Instructions for Tenor Sax auditions For the tenor sax audition, there are two excerpts, both from Aces by Robert W. Smith. If you also wish to record scales or a piece of your choosing, feel free, but it is not necessary. If one excerpt is too difficult, leave it out. We want to hear you at your best. The first excerpt is moderately slow (marked Powerful). The second is fast (marked With Intensity).