Beginning Resources

• Yamaha - Musical Instrument Guides
• Video Help on How to Begin Various Types of Band Instruments​​
• Beginners - First 5 Note Fingering Charts

Next Steps

• Yamaha Disinfection Guide for Winds & Strings​
• Scale Sheets / Fingering Charts​
• Blues Scales
• ​NBBA Youtube Channel - 4/4 Metronomes (Various Speeds)
• ​NBBA Youtube Channel - Drum Groove Loops
• ​NBBA Youtube Channel - "How's It Go?"

Music Technology

Music Theory:

• Musictheory.net
• Teoria: Music Theory Web
• Eyes and Ears: An Anthology of Melodies for Sight Singing
• G Major Music Theory
• Lotus Music: Music Theory Topics and Answers
• Good Ear
• eMusicTheory (Free resources)
• Key Signature Flash Cards
• Helpful Music Games

Creation Tools:

• Audacity (Free Audio Editor - Requires Download)
• Soundation DAW (Online Music Studio) 
• Noteflight (Online Music Notation Software)
• Flip Grid (Feedback Tool)
• Audiotool​
• Class Dojo (Feedback / Motivation Tool)

iPad Apps:

• Pia Score (PDF Sheet Music Organizer) + Donner Wireless Page Turner Pedal

Music Humour:

• Beginning Band Survival Guide (Video)

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BAND KARATE
Great idea for setting up your own personal challenge levels for students to complete!

​Scales, exercises, method book material, etudes, solos, or ensemble repertoire can all be set up for your specific groups, classes, or individual students.

Sample 1 -  Belt Levels

Sample 2 - Belt Levels

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