2: Woodwind Foundations

How air support, voicing, and embouchure adjustments affect tone across the full range.
Extended scale patterns and key signatures up to three sharps or flats.
Advanced rhythmic values including sixteenth notes and syncopation.
Strategies for endurance, phrasing, and breathing in longer pieces.
Instrument care for optimal performance.

Perform long tones across extended range with consistent pitch and dynamic control.
Play expanded scales and arpeggios in multiple keys.
Execute rhythmic patterns including sixteenth notes, dotted rhythms, and syncopation.
Practice technical etudes emphasizing finger agility, articulation, and register transitions.
Self-assess tone quality using tuner and peer feedback.

• Extended-range scale performance with accurate articulation and dynamics.

• Technical etude demonstrating finger dexterity, articulation variety, and register control.

• Long-tone exercise showing consistency in tone, dynamic balance, and breath support.

• Written reflection analyzing technical progress and tone refinement.