This website is full of useful information for beginning band students! There are videos that demonstrate how to assemble various instruments, as well as how to clean and take care of them. You'll also find demonstrations on how to read each instruments finger chart, and step by step examples of what it takes to make a great sound on each instrument! Helpful Tip: If you haven't thought about what you want to learn to play, use this website to help find which instrument might best suit you the best!
This tutorial introduces the different parts of the musical staff. The staff is a set of five horizontal lines and fours spaces that each represents a musical pitch (note). In this tutorial you will about the different clef signs and notes associated with them, as well as the use of ledger lines and expanding the staff's range.
Get a head start on learning how to read music!!! This a tool that helps you to learn the line and space notes found in the Treble Clef. Notes in the treble clef have mostly middle to very high pitch tones. If you're interested in learning to play the Flute, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Alto saxophone, Trumpet, or any melodic percussion...then here are the introductory notes you'll need to know for beginning band! Intermediate instruments such as the Piccolo, Oboe, Alto Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, and French Horn also read and play notes in the Treble Clef. Helpful Tip: Use what you learned about ledger lines from the Musical Staff tutorial above, to help you figure out any notes that are not inside of the staff.
Get a head start on learning how to read music!!! This a tool that helps you to learn the line and space notes found in the Bass Clef. Notes in the bass clef have mostly low to some medium pitched tones. If you're interested in learning to play the Trombone, Baritone, Tuba or Timpani...then here are the introductory notes you'll need to know for beginning band! Intermediate instruments like the Bass Trombone, Bassoon, and Electric Bass (played in Jazz Band) also read and play notes in the Bass Clef. Helpful Tip: Use what you learned about ledger lines from the Musical Staff tutorial above, to help you figure out any notes that are not inside of the staff.